David was born in 1868. He passed away in 1921. m. 1st Sarah Alice Smith sister to his second wife 5 children m. 2nd Maggie Smith 3 children. m. 3rd Hattie Canady 6 children
He married Hattie when he was 41 and she was 18. He also had a 17 yr old daughter (Minnie) at the time.
Sources
The History of the Melvin Family by Carley Love Melvin, From: N.C. Archives and History, Land Records, U.S. Census Records, Abstracts of Wills of Bladen Co, N.C., Gravestones from Bladen Co., and from Lionel D. Melvin, Sr. Compiler of Melvin Geneology, Pleasant Garden, N.C.
United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTP-QN3 : accessed 30 September 2019), David E Melvin, White Oak Towsnhip, Bladen, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 3B, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,183.
North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SM-6QM : 4 November 2017), D.E. Melvin and Maggie Smith, 18 Jul 1901; citing , Bladen, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 262,503.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXT2-H3D : Wed Oct 18 04:27:55 UTC 2023), Entry for David E Melvin and Marshall Melvin, 20 Nov 1909.
United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSJ-S94 : accessed 28 September 2019), David E Melvin, Grays Creek, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 55, sheet 13B, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1105; FHL microfilm 1,375,118.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZK5-7YY : accessed 1 November 2020), David E Melvin, Grays Creek, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 61, sheet 15A, line 29, family 269, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1293; FHL microfilm 1,821,293.
North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F34F-TFQ : 16 August 2019), David E. Melvin, 02 Mar 1921; citing Mays Creek, Cumberland, North Carolina, reference fn 606 cn 428, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,718.
The Descendants of Daniel Melvin and Jane Thomas of Bladen County, North Carolina and Allied Families, 1991, Library of Congress no. 91-066554
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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