Born about in Georgia, United States of America
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Towler
and Phoebe (Adcock) Towler
Sister of
Isafina R (Towler) Conner, Landon C Towler, Martha (Towler) Clemmons, James S Towler, Benjamin J Towler [half], Joseph Marion Towler [half], Lavica Towler (Towler) Baccus [half] and Susan Winnie (Towler) Gazzaway [half]
Wife of
Leonard D Dees Sr.
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Leonard D Dees Jr., Jeremiah Dees, Fleming B Dees, Joseph L Dees, Henry D Dees, Thomas Dees, Celia Dees, Nathaniel Dees, Susannah Dees, Sarah H Dees, Pearl Dees, Zachariah Dees, Hezekiah Dees, George Washington Dees and Anna Elizabeth Dees
Died
at about age 42
in Hamilton, Florida, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Mar 2015
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Biography
Melinda Ann Towler was born about 1806 in Walton, GA. Her parents are believed to be Benjamin J Towler and Phoebe Adcock who lived in Georgia.
She married Leonard Dees Sr. (1800-1859) about 1822 in Hamilton County, Florida. They had many children.
She died before 1850 possibly around 1846-47. She does not appear in the 1850 Census with the family.
Research Notes
Cannot find any documents verifying her parents or surname. It appears on FamlySearch and Ancestry. She does not appear in the father's will because she died before he did.
Her husband Leonard remarried in 1848 to Malinda Towler, who was the daughter of William and Sarah Bryan Towler. On the 1850 Census, the census taker noted they were married briefly.
Leonard died in 1851 and then his second wife Malinda married Joseph Kerse. He died in 1863 and then she married Wm Thomas Jennings who lived until 1891.
Sources
See also:
- 1820 Census for Ben Towler family: "1820 United States Federal Census," database with images
Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Lexington, Oglethorpe, Georgia; Page: 188; NARA Roll: M33_7; Image: 195
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1432809
Benj Towler in Lexington, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA. Note: Shows he had a marriage age daughter and the family lived near the Dees family.
See Also:
- FamilySearch Person: LJ6D-6QM
- Boddie, J. Historical Southern Families, Vol. XVI, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1971. (Dees Family History)
- Holtzclaw, Benjamin Clark. The Dees Family. United States: Bryant, 1970, pg 155. "LEONARD DEES (John, Jacob, Joh Emanuel) B. 1800 in SC; died after 1850 probably in Hamilton Co, FL. Married (1) ---- who d. ca. 1845-46. (2) Malinda --- (b. 1831 in FL). Leonard was soldier in the Seminole War of 1817-18.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Malinda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Malinda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Malinda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Malinda:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Jeanette (Hester) Brewer 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WM9905107 [compare], Ancestry member sherri30625
-
~1.56%
John Wilson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GL2008090 [compare], Ancestry member jhwilson5577
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GL2008090 [compare], FTDNA kit #942514
-
~0.78%
Eddie Gorham :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A669235 [compare], Ancestry member EddieGorham
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~0.78%
David Adcock :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A524419 [compare], Ancestry member daadcock
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~0.78%
Nancy (Armistead) Dudley :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ndudley1
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Sherri (Brewer) Smith :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H516956 [compare]
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~0.39%
Amber (Chavez) Sanders :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A984930 [compare], Ancestry member patsiespies
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~0.39%
Bobby Sharp :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jim (W) Williams :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H418269 [compare]
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Tricia (Payne) Aanderud
Tricia (Payne) Aanderud
Towler-95 and Dees-399 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same woman.
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on Dees-399 (merged)
by Tricia (Payne) Aanderud
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