Born in Mississippi
Daughter of William Rufus Melton
and Molly Alice (Jones) Melton
Sister of
Joseph Mack Melton and Etta I. (Melton) Draughn
Wife of
Columbus Washington Barnes
— married
1895 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Forrest Barnes, Carl D. Barnes, Johnie Barnes, Beatris (Barnes) Bunch, Ruby Blanche (Barnes) Broadus and L B Barnes
Died
at age 72
in Forrest, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Apr 2016
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Biography
From Ruby Dolores (Broadus) Cain:
When Ruby Barnes and Jesse Broadus got married, Grandma Shoulders and Grandmother Melton hand loomed a bedspread as a wedding gift (1920). it was white with raised stripes through it. Ruby really prized it, and took extreme care of it. But during that time we moved temporarily to Lake Charles, La. where Jesse worked constructing buildings for the government, and they let a young couple live in the house (the same house that Jerry and Pat lived in where they had the dairy farm, while they (we) were in Louisiana.) They came back to find the house in a real mess, and Mamma's hand woven bedspread was gone. She went to get it from the people that had lived in the house--they had used it for everyday, and it was just about completely destroyed. Mamma saved the pieces and later Frankie cut them up and made pillows and other pieces she put in frames with the story of who made them, etc. I have a pillow and one piece that is in a frame. P.S. Grandma Shoulders was Grandma Melton's mother. So,Grandma Shoulders was Mamma's GREAT Grandmother, and Grandma Melton was Mamma's Grandmother, and Mamma's mother was Dola Barnes--(I hope I've got this right).
Dola Lenora Melton. [1]
Born abt 1874. Mississippi[2]
Residence Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife. 1910 Beat 3, Forrest, Mississippi, USA. [3]
Dola passed away March 25, 1947 in Sunrise, Forrest County, Mississippi[4] and was laid to rest at Sunrise Cemetery.
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S-583033598 Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 3, Forrest, Mississippi; Roll: T624_739; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1374752
- ↑ Source: #S-583033598 Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 3, Forrest, Mississippi; Roll: T624_739; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1374752
- ↑ Source: #S-583033598 Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 3, Forrest, Mississippi; Roll: T624_739; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1374752
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG3-15R6 : 11 July 2016), Dola Melton Barnes, 1947; Burial, Sunrise, Forrest, Mississippi, United States of America, Sunrise Cemetery; citing record ID 111999034, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- Source: S-583033598 Repository: #R-1093590736 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
- Repository: R-1093590736 Ancestry.com
- Source: S-583035241 Repository: #R-1093590736 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=89772533&pid=13
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dola 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 Dola:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dola 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 Dola:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
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