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was Membership Chairman of the Woodsmen of The World for the
state of North Carolina and was elected as the first mayor of
White Lake after it was incorporated. Children of HIRAM ALEX-
ANDER MELVIN and Elizabeth Sapp:
 
dau. Barbara Jean Melvin. Married Luin Ricks. Children:
     dau. Cindy Ricks.
     dau. Sheri Ricks.
     son, Eric Ricks.
dau. Marian Dean Melvin. Married Charles E. Stephenson. Child-
     ren: Tara; Mark; Paul.
son, Hiram Alexander Melvin, Jr. Married Brenda Alford. Child-
     ren:
     son, Hiram Alexander Melvin, III. (Trey).
     son, Hugh Stanley Melvin. (Stan).
 
IDA JANE MELVIN
(1878-1916)
 
William Evander (5), David Bunyan (4), Robert (3), Daniel (2),
Daniel (1).
 
Daughter of WILLIAM EVANDER MELVIN (1847-1906) and Rebecca
Young of White Oak, Bladen County, N.C. Born 27 Sept. 1878
at White Oak, N.C., died 11 Sept. 1916. Married, first, John
Young Jones, born 10 March 1860, died 4 Sept. 1906, son of
Davis and Lenora Jones of Bladen County, N.C. Children of
IDA JANE MELVIN and John Young Jones:
 
dau. Rebecca Mae Jones, born 17 Nov. 1892 at White Oak, N.C.,
     died 11 April 1939. Married 25 June 1916 Robert Raymond
     Robeson, born 17 May 1887 at Tar Heel, Bladen County,
     N.C., died 12 March 1977 at Tar Heel and buried in the
     Robeson Cemetery there, son of Evander McNair Robeson
     and Sarah Elmira Dunham. See ROBESON FAMILY. Children
     of Rebecca Mae Jones and Robert Raymond Robeson:
 
     dau. Ida Elmira Robeson, born 23 Aug. 1917 at Tar Heel,
          N.C. Married 8 Jan. 1945 Elbert Thomas Irvine, son
          of John Irvine and Helen Peterson of Smithfield,
          N.C. Children:
          dau. Edna Mae Irvine, born 28 June 1947 in Lumber-
               ton, N.C.
          son, Raymond James Irvine, born 26 Nov. 1948 in
               Lumberton, N.C.
     dau. Edna Audrey Robeson b. 20 Aug 1920. Unmarried.
 
son, David Evander Jones, born 9 July 1895 at White Oak, N.C.,
     died at White Oak 3 March 1933. Married Eloise Wilson.
     son, John Boyd Jones, born 9 Feb. 1921 in Florida.
son, Harry John Jones, born 16 Feb. 1903 at White Oak, N.C.,
     died 25 April 1949 at White Oak, N.C. Married Naomi
     Ethel Connell, daughter of Isaac and Mamie Connell.
     dau. Rebecca Jane Jones, born 3 Sept. 1943.
     dau. Mamie Ruth Jones, born 8 Jan. 1947
     son, David Isaac Jones, born 8 Jan. 1947 (twin of above).
son, William Chalmers Jones, born 22 April 1900 at White Oak,
     N.C. Married 3 Nov. 1935 Lydia Ray. Children:
     son, John Bennett Jones, born 5 Sept. 1936. Married
          Herda _________.
     son, William Chalmers Jones, born 17 Feb. 1939. Married
          Judy Beard.
 
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HTML Editor's notes:

The word in red, "Woodsmen", should probably be "Woodmen".

This line is not in the original book:
"     dau. Edna Audrey Robeson b. 20 Aug 1920. Unmarried."

The text in green is Lionel Melvin's addition, published in
Remember Our Melvins and Kin, Page 349.