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JAMES MELONEY, farmer, post office Imperial, was born on the farm where he now resides Dec. 8, 1848, a son of Samuel and Jane (Eaton) Meloney, natives of Findlay township, latter a daughter of George Eaton. Samuel Meloney was a son of Samuel, Sr., and Nancy (Berry) Meloney, early settlers and landowners of Findlay township, and natives, respectively, of Ireland and New Jersey. Samuel, Sr., a weaver by trade, and who was a man of means, purchased a large tract of land in Findlay township. He and his wife were Presbyterians. Samuel and Jane (Eaton) Meloney settled on the farm now owned by their son James, and there lived and died in the faith of the U. P. Church. They had nine children, two of whom are yet living: Amanda (wife of R. N. Flanegan, residing at Homestead, Allegheny county) and James. The latter has been twice married, first in August, 1869, to Mary J. Morrison, a native of Washington county, Pa., a daughter of David Morrison. She died in 1879, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the mother of two daughters: Ora B. and Susie A. Mr. Meloney married, in November, 1881, Lou Morrison, a sister of his first wife. He owns a farm of 122 acres, and has in his possession the old deed given to his grandfather by one Charles Morgan, and which included this farm and a part of the one now owned by M. V. Hays.