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Stephen Decatur Melton 1859–1933 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Apr 1859

Birth Location: Ozark, Christian, Missouri, USA

Death Date: 13 Nov 1933

Death Location: Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri, USA

Father: Martin Melton

Mother: Margaret Melton

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Stephen Decatur Melton was born in 1859 in Ozark, Christian, Missouri, USA, the child of Martin Fisher Melton And Margaret Ann Peggie Ann Bilyeu Melton. Stephen Decatur Melton passed away in 1933 in Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • Stephen Decatur Melton was born in 1859 in Ozark, Christian, Missouri, USA, the child of Martin Fisher Melton And Margaret Ann Peggie Ann Bilyeu Melton.
  • Stephen Decatur Melton passed away in 1933 in Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri, USA.

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Stephen Melton's Ancestors

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Stephen Melton
1859–1933
Birth Place: Ozark, Christian, Missouri, USA
Parents
Martin Fisher Melton
1817–1870
Harrison, Harrison Co., Indiana, USA
Margaret (Ann "Peggie Ann" Bilyeu) Melton
1821–1908
Overton County, Tennessee, United States of America
Grandparents
Reuben (Marion) Melton
1782–1862
Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Mary (Ailcey) Mcadams
1792–1869
Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Isaac (Bilyeu) Sr
1780–1860
Aleghany, Virginia, USA
Mary (Ann) Workman
1787–1860
Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, USA
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Stephen Melton's Timeline

2 Records

1859
8 Apr 1859
Birth of Stephen Decatur Melton in Ozark, Christian, Missouri, USA
Ozark, Christian, Missouri, USA
1933
13 Nov 1933
Age 74
Death of Stephen Decatur Melton in Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri, USA
Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Apr 1859
    Event Place: Ozark, Christian, Missouri, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Nov 1933
    Event Place: Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri, USA

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