Joel Franklin MELTON b. 1 Aug 1847 , Flat, Pulaski [later Phelps] County, Missouri, USA d. 15 Jan 1908 , Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA: KKs Family History

Joel Franklin MELTON

1847 - 1908 (60 years)

Name	Joel Franklin MELTON [1]
Birth (Alternate)	Aug 1846 [2]
Born	1 Aug 1847	, Flat, Pulaski [later Phelps] County, Missouri, USA [3]
Name Used	Frank
1850 US Census	1 Jun 1850	, District #24, Crawford County, Missouri, USA [4]
	Age: 3y
	He was recorded as J.F. Melton in the household of L.H. Melton, and 3 years old at the time of this census. Missouri was his reported birthplace.
		1850 U.S. census, Missouri, Crawford County, District #24
1860 US Census	1 Jun 1860	, Green Twp., Phelps County, Missouri, USA [5]
	Age: 13y
	He was recorded as J.F. Melton in the household of L.H. Melton, and was 13 years old at the time of this census. His birthplace is again reported as "Missouri".
		1860 U.S. census, Missouri, Phelps County, Green [MELTON, Lewis Hayden]
Military Service	From 1861 to 1865	, , , Missouri, USA [6]
	On FindAGrave site: Pvt 10 Reg MO Cav U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: Joel Melton Sr. Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Missouri Regiment Name: 10 Missouri Cavalry Regiment Name Expanded: 10th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry Company: B Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Film Number: M380 roll 10
1870 US Census	1 Jun 1870	, Spring Creek Twp., Phelps County, Missouri, USA [7]
	Age: 23y
	He was recorded as "J.F. Melton" in the household L.H. Melton. He was 23 years old at the time of this census. Missouri was his reported birthplace.
		1870 U.S. census, Missouri, Phelps County, Spring Creek [MELTON, L.H.] p.2
Occupation	1880 [8]
	farmer
1880 US Census	1 Jun 1880	, Spring Creek Twp., Phelps County, Missouri, USA [8]
	Age: 32y
	He was recorded as head of household and was 32 years old at the time of this census. His occupation was recorded as "farmer", and Missouri was his reported birthplace. Virginia was the reported birthplace of his father, and "Missouri" was the reported birthplace of his mother.
		1880 U.S. census, Missouri, Phelps County, Spring Creek [MELTON, Joel F.]
Move	1900	, , Butler County, Ohio, USA [9]
1900 US Census	1 Jun 1900	, Spring Creek Twp., Phelps County, Missouri, USA [10]
	Age: 53y
	Joel F. Melton was the head of household and was 53 years old at the time of this census. He was married to Martha for 28 years, and was a farmer. Missouri was his reported birthplace. Kentucky was the reported birthplace of his father and Missouri was the reported birthplace of his mother.
		1900 U.S. census, Missouri, Phelps County, Spring Creek [MELTON, Joel F.], p. 1 of 2
Occupation	U.S. Military Civil War Veteran (Confederate)
Obituary	Jan 1908 [11]
	Deaths. In Dulin [sic - should be Qulin], Butler Co., Mo., January 15th, 1908, Mr. Joel Franklin Melton, aged 60 years, 3 months and 14 days. Frank Melton, (as he was always called) was born in Phelps County and was a son of Lewis Haydon and and [sic] Margaret R. Melton, and of a family of eleven children, Mr. Ely [sic] Melton, of Edgars, surviving. Oct. 26th, 1873, Mr. Melton was joined in marriage with Miss Martha Ann Mathis, a sister of Mr. I.T. Mathis, of Flat, Mo., and unto them were born 14 children, 11 surviving. Mr. Melton lived in Phelps County until a few years ago he moved to Butler Co. to work in the lumber business and on the first of January, 1908, he was working with a hay bailer when the double tree broke and the lever flew back and broke his leg at the knee joint, which caused him to suffer greatly and on the 15th day of January the doctors met to amputate his leg, and in his weakened condition he sank under the influence of choloroform [sic] and died in the operation. Mrs. Melton and family have the sympathy of all who know them. -- J.J. Watts [transcribed from the Rolla Herald by Kathy Kult]
FamilySearch ID	FamilySearch.org, ID K4B6-R27
FindAGrave	FindAGrave.com, Memorial #62345623 (correct) & 86297313 (incorrect)
Died	15 Jan 1908	, Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA [13, 14]
	Age: 60y 5m 14d
	Cause: broken leg which needed amputated; died during surgery
Buried	Webb Cemetery, , Butler County, Missouri, USA [15]
Association	Max CHAMBERS (Relationship: DNA Common Ancestor - great-grandson)
Association	Dannell LEINEGER (Relationship: DNA Common Ancestor - 2x-great-granddaughter)
Association	E. UPDIKE (Relationship: DNA Relative)
Notes	DEATH: Conflicting dates for death of Joel Franklin Melton -- it's either 15 Jan 1908 or 16 Jan 1906. Joel moved his family to Butler Co, MO, to work in the timber business. They lived in a tent north of Quilin at the end of the railroad tracks. He had two team of oxen and two horses with which to log. The area was known as Gumstump. He worked for "Brokerage and Cooper". Later he farmed "Sunny Tompkin Farm", then moved to "Linky Farm" north of Quilin. A river separated the farms. A trip down the river to the ferry crossing was a full days trip, so they took the corn from the crib on the Tompkin farm, sacked it, loaded it in a boat and unloaded it on the Linky farm on the other side of the river. They later moved to Nation Bend. While baling hay, grandfather Joel slapped the reins to make the team move, the horses bolted, breaking the double-tree of the wagon. The double-tree snapped up and broke Joel's leg. The leg had to be amputated and Joel died about two days later. Joel was buried in the "Webb Cemetery" in Arkansas but near Quilin Missouri. The river was flooded at the time of Martha's death and she was buried at Qulin Cemetery.
Person ID	I3925	Kult-Lawhorn-Case-Collier Family Tree \| Case Branch
Last Modified	14 Apr 2021

