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  • ID: I86
  • Name: Jennie Margaret MELTON
  • Given Name: Jennie Margaret
  • Surname: MELTON
  • Sex: F
  • _UID: 6A4E4ED89439394BA7400E8C781991A779AA
  • Change Date: 28 APR 2010
  • Note:
    1880 Census- living with grandparents William & Sarah Graham, I don't know if fraternal or maternal grandparents
    Uncle & Aunt James & Sarah Jetton live next to Grahams
    1870 Census- many Meltons living in neighboring Navarro County, many listed by initials only
  • Birth: 21 MAR 1864 in Blooming Grove, Navarro, Texas 1 2
  • Census: 1870
  • _SDATE: 1 JUL 1870 Navarro County, Texas
  • ADDR: Beat 5 3
  • Census: 12 JUN 1880 Hill County, Texas
  • ADDR: ED 78
  • Note: 4
  • Death: 21 MAY 1887 in Axtell, McLennan, Texas 5 1 6
  • Burial: CA 22 MAY 1887 Irene, Hill, Texas
  • ADDR: Graham-Mason Cemetery 7 8



    Father: Jeremiah Robert MELTON b: ABT 1809 in Georgia
    Mother: Mary Ann GRAHAM b: ABT 1829 in North Carolina

    Marriage 1 Francis Lee TURNER b: 17 FEB 1859 in DeKalb County, Tennessee
    • Married: 21 MAY 1882 in Hill County, Texas 9 10 11 12
    Children
    1. Has Children Martha Rebecca TURNER b: 27 JUN 1883 in Abbott, Hill, Texas
    2. Has Children Margaret (Mary) Elizabeth (Lizzie) TURNER b: 19 OCT 1884 in Abbott, Hill, Texas
    3. Has No Children Claude Melton TURNER b: 19 APR 1887 in Abbott, Hill, Texas

    Sources:
    1. Abbrev: Jennie Margaret Melton Turner Headstone
      Title: Graham-Mason Cemetery Headstone
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (original digital photograph)

      Quality: 2
      Text: "Mother"
      Jennie Margaret Melton
      Wife of
      Francis Lee Turner
      Mar 21, 1864~May 21, 1887
      [Entry Recording Date : 12 MAY 2008]
    2. Abbrev: "Record of William A Graham, Sarah Hall Graham & d
      Title: Margaret Elizabeth Turner Ware, "Record of William A Graham, Sarah Hall Graham & descendants" (ca 1948)
      Note:
      This is a scanned copy of an original document typed and hand-written by Margaret Elizabeth Turner Ware,
      the granddaughter of William A Mason. Copy was received per email from Judy Graham in July 2006.
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Quality: 2
      Text: "Jennie Margaret Melton Mar 21 1864 Died May 21 1887"
      [Entry Recording Date : 20 MAY 2008]
    3. Abbrev: 1870 United States Federal Census
      Title: United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls., 1870 United States Federal Census (scans of original images) (Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: 1870.)
      Note:


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Page: Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 5, Navarro, Texas; Roll M593_1600; Page: 98A; Image: 199; Family History Library Film: 553099.
      Quality: 3
      Text:
      [Entry Recording Date : 21 MAY 2008]
    4. Abbrev: 1880 United States Federal Census
      Title: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls., 1880 United States Federal Census (scans of original images) (Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
      Note:


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Page: Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: , Hill, Texas; Roll: T9_1311; Family History Film: 1255311; Page: 430.1000; Enumeration District: 78; .
      Quality: 3
      Text: Living with grandparents William & Sarah Graham
      [Entry Recording Date : 21 MAY 2008]
    5. Abbrev: Graham-Mason Cemetery Records
      Title: Contributed by Judy Graham, Jul 22, 2003 [judygaylegraham@hotmail.com]. Total records = 24, Graham-Mason Cemetery Records (www.interment.net)
      Note:
      Graham-Mason Cemetery, Irene, Hill, TX
      1.4 miles SE of Irene, TX on FM 1946, R 0.2 miles on CR 3449, down 2nd gravel road


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

      Quality: 2
      Text: Turner, Jennie Margaret Melton, b. 21 Mar 1864, d. 21 May 1887, wife of Francis Lee Turner
      [Entry Recording Date : 12 MAY 2008]
    6. Abbrev: "Record of William A Graham, Sarah Hall Graham & d
      Title: Margaret Elizabeth Turner Ware, "Record of William A Graham, Sarah Hall Graham & descendants" (ca 1948)
      Note:
      This is a scanned copy of an original document typed and hand-written by Margaret Elizabeth Turner Ware,
      the granddaughter of William A Mason. Copy was received per email from Judy Graham in July 2006.
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Quality: 2
      Text: "Jennie Margaret Melton Mar 21 1864 Died May 21 1887"
      "... until Jennies death near Axtell, McLennan Co on May 21 1887, five years to the day onwhich (sic) she was married..."
      [Entry Recording Date : 20 MAY 2008]
    7. Abbrev: Jennie Margaret Melton Turner Headstone
      Title: Graham-Mason Cemetery Headstone
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (original digital photograph)

      Quality: 2
    8. Abbrev: Graham-Mason Cemetery Records
      Title: Contributed by Judy Graham, Jul 22, 2003 [judygaylegraham@hotmail.com]. Total records = 24, Graham-Mason Cemetery Records (www.interment.net)
      Note:
      Graham-Mason Cemetery, Irene, Hill, TX
      1.4 miles SE of Irene, TX on FM 1946, R 0.2 miles on CR 3449, down 2nd gravel road


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

      Quality: 2
    9. Abbrev: Turner Family Bible remnants
      Title: unknown, Turner Family Bible remnants (digital photographs of original document) (unknown)
      Note:
      4 pages from the Turner Family Bible, ca 1855, survive, in fair condition, repaired with clear tape which distorted some of the writing, at least 2 writing styles, 2 writing instruments used, 1st entry 1855, last entry believed to be 1901


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Text: "? ? Turner & Jinnie Melton was Married May 21st 188?"
      [Entry Recording Date : 12 MAY 2008]
    10. Abbrev: Graham-Mason Cemetery Records
      Title: Contributed by Judy Graham, Jul 22, 2003 [judygaylegraham@hotmail.com]. Total records = 24, Graham-Mason Cemetery Records (www.interment.net)
      Note:
      Graham-Mason Cemetery, Irene, Hill, TX
      1.4 miles SE of Irene, TX on FM 1946, R 0.2 miles on CR 3449, down 2nd gravel road


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

      Text: Turner, Jennie Margaret Melton, b. 21 Mar 1864, d. 21 May 1887, wife of Francis Lee Turner
      [Entry Recording Date : 12 MAY 2008]
    11. Abbrev: Jennie Margaret Melton Turner Headstone
      Title: Graham-Mason Cemetery Headstone
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (original digital photograph)

      Page: original digital image by RAS
      Text: "Mother"
      Jennie Margaret Melton
      Wife of
      Francis Lee Turner
      Mar 21, 1864~May 21, 1887
      [Entry Recording Date : 12 MAY 2008]
    12. Abbrev: "Record of William A Graham, Sarah Hall Graham & d
      Title: Margaret Elizabeth Turner Ware, "Record of William A Graham, Sarah Hall Graham & descendants" (ca 1948)
      Note:
      This is a scanned copy of an original document typed and hand-written by Margaret Elizabeth Turner Ware,
      the granddaughter of William A Mason. Copy was received per email from Judy Graham in July 2006.
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Text: "Jennie Margaret Melton married Francis Lee Turner"
      "... until Jennies death near Axtell, McLennan Co on May 21 1887, five years to the day onwhich (sic) she was married..."
      [Entry Recording Date : 20 MAY 2008]

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