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Melinda WATTS 1820–1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1820

Birth Location: Georgia

Death Date: ABT 1880

Death Location: Neelys Landing Cemetery, Neely’s Landing, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri

Father: Thomas WATTS

Mother: Elizabeth LOTT

Spouse(s): Solomon O’GUIN

Children(s): Benjamin O’GUIN, Martha O’GUIN, Mary O’GUIN

The story of Melinda WATTS began in 1820 in Georgia. Melinda WATTS married Solomon Oguin, and had children including Basnel Oguin, Benjamin Harrison Oguin, Harriett Oguin, Malinda Frances Oguin, Malissa E Molisa Oguin, Manerva Oguin, Martha Patsy Oguin, Mary Jane Polly Oguin, Newton Oguin, Sarah Sallie Oguin, William C Oguin. Melinda WATTS passed away in 1880 in Neelys Landing Cemetery, Neely’s Landing, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri.

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Biography

  • The story of Melinda WATTS began in 1820 in Georgia.
  • Melinda WATTS married Solomon Oguin, and had children including Basnel Oguin, Benjamin Harrison Oguin, Harriett Oguin, Malinda Frances Oguin, Malissa E Molisa Oguin, Manerva Oguin, Martha Patsy Oguin, Mary Jane Polly Oguin, Newton Oguin, Sarah Sallie Oguin, William C Oguin.
  • Melinda WATTS passed away in 1880 in Neelys Landing Cemetery, Neely’s Landing, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas WATTS
1781–
Birth Location: Alabama
TW
Elizabeth LOTT
1790–1830
Birth Location: Georgia
EL

Spouses(s)

Solomon O’GUIN
1807–1870
Birth Location: North Carolina
SO

Children(s)

Benjamin O’GUIN
1852–1930
Birth Location: Perry Co., Tennessee
BO
Martha O’GUIN
1846–1882
Birth Location: Perry Co., Tennessee
MO
Mary O’GUIN
1844–1900
Birth Location: Perry Co., Tennessee
MO

Melinda WATTS's Ancestors

Self
Melinda WATTS
1820–1880
Birth Place: Georgia
Parents
Thomas ‘Rattling Gourd’ WATTS
1781–
Alabama
Elizabeth LOTT
1790–1830
Georgia
Grandparents
Chief (John ‘Young Tassel’) WATTS
1746–1803
Willstown, DeKalb Co., Alabama
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Melinda WATTS's Descendants

