Born in Chidester, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Jelly
and Sarah Ann Dew
Sister of
Andrew Jelly [half]
Wife of
John Marion Alexander Corzine
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Buckner Winchester Purifoy
— married
5 Dec 1883 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Arthur Paul Purifoy and Martha Annie (Purifoy) Perry
Died
at age 65
in Camden, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jul 2015
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Biography
2nd wife of Buckner Winchester Purifoy
Melissa was born in 1862 based on age on marriage certificate from 1883. She died Aug 1 1929 a couple of weeks before her 66th birthday.
Sources
- 1900 US Census AR Ouachita County
Red Hill District 0132 sheet 5 [1]
- 1910 US Census AR Ouachita Bradley County District 112 page 22 B
- Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1883 Marriage License Date: 30 Nov 1883
Age on license at time of marriage 21. Copy of image is attached Marriage County: Ouachita Event Type: Marriage FHL Film Number: 987776 Source Information Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa 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 Melissa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa 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 Melissa:
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~12.50%
David Purifoy
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Darlene (Cohenour) Hoskinson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M388314 [compare]
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~0.39%
Tony Norris :
23andMe, GEDmatch VQ181006C1 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch VQ181006C1 [compare], Ancestry member janthonynorris
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch VQ181006C1 [compare], FTDNA kit #173448
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Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
Im.going by census rolls, a marriage jn 1924 & the date on her headstone at Lakeside
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by Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
Jelly-67 and Jelly-171 appear to represent the same person because: We have duplicated Grandma Purifoy.
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on Jelly-171 (merged)
by Mike Johnson
Richard Balsley Jr.
Both certan of birth and death, but not the same? what dates to use?
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on Jelly-171 (merged)
by Richard Balsley Jr.
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