Mary Francis (Russ) Melton (1853 - abt. 1935)

Born Jul 1853 in Searcy, Arkansas, United States [uncertain]

Wife of John P. Melton — married 1875 in Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died about 1935 at about age 81 in Van Buren County Arkansas

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Biography

Mary was born in 1850 in Arkansas. She was the daughter of Berry Russ.^[1]

In 1860 and 1870 Mary was living in Bear Creek, Searcy, Arkansas, United States.^[1][2]

By 1880 Mary was living in Van Buren County, Arkansas, where she would continue to live for the rest of her life. Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

She died in 1935. She is buried at Pee Dee Cemetery in Clinton, Arkansas.^[8]

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• dna (jpg file): http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=232a1242-9652-4bd3-bd08-2e660a2047cb&tid=71513990&pid=35

Research Notes

There are alternate names for this person:

• Frances Russ
• Mary Francis Russ

• There is more than one birth fact. They have different dates. Using birth date of 1850 and location of Arkansas
  • Date: 1850, Location: Arkansas
  • Date: 1852, Location: Arkansas
  • Date: 1855, Location: Arkansas

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1860 Census: Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Author: . 1880. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWR-ZSV : 26 August 2017), Mary F Melton in household of John Melton, Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 199, sheet 411B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0058; FHL microfilm 1,254,058. 1935. Find A Grave: Memorial #136508760,
   Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Bear Creek, Searcy, Arkansas; Roll: M653_50; Page: 828; Image: 282; Family History Library Film: 803050.
   Ancestry Record 7667 #17757474 (accessed before 29 August 2014).
2. ↑ 1870 Census: Title: 1870 United States Federal Census Author:
   Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Bear Creek, Searcy, Arkansas; Roll: M593_64; Page: 8A; Image: 18; Family History Library Film: 545563.
   Ancestry Record 7163 #12247168 (accessed before 29 August 2014).
3. ↑ 1880 Census: Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Author:
   Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: 58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 411B; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0325.
   Ancestry Record 6742 #6793182 (accessed before 29 August 2014).
4. ↑ 1900 Census: Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Author:
   Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Union, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: 78; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0142; FHL microfilm: 1240078.
   Ancestry Record 7602 #35937113 (accessed before 29 August 2014).
5. ↑ 1910 Census: Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Author:
   Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Union, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: T624_66; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0118; FHL microfilm: 1374079.
   Ancestry Record 7884 #194617927 (accessed before 29 August 2014).
6. ↑ 1920 Census: Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Author:
   Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Holley, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: T625_83; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 122; Image: 312.
   Ancestry Record 6061 #65557590 (accessed before 29 August 2014).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFL-MRH : accessed 4 September 2019), Mary J Melton in household of John P Melton, Holley, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 122, sheet 6A, line 27, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 83; FHL microfilm 1,820,083
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 September 2019), memorial page for Mary Francis Russ Melton (1853–1935), Find A Grave Memorial no. 136508760, citing Pee Dee Cemetery, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by DStone (contributor 48413161)

See also:

• http://us-census.mooseroots.com/l/485943540/Francis-M-Melton
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arvanbur/Census/1900/1900union1.htm

Acknowledgments

• Profile Russ-313 was created through the import of Ancestors Only.ged on Aug 29, 2014 by Donna Stone.