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Ella Melissa Holden 1861–1939 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1861

Birth Location: Pickens County, South Carolina

Death Date: 15 MAR 1939

Death Location: Neville Cemetery, Walhalla, Oconee County, South Carolina

Father: Joshua Holden

Mother: Keziah Alexander

Spouse(s): Jefferson Crenshaw

Children(s): Nona Crenshaw, Bush Crenshaw, Thomas Crenshaw, Guy Crenshaw, Gladys Crenshaw

The story of Ella Melissa Holden began in 1861 in Pickens County, South Carolina. Ella Melissa Holden married Jefferson Davis Crenshaw, and had children including Bush Whitner Crenshaw, Gladys Crenshaw, Guy Columbus Crenshaw, Nona Crenshaw, Thomas Asbury Crenshaw. Ella Melissa Holden passed away in 1939 in Neville Cemetery, Walhalla, Oconee County, South Carolina.

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Biography

  • The story of Ella Melissa Holden began in 1861 in Pickens County, South Carolina.
  • Ella Melissa Holden married Jefferson Davis Crenshaw, and had children including Bush Whitner Crenshaw, Gladys Crenshaw, Guy Columbus Crenshaw, Nona Crenshaw, Thomas Asbury Crenshaw.
  • Ella Melissa Holden passed away in 1939 in Neville Cemetery, Walhalla, Oconee County, South Carolina.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ella Holden's Ancestors

Self
Ella Holden
1861–1939
Birth Place: Pickens County, South Carolina
Parents
Joshua Holden
1818–1868
Pendleton District, South Carolina
Keziah Alexander
1825–1873
Grandparents
James (H) Holden
1792–1854
North Carolina
Sarah (Mary) Holden
1792–1861
Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Thomas (S) Alexander
1785–1856
Virginia
Keziah Watson
1785–1844
Richmond Co., GA
Great-Grandparents
Elisha Alexander
1770–1832
Nancy Grogan
1780–1850
Daniel Alexander
1760–1850
Mary Unk
1757–1851
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ella Holden's Descendants

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Ella (Melissa) Holden (1861–15 MAR 1939) m. Jefferson (Davis) Crenshaw (30 AUG 1861–21 JUN 1945)
  1. 1. Nona Crenshaw 1900–1993 m. Lemuel (Paul) Head 1893–1971
    1. 1. Selma Head 1919–1960 m. Robert (Clyde) Talley 1912–1992
    2. 2. Ray (McDaniel) Head 1931–1974 m. Vivian (Berenice) Littleton 1933–2010
  2. 2. Bush (Whitner) Crenshaw 1894–1969 m. Mary (Etta) Alexander 1891–1937 m. Mattie Grant 1901–1981
    1. 1. Esther (Pauline) Crenshaw 1926– m. Miles (Hartsell) Alexander 1927–1982
    2. 2. James (Ernest) Crenshaw 1916–1992 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Moore 1915–1991
    3. 3. Leland (Elbert) Crenshaw 1923–
    4. 4. Margie Crenshaw 1925–2006
  3. 3. Thomas (Asbury) Crenshaw 1889–1977 m. Ida (Lucinda) Alexander 1892–1982
    1. 1. Essie (Christine) Crenshaw 1914–1917
    2. 2. Ralph (William) Crenshaw 1916–2002 m. Geneva Jones 1927–1996 m. Dorothy (L.) Mathis 1920–1995
      1. 1. Evelyn Crenshaw 1938–2000
      2. 2. Geraldine (Elizabeth) Crenshaw 1943–2002 m. Barney (Eugene) Reed 1935–2007
    3. 3. Clyde (Eugene) Crenshaw 1918–1970
    4. 4. James (Claude) Crenshaw 1922–2009
    5. 5. Ollie (Mae) Crenshaw 1925– m. Oscar (T.) Greer 1919–2000
    6. 6. Doris (Louise) Crenshaw 1929–2021
    7. 7. Edith (Viola) Crenshaw 1919–2010 m. McCajor (Burton) Alexander 1895–1987
  4. 4. Guy (Columbus) Crenshaw 1903–1980 m. Bessie (Melinda) Ellenburg 1904–2000
    1. 1. Annie (Lois) Crenshaw 1924–2016 m. James (Ray) Alexander 1924–1976 m. Elvin (Cleo) Smith 1926–1998
      1. 1. Beatrice Alexander 1945–1945
      2. 2. Guy (Harlin) Alexander 1947–2000
    2. 2. Betty (Jean) Crenshaw 1938–1964 m. J. (Harold) Campbell –2010
    3. 3. Ruth Crenshaw 1926–1980
  5. 5. Gladys Crenshaw 1898–

Ella Holden's Timeline

2 Records

1861
1861
Birth of Ella Melissa Holden in Pickens County, South Carolina
Pickens County, South Carolina
1939
15 MAR 1939
Age 78
Death of Ella Melissa Holden in Oconee County, South Carolina
Oconee County, South Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Pickens County, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 MAR 1939
    Event Place: Oconee County, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Neville Cemetery, Walhalla, Oconee County, South Carolina

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