1.
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Melinda WATTS (ABT 1820–ABT 1880) m. Solomon O’GUIN (ABT 1807–ABT 1870)
  1. 1. Benjamin (Harrison) O’GUIN 1852–1930 m. Eliza (Emma) WATKINS 1859–1901
    1. 1. Missouri (May) O’GUIN 1877–1948 m. Frank (P. WINDEKNECHT) I 1867–1958
      1. 1. Manna (Pauline) WINDEKNECHT 1897–1988 m. Pearl (Cornelius KENT [MAT-JUDY]) I 1892–1954
        1. 1. Blanche (Othello KENT) [MAT-JUDY] 1923–1972 m. Melvin (Lindell) BRENNECKE 1922–1987
      2. 2. Hercell (Claude) WINDEKNECHT 1918–1960
      3. 3. Lester (Eugene) WINDEKNECHT 1912–1958
      4. 4. Frank (Phillip) WINDEKNECHT 1904–1992
      5. 5. Earl (Calvin) WINDEKNECHT 1901–1928
      6. 6. Wilson (Arnold) WINDEKNECHT 1899–1987
      7. 7. Maggie WINDEKNECHT 1909–1940
      8. 8. Erna (Lillian) WINDEKNECHT 1915–1973
      9. 9. Charles WINDEKNECHT 1906–1989 m. Emma (Daisy) McLAIN 1905–1984
        1. 1. Donald (Ray) WINDEKNECHT 1935–2003
        2. 2. Earl (Wayne) WINDEKNECHT 1933–1982
        3. 3. Charles (Lloyd) WINDEKNECHT 1929–1979
    2. 2. Zelma (N.) O’GUIN 1893–1970 m. Arthur (N.) WRIGHT 1887–1976
      1. 1. Ruby (Pearl) WRIGHT 1913–2004
      2. 2. Imogene (Viola) WRIGHT 1911–1968
      3. 3. Gary (Jerriet) WRIGHT 1936–1993
      4. 4. Leo WRIGHT 1919–1919
      5. 5. Cleo WRIGHT 1919–1962
    3. 3. Rosena (Jane) O’GUIN 1885–1965
    4. 4. Jesse (Pearl) O’GUIN 1888–1965
    5. 5. Opal (W.) O’GUIN 1897–1936
    6. 6. Lue (Retta) O’GUIN 1891–1963
    7. 7. John (William) O’GUIN 1879–1930 m. Rosetta (‘Mama’) HARPER 1881–1968 m. Stacey (Blanche) WALKLEY 1888–1975
      1. 1. Claude (Ray) O’GUIN 1905–1919
      2. 2. Lester (Bryan) O’GUIN 1907–1991
      3. 3. Maude (May) O’GUIN 1905–1993
      4. 4. Irene (Grace) O’GUIN 1903–1996
        1. 1. Robert (Gene) SCRUTCHFIELD 1923–1995
      5. 5. Garold (Ralph ‘Dick’) O’GUIN 1916–1992
      6. 6. Violet (Eileen ‘Aunt Vi’) O’GUIN 1910–2000 m. Clay (Allen REED) I 1908–
        1. 1. Clay (Allen REED) II 1927–2010 m. Vita RANDAZZO 1927–2005
        2. 2. Delores (‘Dorris’) REED 1928–2017 m. John (Paul) WHITEHEAD 1914– m. Gilbert (Kenneth ‘Curley’) SUTTON 1920–1975 m. James (Douglas CRITES) [CREITZ] 1922–2005
      7. 7. Pearl (Benjamin) O’GUIN 1901–1972 m. Rowena (Teresa) OWENS 1903–1979
        1. 1. Edward (Garold) O’GUIN 1923–2001 m. Virginia (VAN) DOOTINGH 1931–2012 m. Elaine (Nora) TOENSING 1924–1995
        2. 2. Benny (Pearl) O’GUIN 1924–1983 m. Edna (Pauline ‘Charlotte’) DAVIS 1926–2013
      8. 8. Wilma (Marie) O’GUIN 1925–1932
  2. 2. Martha (‘Patsy’) O’GUIN 1846–1882 m. John (Henry) RAMSEY 1845–1930
    1. 1. Benjamin (Hardy ‘Bud’) RAMSEY 1870–1948 m. Emma (Bernice) BAILEY 1869–1949
      1. 1. Maggie (Gertrude) RAMSEY 1896–1968 m. John (Burlen ‘J.B.’ BARKS) [BARRACH] 1894–1989
        1. 1. Delores (Marlene BARKS) [BARRACH] 1933–2003
        2. 2. Fern (Gertrude BARKS) [BARRACH] 1915–1996
        3. 3. Flora (Louise BARKS) [BARRACH] 1920–1999
        4. 4. Naomi (Jean BARKS) [BARRACH] 1927–2009
        5. 5. Frieda (Bernice BARKS) [BARRACH] 1917–1919
        6. 6. Jewell (Emma Sarah BARKS) [BARRACH] 1923–1924
      2. 2. Earl RAMSEY 1905–1977
      3. 3. Charles (Edgar) RAMSEY 1893–1944 m. Hettie (Mae CRADER) [GRETER] 1895–1986
