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Melissa Ellender Brashears 1830–1906 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 May 1830

Birth Location: Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 14 Feb 1906

Death Location: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

Father: Absalom Brashears

Mother: Ellender Ross

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Children(s): Janie Spence

Melissa Ellender Brashears was born in 1830 in Tennessee, United States, the child of Absalom Alfred Brashears And Ellender Nellie Ross. Melissa Ellender Brashears had children including Janie Jennie Louise Spence. Melissa Ellender Brashears passed away in 1906 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.

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Biography

  • Melissa Ellender Brashears was born in 1830 in Tennessee, United States, the child of Absalom Alfred Brashears And Ellender Nellie Ross.
  • Melissa Ellender Brashears had children including Janie Jennie Louise Spence.
  • Melissa Ellender Brashears passed away in 1906 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.

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Children(s)

Melissa Brashears's Ancestors

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Melissa Brashears
1830–1906
Birth Place: Tennessee, United States
Parents
Absalom Alfred Brashears
1799–1847
Roane, Tennessee, United States
Ellender ("Nellie") Ross
1801–1875
Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Isaac (L) Brashears
1760–1833
Julian, Orange--now Guilford, North Carolina
Edna (Elizabeth Jane) Walker
1765–1826
South Carolina, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Robert Stone"
1731–1816
Phoebe Nicks
1738–1811
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Brashear
1704–1782
John Sr
1716–1781
Margaret Edwards
1717–1760

Melissa Brashears's Descendants

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Melissa (Ellender) Brashears (31 May 1830–14 Feb 1906)
  1. 1. Janie (Jennie Louise) Spence 1857–1937
    1. 1. Eula Evans 1897–1984
      1. 1. Jack (Spence) Evans 1918–2006
        1. 1. Sylvia Webb 1938–2015

Melissa Brashears's Timeline

2 Records

1830
31 May 1830
Birth of Melissa Ellender Brashears in Tennessee, United States
Tennessee, United States
1906
14 Feb 1906
Age 76
Death of Melissa Ellender Brashears in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 May 1830
    Event Place: Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Feb 1906
    Event Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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