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Virginia Mellisa Gaines 1841–1903 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Sept. 1841

Birth Location: Milam, Sabine, Texas

Death Date: 1903

Death Location: Logansport, DeSoto, Louisiana, USA

Father: John Gaines

Mother: Nancy McMahon

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Virginia Mellisa Gaines was born in 1841 in Milam, Sabine, Texas, the child of John Baptist Gaines And Nancy Hardin Mcmahon. Virginia Mellisa Gaines passed away in 1903 in Logansport, DeSoto, Louisiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Virginia Mellisa Gaines was born in 1841 in Milam, Sabine, Texas, the child of John Baptist Gaines And Nancy Hardin Mcmahon.
  • Virginia Mellisa Gaines passed away in 1903 in Logansport, DeSoto, Louisiana, USA.

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Virginia Gaines's Ancestors

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Virginia Gaines
1841–1903
Birth Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Parents
John Baptist Gaines
1818–
Texas, USA
Nancy (Hardin) McMahon
1824–1897
Tennessee
Grandparents
Richard (Thomas (James)) Gaines
1776–1856
culpeper Co., Virginia
Susannah Norris
1798–1851
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Gaines
1738–1811
Susannah Strother
1745–1811
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Gaines
1704–1796
Isabella Pendleton
1712–1790
Francis Sr
1700–1752
Susannah Dabney
1700–1752

Virginia Gaines's Timeline

2 Records

1841
15 Sept. 1841
Birth of Virginia Mellisa Gaines in Milam, Sabine, Texas
Milam, Sabine, Texas
1903
1903
Age 62
Death of Virginia Mellisa Gaines in Logansport, DeSoto, Louisiana, USA
Logansport, DeSoto, Louisiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Sept. 1841
    Event Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1903
    Event Place: Logansport, DeSoto, Louisiana, USA

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