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Melissa Dye 1836 – 1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1836

Birth Location: Russell County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1900

Death Location: Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, USA

Father: Branson DYE

Mother: Sarah Kelley

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Melissa Dye was born in 1836 in Russell County, Virginia, USA, the child of Branson DYE and Sarah Kelley. Melissa Dye passed away in 1900 in Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Melissa Dye was born in 1836 in Russell County, Virginia, USA, the child of Branson DYE and Sarah Kelley.
  • Melissa Dye passed away in 1900 in Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, USA.

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Melissa Dye's Ancestors

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Melissa Dye
1836 – 1900
Birth Place: Russell County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Branson DYE
1808 – 1881
Russell, Virginia, USA
Sarah Kelley
1808 – 1841
USA
Grandparents
William (Abraham) DYE
1770 – 1820
Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Lattis COLESTON
1770 – 1850
Cecil, Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
William DYE
1746 – 1823
Rebecca RANDOLPH
1750 – 1798
John COULSON
1737 – 1812
Rachel BROWN
1748 – 1816
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William DYE
1719 – 1810
Elizabeth Brown
1727 – 1789
James RANDOLPH
1725 – 1797
Margaret SMALLEY
1725 – 1780
Thomas II
1703 – 1763
Mary WILEY
1705 – 1775
Joseph BROWN
1714 – 1793
Hannah WILSON
1719 – 1785

Melissa Dye's Timeline

2 Records

1836
1836
Birth of Melissa Dye in Russell County, Virginia, USA
Russell County, Virginia, USA
1900
1900
Age 64
Death of Melissa Dye in Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, USA
Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1836
    Event Place: Russell County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, USA

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