1880 - living with her father and siblings in Wilson County, Texas. Age 17; cannot read and write; father born in Virginia, mother born in Arkansas.[1]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJ2-KNG : 20 February 2021), Mela Matthews in household of Wm Matthews, Precinct 4, Wilson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 150, sheet 76A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,333.
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