Father	Lewis Hayden MELTON, Sr., b. 10 Sep 1823, , , Hart County, Kentucky, USA , d. 21 Jan 1872, Melton Homestead, Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA (Age 48 years)
Mother	Margaret Riley WELCH, b. 19 Aug 1828, , Huzzah Creek, Washington [later Crawford] County, Missouri, USA , d. 23 Dec 1899, Melton Homestead, Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA (Age 71 years)
Married	20 Oct 1846	, Beaver Creek, Pulaski County, Missouri, USA
Family ID	F1492	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Martha Ann MATHIS, b. 12 Jun 1854, , Flat, Pulaski [later Phelps] County, Missouri, USA , d. 19 May 1921, , Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA (Age 66 years)

Married 26 Oct 1873 , , Phelps County, Missouri, USA [16, 17]

Marriage Record for 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 }

Association Max CHAMBERS (Relationship: DNA Proven Ancestors)

Children

	1. Almon MELTON, b. 24 Aug 1874, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 11 Mar 1918, , Gillis Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, USA (Age 43 years)
	2. A. Thomas MELTON, b. 24 Aug 1874, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 7 Sep 1874, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA (Age 0 years)
	3. Twin #1 MELTON, b. 26 Aug 1875, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 26 Aug 1875, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA (Age 0 years)
	4. Twin #2 MELTON, b. 26 Aug 1875, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 26 Aug 1875, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA (Age 0 years)
	5. Loren Leon MELTON, b. 12 Jan 1877, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 3 Oct 1877, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA (Age 0 years)
+	6. Lena Linnie Pearl MELTON, b. 12 Jan 1877, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 3 Nov 1943, , Summersville, Texas/Shannon County, Missouri, USA (Age 66 years)
+	7. William MELTON, b. 21 Feb 1878, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 22 Feb 1954, , Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA (Age 76 years)
+	8. Margaret "Nancy" MELTON, b. 13 Apr 1879, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 8 Jul 1960, , Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 81 years)
+	9. Minnie MELTON, b. 28 Mar 1880, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 15 Jul 1962, , Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years)
+	10. Isaac Lewis MELTON, b. 24 Jun 1882, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 17 Oct 1934, , Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA (Age 52 years)
	11. John Felix MELTON, b. 22 Jul 1885, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 3 Feb 1902, , Trumann, Poinsett County, Arkansas, USA (Age 16 years)
+	12. Oliver Franklin MELTON, b. 12 May 1887, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 3 Feb 1921, , Ash Hill Twp., Butler County, Missouri, USA (Age 33 years)
+	13. Martha Ann MELTON, b. 13 Oct 1889, , Flat, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 24 Oct 1918, , Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA (Age 29 years)
+	14. Jesse B. MELTON, b. 17 Jul 1892, , Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 20 Apr 1946, Veterans Administration Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA (Age 53 years)
+	15. Charles "Charley" MELTON, b. 17 Jun 1894, , Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, USA , d. 31 Dec 1965, , Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA (Age 71 years)
+	16. Robert Earl MELTON, b. 2 May 1898, , , , Missouri, USA , d. 30 Jul 1945, , Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA (Age 47 years)

Photos

Family of MELTON, Joel Franklin
Front, L-R: Martha Ann (Mathis), Earl, Joel Franklin, Charles, Will, Isaac, Jesse and Almon.
Back, L-R: Oliver, Martha Ann and husband David Cates.

