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Dorcas Melviny was born on April 6th, 1839 in Lawrence County,Ohio.  Dorcas Melviny's father was James Isaac Sowards III and her mother was Phoebe Chapman.  Her paternal grandparents were Isaac Sowards Jr. and Elizabeth Samples; her maternal grandparents were George Chapman and Patience Clay. She had five brothers and five sisters, named Isaac, George, Thomas Paris, David Wilson Francis, Griffin, Sallie, Lucretia, Phoebe, Abigail and Patience.  She died at the age of 87 on July 3rd, 1926 in Lincoln County,West Virginia.

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