Melissa Mehala (Burris) Brabham (1839 - 1910)

Born 4 Jul 1839 in Beverly, Washington, Ohio

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Jefferson Brabham — married 23 Mar 1864 in Washington, Ohio

Died 7 Feb 1910 at age 70 in Lane, Oregon

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Biography

In early times our Great Grandfather Burris ran away from his parents and home in Ireland, at the age of 15 yrs. to go to America to find his two brothers who had gone before. He got on a boat thinking it an American vessel and that he would soon find his brothers, but instead he was aboard an English Man of war fighting against America. They put him at firing a Cannon where they kept him at the breech of a cannon for seven yrs. before he was allowed to land, during this time he had all the flesh shot from his right-hip by a cannon ball and carried the scar the rest of his days. He finally got to America and settled in Washington County, Ohio, but he never found or heard tell of his two Brothers. He married here an reared a large family.

Melissa was born in 1839. Melissa Burris ... She passed away in 1910

Sources

United States Census, 1870 Name Thos Brabham Event Type Census Event Year 1870 Event Place Illinois, United States Gender Male Age 39 Race White Race W Birth Year (Estimated) 1830-1831 Birthplace Virginia Page Number 12

Thos Brabham M 39 Virginia

Malissa Brabham F 31 Ohio

Mary Brabham F 18 Ohio

John Brabham M 16 Ohio

Sarah Brabham F 14 Ohio

Rosila Brabham F 12 Ohio

Jas H Brabham M 9 Ohio

Otto W Brabham M 1 Illinois

John Carpenter M 21 Illinois

Citing this Record "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6H2-632 : 12 April 2016), Thos Brabham, Illinois, United States; citing p. 12, family 102, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,763.