Lest We Forget, Page 018

Lest We Forget ; Our Melvins and Kin by Lionel Dane Melvin NCMcKay Home "Lest" Contents Page Book Index-> A-F, G-Mc, M-Q, R-Y <--Pg. 017 Pg. 019--> 18 son, Arthur Stephens Smith, born in Bladen County, N.C., 30 Feb. 1834, died in Bladen 6 Aug. 1912. Married Wil- lie Ann Mitchell, born 12 Dec, 1849 in Fayetteville, N.C., the daughter of William Mitchell and Anne Mac- Donald of Haymount in Fayetteville. Willie Ann Mitchell died 19 July 1895 and is buried at Cypress Creek Ceme- tery in Bladen County, N.C. According to my late father, LEON DEXTER MELVIN (1875-1948), Arthur Stephen Smith was on the officers staff of Stonewall Jackson and was the young Lieutenant who caught the general in his arms when he was shot on horseback. One Civil War history de- scribes the incident and does say that Lt. Smith took Gen. Jackson off his horse when he was shot and placed him on the ground beside the road. Children of Arthur Stephens Smith and Willie Ann Mitchell: son, Sidney Smith, no information available other than he was married and had children of whom none sur- vived. dau. Rena Douglas Smith, born in 1876 in Bladen County, N.C., died in 1959. Never married. dau. Lilly Smith, born in Bladen, married, first, Oli- ver Smith, second, D. Flood. son, Cecil Smith, born 31 Oct. 1882, died 14 Oct. 1907. Unmarried. dau. Annie Lou Smith, born in Bladen County, N.C. Mar- ried Will Smith. Had four sons and two daughters. dau. Harriet Smith, born 5 Dec. 1891, died 22 June 1892. son, Arthur Gray Smith, born in Bladen County, died 4 July 1976. No heirs. One further note on the Smith family above: Isham Smith, the husband of CATHERINE MELVIN, is said to be a son of Thomas Smith of Beaver Dam Community in Cumberland County and that Isham's first name was John. CHARLES THOMAS MELVIN (1852-1930) David Bunyan (4), Robert (3), Daniel (2), Daniel (1). Son of DAVID BUNYAN MELVIN (1819-1907) of Bladen County and Annie Jane Davis of White Oak, Bladen County, N.C. Born in Bladen 12 Dec. 1852. Died at White Oak Aug. 1930. Married Alice Dunham, daughter of John Dunham and Susan Cain. Alice Dunham was born in White Oak, N.C., 12 Oct. 1862, died at White Oak 10 Nov. 1942. CHARLES THOMAS MELVIN (Charlie) was a farmer, a good teller of stories, had a healthy sense of humor and walked with a crooked stick. Children of CHARLES THOMAS MELVIN and Alice Dunham: son, James Leslie Melvin, married Lola Stamps Melvin, dau. of John Thomas Melvin, son of Capt. JOHN T. MELVIN and Hulda Regan, and Mary Viola Melvin, dau. of JAMES KELLY MELVIN and Mary Turner Gunter. dau. Mary Elmira Melvin, born at White Oak, N.C., 27 June 1884, died 30 Nov. 1909. Married T. Grover Cain of White Oak, N.C. <--Pg. 017 Pg. 019--> HTML Editor's notes: The line now reading: " of John Thomas Melvin, son of Capt. JOHN T. MELVIN and" Originally read: " of JOHN THOMAS MELVIN, son of Capt. JOHN T. MELVIN and" The HTML Editor can find no head-of-family page for JOHN THOMAS MELVIN, so the link to John Thomas Melvin points to his mention on page 81 as the son of Capt. JOHN TURNER MELVIN. Also note that on page 81 John Thomas Melvin was originally typed as John Turner Melvin, Jr., which also seems to be a mistake given the evidence on page 66 of the name of the husband of Mary Viola Melvin. Variant word list: Word searches conducted by computer may produce disappointing results. Therefore, for each page, there will be a list like this of names with middle names omitted, maiden names and married names used, hyphenated words reconstructed, etc. Perhaps this strategy will help those people who are conducting searches on the Internet find who they are looking for on this page. It has already proven helpful to the HTML Editor. Arthur Stephens Smith, Arthur Smith Willie Ann Mitchell, Willie Mitchell Willie Ann Smith, Willie Smith Leon Dexter Melvin, Leon Melvin Lieutenant Arthur Stephens Smith, Lieutenant Arthur Smith Lt. Arthur Stephens Smith, Lt. Arthur Smith General Stonewall Jackson, Gen. Stonewall Jackson General Jackson, Gen. Jackson Rena Douglas Smith, Rena Smith Lilly Smith, Lilly Smith Flood, Lilly Flood Annie Lou Smith, Annie Smith Arthur Gray Smith, Arthur Smith Isham Smith, John Isham Smith Catherine Melvin, Catherine Melvin Smith, Catherine Smith Charles Thomas Melvin, Charles Melvin, Charlie Melvin Alice Dunham, Alice Dunham Melvin, Alice Melvin James Leslie Melvin, James Melvin Lola Stamps Melvin, Lola Melvin Hulda Regan, Hulda Regan Melvin, Hulda Melvin Mary Viola Melvin, Mary Melvin Mary Turner Gunter, Mary Gunter Mary Turner Melvin, Mary Melvin James Kelly Melvin, James Melvin, James Kelley Melvin Mary Elmira Melvin, Mary Melvin Mary Elmira Cain, Mary Cain T. Grover Cain, Grover Cain