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Eliza Catherine Melton 1856–1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Dec 1856

Birth Location: Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States

Death Date: 3 Jan 1918

Death Location: Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States

Father: John Melton

Mother: Eliza Pitman

Spouse(s): Daniel Thompson

Children(s): Rathgar Thomson, Ida Thompson, Nellie Thomson, Eliza Thompson, Thomas Thompson

Eliza Catherine Melton was born in 1856 in Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, the child of John Harris Melton And Eliza Catherine Pitman. Eliza Catherine Melton married Daniel Frazier Thompson, and had children including Eliza Karenhappuck Thompson, Ida May Thompson, Nellie Lee Thomson, Rathgar Downing Dixie Thomson, Thomas Frazier Thompson. Eliza Catherine Melton passed away in 1918 in Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States.

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Biography

  • Eliza Catherine Melton was born in 1856 in Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, the child of John Harris Melton And Eliza Catherine Pitman.
  • Eliza Catherine Melton married Daniel Frazier Thompson, and had children including Eliza Karenhappuck Thompson, Ida May Thompson, Nellie Lee Thomson, Rathgar Downing Dixie Thomson, Thomas Frazier Thompson.
  • Eliza Catherine Melton passed away in 1918 in Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States.

Immediate Family

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Eliza Melton's Ancestors

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Eliza Melton
1856–1918
Birth Place: Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States
Parents
John Harris Melton
1822–1865
Wayne, Kentucky, United States
Eliza (Catherine) Pitman
1828–1909
Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Eliza Melton's Descendants

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Eliza (Catherine) Melton (28 Dec 1856–3 Jan 1918) m. Daniel (Frazier) Thompson (23 Apr 1850–31 Dec 1924)
  1. 1. Rathgar (Downing ("Dixie")) Thomson 1878–1969 m. John (Milton) Kallenbach 1875–1959
    1. 1. Kathryn Kallenboch 1906–1988 m. George (Turney) Elkins 1889–1968
      1. 1. Charles (Milton Elkins) Sr 1930–2016 m. Martha (Ella) Walton 1932–2008
      2. 2. Dixie (Ross) Elkins 1932–2000
    2. 2. Ida (Allene) Kallenbach 1899– m. Charles (Ruffner) Watson 1893–1956
    3. 3. Thomas (Thompson) Kallenbach 1901–1984 m. Mary (Helen) Carnahan –1954
    4. 4. Anne (Eliza) Kallenbach 1903–1991
    5. 5. Henry (M) Kallenbach 1909–1971 m. Edna F 1912–
    6. 6. Eleanor Kallenbach 1916–
    7. 7. Daniel (F) Kallenbach 1921–
    8. 8. Helene Kallenbach 1898–
  2. 2. Ida (May) Thompson 1873–1936 m. John (William) Adcock 1867–1961
    1. 1. Hilary (Thompson) Adcock 1901–2002
    2. 2. Helen Adcock 1904–
    3. 3. John (F) Adcock 1908–
  3. 3. Nellie (Lee) Thomson 1875–1912
  4. 4. Eliza (Karenhappuck) Thompson 1881–1948
  5. 5. Thomas (Frazier) Thompson 1883–1918

Eliza Melton's Timeline

3 Records

1856
28 Dec 1856
Birth of Eliza Catherine Melton in Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States
Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States
1872
17 January 1872
Age 16
Eliza Catherine Melton was married
None
1918
3 Jan 1918
Age 62
Death of Eliza Catherine Melton in Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States
Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1856
    Event Place: Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1856; Birth city: Stanford; Birth state: KY.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 17 January 1872
    Record Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1856; Birth city: Stanford; Birth state: KY.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Jan 1918
    Event Place: Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States
    Record Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1856; Birth city: Stanford; Birth state: KY.

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