Martha Janie (Higdon) Melton (1887 - 1966)

Born 10 Sep 1887 in Alabama

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Jones Melton — married 15 Dec 1904 in Wilcox, Alabama, United States

Died 1 Jun 1966 at age 78 in Houston, Harris County, Texas

Biography

Jona was born about 1887. She is the daughter of Thomas Higdon and Elizabeth Unknown.

Sources

• Census Data

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M984-BF9 : accessed 16 September 2018), Thomas D Higdon, Precinct 13 Repton town, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 6B, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,010.

"Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ6V-BQX : 13 February 2020), S. J. Melton, 1904.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKW6-YS5 : accessed 27 March 2022), Martha Janie Melton in household of Samson J Melton, Foxs Mill, Wilcox, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 162, sheet 3B, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 37; FHL microfilm 1,374,050.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HBW1-8N2 : accessed 16 September 2018), May Effie Higdon in household of Jonie Molton, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 23A, line 49, family 235, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2341; FHL microfilm 2,342,075.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4WM-3K1 : 29 July 2019), Janie Melton in household of John P Johnson, Tract 36, Houston, Justice Precinct 1, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 258-213, sheet 5B, line 62, family 103, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4197.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95320755/martha-janie-melton : accessed 26 March 2022), memorial page for Martha Janie Higdon Melton (10 Sep 1887–1 Jun 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95320755, citing Palacios Cemetery, Palacios, Matagorda County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Carol Roberts Greenhaw (contributor 47602231) .[1]

"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SJ-6C1 : 13 March 2018), Thomas D Higdon in entry for Martha Janie Melton, 01 Jun 1966; citing certificate number 38738, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,980.