Minnie Elizabeth Melton (1866 - 1935)

Born 22 Sep 1866 in Carthage, Jasper Co., Missouri

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Died 22 Apr 1935 at age 68 in San Diego, California

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Biography

Research Notes

1. Birth: Sep. 22, 1866 Carthage Jasper County Missouri, USA Death: Apr. 22, 1935 San Diego County California, USA

Daughter of Calvin Nance Melton & Susan Hopkins Bailiff. Wife of Ephriam Lewis Powers (divorced) and Earnest W. Welborn.

Inscription:

There is no headstone for this grave. Minnie Welborn is buried in Block 16, Section 108, Lot 3. On the left is the grave of Rachel Owens and on the right is the grave of Grace Jennings Wallace. We verified at the office that there was no headstone purchased for the grave of Minnie Welborn. We also verified at the office the date of birth (9/22/1866) and date of death (4/22/1935).

Burial: Glen Abbey Memorial Park Bonita San Diego County California, USA

2. On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:44 PM, James Hopkins wrote the following email:

Rob, My father Robert Clarke Hopkins did most of the research that I have on Minnie Elizabeth Melton and Calvin Nance Melton. He has been dead for 15 years. Most of his sources were as old or older than he was but I'll give the sources of the information he got on this line.

I have no record of Minnie Elizabeth Melton marrying anyone named Wilkins. We do have records that she married an Ephraim Lewis Powers and an Edward R. Welborn.

The sources for the information on Ephraim Powers and Minnie Elizabeth Melton came from Mary S. Melton, Lila M. Powers, my grandmother and father's mother, the Powers family bible--I don't know who has this now--and the National Archives Civil War records.

Information on Edward Welborn was obtained from Dolores Despain, daughter of Louise Mae Welborn who I believe lived somewhere in San Bernardino. Information on Susan (or Suzanna) Hopkins Bailiff was obtained from Mary Suzanna Melton and Calvin Melton of 660 Ave. I St, Coronado, CA. Susan Hopkins Bailiff was also married to an H. H. Young.

From the same source father recorded that Calvin Nance Melton was married to an Elizabeth and a Fannie Melton. The father and mother of Susan Hopkins Bailiff was Edmond Pryor Bailiff and Susan Dolan. They had 14 children of whom the 11th was Susan. Information on this family came from the widow of Elva Bailiff through Mary Suzanna Melton of Long Beach California and from the 1840 census records of Jennings County, Indiana. Most of the family including Susan were born in Clermont County, Ohio, between 1821 and 1836.

Information on Daniel Bailiff and Martha Ferguson, the mother and father of Edmond T. Bailiff came from the same source. Information on Daniel's father Daniel Bailiff or Bayliffe and Sarah Thatcher came from Mrs Alva B. Bailiff. Sarah's mother and father were Richard Thatcher and Edith Grubb. Richard's father was Jonathan Thatcher and Hannah Dicks. Information on Jonathan Thatcher and Hannah Dicks came from Emma W. Barr through Mrs. Alva B. Bailiff.

I hope this may be helpful.

Sincerely,

James L. Hopkins, MD.

April 3, 2013

Sources

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPX9-MW6 : 26 November 2014), Melton in entry for Calvin Nance Melton, 25 Aug 1980; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V285-FXT : 11 February 2018), E. L. Powers and Minnie E. Melton, 14 Aug 1883; citing Mcdonald,Missouri; FHL microfilm 930,075.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG1K-9H4 : 26 November 2014), Melton in entry for Roy William Welborn, 01 Aug 1984; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC4Z-VYS : accessed 7 October 2019), Minnie L Welborn, Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 16B, line 85, family 442, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1928; FHL microfilm 2,341,662.

• "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKS9-KC3Y : 8 November 2017), Minnie Welborn, 22 Apr 1935; citing 24015, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,050.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-BW51 : 11 July 2016), Minnie Elizabeth Melton Welborn, 1935; Burial, Bonita, San Diego, California, United States of America, Glen Abbey Memorial Park; citing record ID 105268687, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XB-2FF : 25 August 2019), Minnie E Melton in household of Colom M Melton, Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 106, sheet 545...

• Email from Dr. Hopkins dated 4/3/2013

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Jerry Couch GEDmatch H423348, Debbra Hart GEDmatch T794298 and Cecil Melton (1938-2020) GEDmatch T480965 sharing a 11.5554 cM segment on Chromosome 12 from 417135122 to 53254006

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Jerry Couch GEDmatch H423348, Debbra Hart GEDmatch T794298 and Cecil Melton (1938-2020) GEDmatch T480965 sharing a 11.5554 cM segment on Chromosome 12 from 417135122 to 53254006