1851 Lucy Meals, daughter of John and Elizabeth Meals, died at age 5.
The Adams Sentinel, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1851. [3]
1850 Jacob and Elizabeth Meals lived in Menallen Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania with Samuel Meals (age 16), Mary Meals (age 14), Henry Meals (age 13), and Lucy Meals (age 3). The census was dated August 27, 1850, suggesting that Lucy was alive at that time[1]
1851 Lucy Ann Meals died on [January 8, unreadable] in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Lucy Ann Meals was reported born on September 4, 1846. [2]
Research Notes:
Lucy was not named in the 1860 census, so she likely died before 1860. The following obituary does not match the name Jacob for Lucy's father, but John would not be an unusual nickname for Jacob.
1851 Lucy Ann Elizabeth Meals, daughter of John [Jacob?] and Elizabeth Meals, died on August 9, in Menallen Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
On the 9th. inst, LUCY ANN ELIZABETH, daughter of John and Elizabeth Meals, of Menallen township, in the 5th year of her age.
[1] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[3] The Adams Sentinel, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1851, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[4] The Star And Banner, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, August 22, 1851, page 3, [NewspapersClip].