Lest We Forget, Page 063

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. 062 Pg. 064--> 63 . A picture is shown here. . . A picture is shown here. . Sheriff James Melvin Rev. William Simmons Melvin . A picture is shown here. . John Beard Melvin Mary Eliza Hester Melvin William Oakley Melvin (Director U.S. Navy Band) . A picture is shown here. . Sheriff Ephriam Posey Melvin (1836-1910) Sheriff JAMES MELVIN (1797-1881) John (2), Daniel (1). Son of JOHN MELVIN (1762-1853) and Keziah Suggs of Bladen County, N.C. Born 15 Feb. 1797 in Bladen County, died 4 Feb. 1881 in Bladen and buried in the family cemetery one mile south of White Oak in the same county. Married Mariam Simmons c1822, born 4 March 1804, died 27 Nov. 1881 in the same year as her husband and buried beside him. JAMES, son of JOHN and GEO. WASHINGTON, son of DANIEL, II, were the two grandsons of DAN- IEL MELVIN, Immigrant, who became High Sheriffs of Bladen. A greatgrandson, ROBERT PHILLIP, son of ROBERT, was the Civil War Sheriff of Bladen County. If for no other reason, JAMES MELVIN should be remembered for siring Bladen County's most famous and eccentric Baptist preacher, the Rev. WILLIAM SIM- MONS MELVIN. Children of Sheriff JAMES MELVIN and Miriam Sim- mons: <--Pg. 062 Pg. 064--> HTML Editor's notes: The lines now reading: " (Director U.S. Navy Band)" