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Elisha Ruben Melton 1825–1894 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 MAY 1825

Birth Location: Grayson, Virginia

Death Date: 27 JAN 1894

Death Location: Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia, USA

Father: William Melton

Mother: Sarah Bedsaul

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The story of Elisha Ruben Melton began in 1825 in Grayson, Virginia. Elisha Ruben Melton passed away in 1894 in Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Elisha Ruben Melton began in 1825 in Grayson, Virginia.
  • Elisha Ruben Melton passed away in 1894 in Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia, USA.

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Elisha Melton's Ancestors

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Elisha Melton
1825–1894
Birth Place: Grayson, Virginia
Parents
William Richardson Melton
1802–1886
Bedford, Virginia, United States
Sarah (Sallie) Bedsaul
1802–1879
Grayson, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Absolom Melton
1735–1805
Hanover, Virginia, United States
Nancy (Ann) Stokes
1732–1801
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Absolom Melton
1718–1787
Mary Richardson
1725–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Melton
1698–1751
Elizabeth Farrar
1698–1753

Elisha Melton's Timeline

2 Records

1825
7 MAY 1825
Birth of Elisha Ruben Melton in Grayson, Virginia
Grayson, Virginia
1894
27 JAN 1894
Age 69
Death of Elisha Ruben Melton in Carroll, Virginia, USA
Carroll, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 MAY 1825
    Event Place: Grayson, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 JAN 1894
    Event Place: Carroll, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia, USA

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