----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 01/26/1899

Monroe, Melissa (AUG 1842 - 21 Jan 1899)

Mrs. Melissa Monroe, widow of the late C. C. Monroe, died in this village (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) on Saturday morning last, aged 56 years and 5 months. She was a native of New York State and had been an invalid for several years. She leaves to mourn three children, Mrs. A. L. Monroe, Mrs. Wm. Aucutt and F. A. Sharon, who aided in every possible manner to restore her to health and comfort her in her last hours. Three sisters, Mrs. Leroy Graves of Fond du Lac, Mrs. Betsy Helmer of Milwaukee and Mrs. Frik Jerard of Waupaca, also survive her. The funeral occurred from the Baptist Church on Sunday last at 2 p.m., Rev. C. H. Towne officiating.