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

Last Modified 7 Jan 2021

Family ID F109 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 1 Aug 1847 - , Flat, Pulaski [later Phelps] County, Missouri, USA
	1850 US Census - Age: 3y - 1 Jun 1850 - , District #24, Crawford County, Missouri, USA
	1860 US Census - Age: 13y - 1 Jun 1860 - , Green Twp., Phelps County, Missouri, USA
	Military Service - From 1861 to 1865 - , , , Missouri, USA
	1870 US Census - Age: 23y - 1 Jun 1870 - , Spring Creek Twp., Phelps County, Missouri, USA
	Married - 26 Oct 1873 - , , Phelps County, Missouri, USA
	1880 US Census - Age: 32y - 1 Jun 1880 - , Spring Creek Twp., Phelps County, Missouri, USA
	Move - 1900 - , , Butler County, Ohio, USA
	1900 US Census - Age: 53y - 1 Jun 1900 - , Spring Creek Twp., Phelps County, Missouri, USA
	Died - Age: 60y 5m 14d,Cause: broken leg which needed amputated; died during surgery - 15 Jan 1908 - , Qulin, Butler County, Missouri, USA
	Buried - - Webb Cemetery, , Butler County, Missouri, USA

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Reference Kathy Kult, KKs Family History (https://kks-fam.net/getperson.php?personID=I3925&tree=1: accessed 17 April 2021), "Joel Franklin MELTON."

Sources

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[S34] Mary Ruth Case, "The Case/Collier Family Genealogy," compiled 10 Dec 1990, supplied 2004 by Case, Rolla, Missouri; no specific documentation for any piece of data.
[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. (Quality Assessment: 1).
[S787] Primary Source unavailable, Unfortunately, the Pulaski County Courthouse burned down in 1903. No records survived therefore no birth record is available from Pulaski County records..
[S311] 1850 U.S. census, Crawford County, Missouri, population schedule, District #24, p. 211 (stamped), dwelling 314, family 314, L. H. Melton household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 August 2006); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 397. (Quality Assessment: 3).
[S314] 1860 U.S. census, Phelps County, Missouri, population schedule, Green Township, p. 67 (penned), dwelling 439, family 439, L.H. Melton household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 July 2005); citing National Archives microfilm publication M653, roll 639. (Quality Assessment: 3).
[S23] Ancestry.com website, www.ancestry.com, (Provo, UT : The Generations Network, Inc., 2007).
[S269] 1870 U.S. census, Phelps County, Missouri, population schedule, Spring Creek Township, p. 21 (penned), p. 748 (stamped), dwelling 138, family 147, L.H. Melton household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 December 2005); citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 797. (Quality Assessment: 3).
[S710] 1880 U.S. census, Phelps County, Missouri, population schedule, Spring Creek Township, enumeration district (ED) 128, p. 24 (penned), dwelling 209, family 213, Joel F. Melton household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 October 2005); citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 709. (Quality Assessment: 3).
[S1283] Butler County Genealogical Society, Butler County Missouri, Vol I, (Popular Bluff, Missouri : Butler County Genealogical Society, 1988), Melton-Heath, p. 146. (Quality Assessment: 2).
[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. (Quality Assessment: 3).
[S643] "Joel Franklin Melton," obituary, Rolla Herald Democrat, The (Missouri), Jan 1908, p. unknown. MST Periodical Microfilm roll 071.78594 R647h 1906/09, Missouri S&T Library, Western Historical Manuscript Collection, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, Missouri. (Quality Assessment: 3).
[S283] Joel Franklin Melton Family, manuscript records; box 1, v17, Mathis family record, 1775-1903, p16, John J. Watts Collection, 1874-1912 (R0038); Western Historical Manuscript Collection, Missouri University of Science and Technology, G-3 Curtis Laws Wilson Library, Rolla. A collection of notebooks of genealogical records kept by a circuit riding Baptist minister in the northern Ozarks. The records cover Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, and parts of Maries and Dent counties in south-central Missouri. (Quality Assessment: 2).
[S283] Lewis Haydon Melton Family, manuscript records; box 1, v19, Miscellaneous genealogical notes, 1827-1912, p86, John J. Watts Collection, 1874-1912 (R0038); Western Historical Manuscript Collection, Missouri University of Science and Technology, G-3 Curtis Laws Wilson Library, Rolla. A collection of notebooks of genealogical records kept by a circuit riding Baptist minister in the northern Ozarks. The records cover Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, and parts of Maries and Dent counties in south-central Missouri. (Quality Assessment: 2).
[S643] "Joel Franklin Melton," obituary, Rolla Herald Democrat, The (Missouri), Jan 1908, p. unknown. MST Periodical Microfilm roll 071.78594 R647h 1906/09, Missouri S&T Library, Western Historical Manuscript Collection, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, Missouri. (Quality Assessment: 2).
[S605] Webb Cemetery (Qulin, Butler County, Missouri; LAT/LON unknown), marker not yet located; (Quality Assessment: 2).
[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. (Quality Assessment: 3).
[S34] Mary Ruth Case, "The Case/Collier Family Genealogy," compiled 10 Dec 1990, supplied 2004 by Case, Rolla, Missouri; no specific documentation for any piece of data. (Quality Assessment: 2).

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