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Melissa Frances White 1856–1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Sep 1856

Birth Location: Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri, USA

Death Date: 27 Jul 1944

Death Location: Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, USA

Father: Mark Sr

Mother: Serelda White

Spouse(s): James Banta

Children(s): Clara Banta, Jessie Banta, Ruth Banta, Charles Banta, Nellie Banta, William Banta, Bernice Banta

Melissa Frances White was born in 1856 in Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri, USA, the child of Mark White Sr And Serelda White. Melissa Frances White married James Arthur Banta, and had children including Bernice Banta, Charles Banta, Clara Alice Banta, Jessie Floy Banta, Nellie Banta, Ruth Frances Banta, William Mark Banta. Melissa Frances White passed away in 1944 in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, USA.

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Biography

  • Melissa Frances White was born in 1856 in Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri, USA, the child of Mark White Sr And Serelda White.
  • Melissa Frances White married James Arthur Banta, and had children including Bernice Banta, Charles Banta, Clara Alice Banta, Jessie Floy Banta, Nellie Banta, Ruth Frances Banta, William Mark Banta.
  • Melissa Frances White passed away in 1944 in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Mark Sr
1825–1896
Birth Location: Booneville, Howard, Missouri, United States
MS
Serelda White
1823–1879
Birth Location: Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
SW

Spouses(s)

James Banta
1855–1925
Birth Location: Chariton, Macon, Missouri, United States
JB

Children(s)

Clara Banta
1876–1955
Birth Location: Missouri
CB
Jessie Banta
1890–1981
Birth Location: Niscon., Missouri
JB
Ruth Banta
1893–1972
Birth Location: Missouri
RB
Charles Banta
–1884
Birth Location: –
CB
Nellie Banta
–1879
Birth Location: –
NB
William Banta
1880–1944
Birth Location: Macon County, Missouri, USA
WB
Bernice Banta
1900–
Birth Location: –
BB

Melissa White's Ancestors

Self
Melissa White
1856–1944
Birth Place: Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri, USA
Parents
Mark White Sr
1825–1896
Booneville, Howard, Missouri, United States
Serelda White
1823–1879
Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Summers Wright
1804–1887
Eagle Twp., Wayne, Kentucky, United States
Naomi Coffey
1804–1904
Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Evans Wright
1762–1846
Rebecca Summers
1774–1862
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Immigrant
1726–1785
Nancy Evans
1760–1795
Thomas Sr
1736–1805
Elizabeth Springer
1738–1805

Melissa White's Descendants

1.
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Melissa (Frances) White (26 Sep 1856–27 Jul 1944) m. James (Arthur) Banta (21 Jan 1855–10 Nov 1925)
  1. 1. Clara (Alice) Banta 1876–1955
  2. 2. Jessie (Floy) Banta 1890–1981
  3. 3. Ruth (Frances) Banta 1893–1972
  4. 4. Charles Banta –1884
  5. 5. Nellie Banta –1879
  6. 6. William (Mark) Banta 1880–1944 m. Leannie (Lynn) Snider 1885– m. Lillian (Elizabeth Lange) GG1 1893–1981
    1. 1. Dorothy (Arlene) Banta 1916–1970
    2. 2. Maxine (Adeline) Banta 1914–1996
    3. 3. Mark (E) Banta 1919–
    4. 4. James (Arthur) Banta 1921–1936
  7. 7. Bernice Banta 1900–

Melissa White's Timeline

2 Records

1856
26 Sep 1856
Birth of Melissa Frances White in Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri, USA
Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri, USA
1944
27 Jul 1944
Age 88
Death of Melissa Frances White in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, USA
Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Sep 1856
    Event Place: Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Jul 1944
    Event Place: Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, USA
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