Lest We Forget ; Our Melvins and Kin  by  Lionel Dane Melvin
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son, Wiley Daniel Melvin, born 17 March 1866 in Washington
     County, Florida. Married Martha E. ___________. (Some of
     the children of EPHRIAM POSEY MELVIN by this wife took
     the maiden name of their mother, but Wiley Daniel used
     his father's name of Melvin).
dau. Orie Melvin, born c1868 in Washington County, Fla. Mar-
     ried a Mr. Williams.
dau. Lear Melvin, born c1870 in Washington County, Fla. Mar-
     ried William Jones.
 
Children of EPHRIAM POSEY MELVIN and Susan Ann (Sellars) Leo-
nard (born 7 May 1835, died 13 May 1914), daughter of Henry
Sellars and Hettie Bryant:
dau. Callie Melvin, born 27 March 1869 in Washington County,
     died 4 Aug. 1961. Married Frank McKethan.
son, Wm. Daniel Rogers Melvin, born 19 May 1870 in Washington
     County, Fla., died 13 Sept. 1952. Married Fannie Reynolds.
son, Murdock Merritt Melvin, born 26 Aug. 1872 in Washington
     County, Fla., died 20 Jan. 1949.
son, Giles Bowers Melvin, born 10 Feb. 1875 in Washington
     County, Fla., died 17 May 1960. Married Louis Bethany
     Basford.
 
Children of EPHRIAM POSEY MELVIN and Missouri Leonard (born
6 July 1855, died 11 April 1919), the daughter of Thomas J.
Leonard and Susan Ann Sellars:
son, Thomas Melvin, born in Washington County, Fla., 23 June
     1879. Married Sarah Jane Morris.
son, Patrick O'Bryon Melvin, born in Washington County, Fla.,
     2 June 1881. Married Lula Harrington.
son, Franklin W. Melvin, born 23 Dec. 1887 in Washington Co.,
     Fla., died 3 Oct. 1939. Married Mattie Fuller.
dau. Josephine Etta Melvin, born 23 Dec. 1889 in Washington
     County, Fla. Married Hampton Pickels.
dau. Lula Melvin, born c1891 in Vernon, Washington County,
     Florida, died c1898.
son, Clarence Melvin, born in Washington County, Fla., 17
     July 1894, died 1 Nov. 1913. Unmarried.
dau. Julia Nancy Melvin, born 17 July 1896, Washington County,
     Florida. Married Carl Ethridge.
 
Children of EPHRIAM POSEY MELVIN and Frances Victoria Leonard
(daughter of Thomas Leonard and Susan Ann Sellars), born 13
Feb. 1851 in Vernon, Washington County, Fla., died 20 May 1889.
dau. Frances Elizabeth Melvin, born in Vernon, Washington Co.,
     Florida, 22 Oct. 1870, died 19 Feb. 1948 in Marianna,
     Jackson County, Florida. Married 25 Dec. 1888 Thomas Jef-
     ferson Rooks.
son, Jacob Shelton Melvin, born in Vernon, Washington County,
     Fla., 20 Jan 1874, died 7 Jan. 1937 in Pensacola, Escam-
     bia County, Fla. Married 23 May 1902 Ida John Miller.
son, HENRY DANIEL MELVIN, born 5 April 1878 in Vernon, Wash-
     ington County, Fla., died 7 Nov. 1952 at St. Andrew,
     Bay County, Fla. Married Nettie Jeanette Rooks.
dau. Cora D. Melvin, born 20 Aug. 1886 in Kynesville, Jackson
     County, Fla., died 16 June 1941 in Thomasville, Ga. Bur-
     ied at Appalachicola, Fla. Married 11 April 1909 James
     Isaac Russell.
son, Wm. Oswell Melvin, born 20 May 1889, died 1974. Married
     Edna Mattox.
 
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