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Oliver Franklin MELTON

Oliver Franklin MELTON

Male 1887 - 1921  (33 years)


  • Name Oliver Franklin MELTON  [1] 
    Born 12 May 1887  , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    1900 U.S. Census 1 Jun 1900  , Spring Creek Twp., Phelps County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Age: 13y 
    • He was the son of Joel F. Melton and was 13 years old at the time of this census. His occupation was listed as "farm laborer", and Missouri was his reported birthplace.
    1900 U.S. census, Missouri, Phelps County, Spring Creek [MELTON, Joel F.], p. 2 of 2    		 1900 U.S. census, Missouri, Phelps County, Spring Creek [MELTON, Joel F.], p. 2 of 2
    Military Draft Registration 5 Jan 1917  , Fagus, Butler County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    WWI Military Registration for Oliver Melton    		 WWI Military Registration for Oliver Melton
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    Died 3 Feb 1921  , Ash Hill Twp., Butler County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6] 
    Cause: malaria fever 
    Death Certificate of MELTON, Oliver    		 Death Certificate of MELTON, Oliver
    Buried 4 Feb 1921  Qulin Cemetery, Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6, 7] 
    Gravestone for MELTON, Oliver    		 Gravestone for MELTON, Oliver
    Person ID I4068  Kult-Lawhorn-Case-Collier Family Tree | Case Branch
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2018 

    Father Joel Franklin MELTON,   b. 1 Aug 1847, , Flat, Pulaski [later Phelps] County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1908, , Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Martha Ann MATHIS,   b. 12 Jun 1854, , Flat, Pulaski [later Phelps] County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1921, , Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 26 Oct 1873  , , Phelps County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Marriage, MELTON, Joel F. and MATHIS, Martha Ann    		 Marriage, MELTON, Joel F. and MATHIS, Martha Ann

    Transcription:

    Melton to Mathes

    State of Missouri }
    County of Phelps }

    This is to certify that the rites of marriage was performed between Joel F. Melton and Martha Mathes on the 26 day of October 1873 by the undersigned of Phelps County State of Mo.

    Simeon B. Lewis
    Minister of the Gospel

    Filed for Record }
    Jan'y 19 1873 }
    Photos
    Family of MELTON, Joel Franklin    		Family of MELTON, Joel Franklin
    SOURCE: Tresa Tatyrek, online photo, "Melton Photo Gallery", http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tresa/Melton/photo.htm and Butler County Genealogical Society, Butler County, Missouri, Vol. I, (Popular Bluff: Butler Co. Genealogical Society, 1988), p. 146
    Family ID F109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary "Belle" LEDBETTER,   b. 7 Sep 1898, , , Pope County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1974, , St. Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1919  , Fagus, Butler County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • After Oliver died, Mary married William, Oliver's older brother.
    Children 
     1. Martha Catherine MELTON,   b. 19 Sep 1920, , Broseley, Butler County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1980, , , , Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2017 
    Family ID F100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 May 1887 - , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1900 U.S. Census - Age: 13y - 1 Jun 1900 - , Spring Creek Twp., Phelps County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Draft Registration - 5 Jan 1917 - , Fagus, Butler County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Dec 1919 - , Fagus, Butler County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: malaria fever - 3 Feb 1921 - , Ash Hill Twp., Butler County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 4 Feb 1921 - Qulin Cemetery, Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    MELTON, Oliver Franklin    		MELTON, Oliver Franklin
    SOURCE: Tresa Tatyrek, online photo, "Melton Photo Gallery", http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tresa/Melton/photo.htm

  • CiteRef for this page  Kathy Kult, KKs Family History (http://kks-fam.net/getperson.php?personID=I4068&tree=1: accessed 20 February 2019), "Oliver Franklin MELTON".

  • Sources

    (Reliability ratings:
      0=Unreliable   1=Questionable   2=Secondary   3=Primary) 
    1. [S244] "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1967", database with images, Missouri Digital Heritage (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates/: accessed 2007-present), entry for death certificate no. 3353-a (file no.), Oliver Melton, 3 February 1921. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S1279] Pearman, Shirley and Lynn Emery, Genealogical Society of Butler County [Missouri], Southeast Butler County Cemeteries, (n.p., Missouri: Butler County Genealogical Society, 2000), p. 193. (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S876] 1900 U.S. census, Phelps County, Missouri, population schedule, Spring Creek Township (north part), enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 5-B, dwelling 93, family 93, Joel F. Melton household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 January 2009); citing National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 873, (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1177] ***1***The State Historical Society of Missouri, R038 Watts, John J. (1831-1912) Collection, 1874-1912, (http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/rolla/r0038index.pdf : accessed 2 May 2016).

    5. [S244] "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1967", database with images, Missouri Digital Heritage (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates/: accessed 2007-present), entry for death certificate no. 3353-a (file no.), Oliver Melton, 3 February 1921. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S673] Glen Sedrick, compiler, "Qulin Cemetery, Butler County, Missouri," index, Rootsweb, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mocemete/butler/qulin.html : accessed 2011), entry for Melton, Oliver (12 May 1887 - 3 Feb1921). (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S604] Qulin Cemetery (Qulin, Butler County, Missouri; LAT/LON N36.595° W-90.2722°; take Hwy 53 South from Poplar Bluff for 15 miles; at Qulin, turn right (west) onto Hwy N for 1.2 miles; the cemetery is on the left).

    8. [S912] Phelps County, Missouri, "Marriages", (1867-1881), 1:210, entry for Joel F. MELTON and Martha Ann MATHIS, 26 October 1873; MSA microfilm C20224, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S34] Mary Ruth Case, "The Case/Collier Family Genealogy," compiled 10 Dec 1990, supplied 2004 by Case, Rolla, Missouri, (Reliability: 2).