        1. 1. Alma (Gertrude) RAMSEY 1916–1984 m. Dallas (M. CRADER) [GRETER] 1909–1969 m. Gifford (Lowell KAISER) [CRADER] 1904–1979
    2. 2. Lydia (Ann) RAMSEY 1875–1943 m. Edward (Hubbard ‘Dock’) WELCH 1871–1946
      1. 1. Marie (O.) WELCH 1898– m. Romer (George) CALL 1895–1980
        1. 1. Viola (Sedona Ann) CALL 1917–2000 m. George (Robert NEILSON) II 1921–2001
      2. 2. Irene WELCH 1911–2001 m. John (J.) MEYER 1902–1979 m. Charles (‘Chalk’) ALEXANDER 1894–1975
      3. 3. Connell (Bryan) WELCH 1896–1963 m. Marie (Elizabeth) BERRY 1905–1981 m. Mabel (Eugenia) LUCKEY 1902–
        1. 1. Letha (LEITHE) [WELCH] 1928–2017
        2. 2. Edward (Eugene) WELCH 1922–1969
        3. 3. Lois (Lucille) WELCH 1927–2012 m. Lloyd (Truman NISWONGER) [NEIGHSWONGER] 1925–2012
        4. 4. Bryan (Lavon) WELCH 1924–2015
        5. 5. Donald (Joe) WELCH 1925–2003
        6. 6. Wendell (William) WELCH 1929–2001
    3. 3. Sarah (Malinda) RAMSEY 1873–1959 m. Polk (Fancher) BRYAN 1861–1942
    4. 4. John (William) RAMSEY 1878–1942 m. Mary (A.) BLANKEN 1877–1931
      1. 1. Maude (Ethel) RAMSEY 1902–1979
  3. 3. Mary (Jane ‘Polly’) O’GUIN 1844–1900 m. Benjamin (C.) RAMSEY 1844–1926
    1. 1. William (Butler) JACKSON 1865–1945 m. Nellie (Berniece SEITZ) [SIDES] 1869–1937
    2. 2. Bertha (Mae) RAMSEY 1876–1954 m. Solomon O’GUIN 1865–1919
      1. 1. Maggie (Lee) O’GUIN 1896–1925 m. Henry (Martin BADER) I 1877–1942
        1. 1. Frances (Genevieve) BADER 1917–1924
        2. 2. Mae (Madeline) BADER 1919–2004 m. Alvin (Ray) STOFFREGEN 1918–2001
        3. 3. Henry (Martin ‘Bud’) BADER 1921–1996 m. Kathryn (C.) McCULLUM 1924– m. Inez (Laverne) WILSON 1932–2009
      2. 2. Alma (Idell) O’GUIN 1898–1982
    3. 3. Charles (Milton) RAMSEY 1874–1950
    4. 4. Absolum RAMSEY 1875–
    5. 5. Benjamin (Edward) RAMSEY 1879–1952 m. Lelia (May JOICE) [JOYCE] 1880–1919 m. Gussie (Mae) RASH 1902–1975
      1. 1. Naoma RAMSEY 1910–1910
    6. 6. Albert RAMSEY 1882–1944
    7. 7. Idella RAMSEY 1884–1964
    8. 8. Rufus (Addison) RAMSEY 1889–1981 m. Floy (Mabel) JONES 1894–1984
      1. 1. Pollyanna RAMSEY 1927–2018 m. Oscar (Anton) GRAFNER –1965
      2. 2. Kathryn (Rose ‘Jakie’) RAMSEY 1921–2019 m. John (W.) JONES –1998 m. Arnold RIDDLE –1994

Melinda WATTS's Timeline

2 Records

1820
ABT 1820
Birth of Melinda WATTS in Georgia
Georgia
1880
ABT 1880
Age 60
Death of Melinda WATTS in Perry, Houston Co., Georgia
Perry, Houston Co., Georgia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1820
    Event Place: Georgia
    Record Source:
    [1] FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries
    [2] GedcomPedigree Chart, I am a DNA match to Keith Brenneke on GEDmatch.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: ABT 1815
    Event Place: Georgia
    Record Source: DNA match andor Shared Ancestor andor Ancestry tree, Letha has a DNA match with Randy O’Guinn. This information is from her tree.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: ABT 1880
    Event Place: Perry, Houston Co., Georgia
    Record Source: GedcomPedigree Chart, I am a DNA match to Keith Brenneke on GEDmatch.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Neelys Landing Cemetery, Neely’s Landing, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries
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