Born about in Steuben, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel J Hedge
and Susanna (Prentice) Hedge
Sister of
Hester (Hedge) Whitcomb, William Henry Harrison Hedge, Mary Emeline (Hedge) Chandler, Philena (Hedge) Fisher, Susan Delinda (Hedge) Ross, Elizabeth Ann (Hedge) Wilson and Alanson Hedge
Wife of
Elisha M Smith
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Peter Garver
— married
23 Apr 1882 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Lyman Abbott Smith, Edmund Silas Smith, Mary Martha (Smith) Parsons, Samuel Hedge Smith, Addison Fillmore Smith and Otho Smith
Died about
at about age 66
in Kansas, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 22 May 2018
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Contents |
Biography
Melissa was born about 1819. She passed away about 1885.
Burial
- Place: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Labette County, Kansas, USA
Sources
- Ancestry.com Ross Family tree: Ancestry Profile
- "US Census, 1850", Census Place: Manchester Township, Dearborn, Indiana; Roll: 141; Page: 361a-361b; dwelling 210, family 210, lines 39-42 & 1-2, November 1, 1850.
- "US Census, 1860", Census Place: Grove Township, Davis, Iowa; Roll: M653_317; Page: 1009; Family History Library Film: 803317; dwelling 1271, family 1237, lines 21-26; July 28, 1860
- "US Census, 1870", Census Place: Greenfield Township, Warren, Iowa; Roll: M593_423; Page: 326A; dwelling 113, family 113, lines 28-31; August 8, 1870
- "US Census, 1880", Census Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: 359; Page: 221B; Enumeration District: 160; dwelling 221, family 241, lines 11-16; June 23, 1880.
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67QS-M2Z?i=289&cc=1805551
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13984170/melissa-smith: accessed 27 January 2024), memorial page for Melissa Hedge Smith (1819–1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13984170, citing Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Labette County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Airrow (contributor 46629499).
Acknowledgement
Profile created by Ingrid Keltz through the import of Charles Mom 20 Nov 2017.ged on Nov 20, 2017.
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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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~3.12%
Harvey Ross
:
23andMe, GEDmatch HQ9997450 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A504199 [compare], Ancestry member HRoss007
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
Larry Hummer :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Roland Ruble :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Kate (Magandy) Holzhauser :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kmagandy08
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~1.56%
Keith Jarvis :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member keithjarvis28
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Bob Colladay :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bcolladay1
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Patrick Smith
Hedge-317 and Smith-142564 appear to represent the same person because: Represent the same individual with misspelling of last name..
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by Patrick Smith
Rejected matches › Melissa Smith (1820-) › Melissa (Smith) Tarver (1817-1880) › Melissa Anna (Clark) Smith (1820-aft.1900) › Mary Melissa (Smith) Hurlburt (abt.1816-) › Martha T Smith (1820-1896)
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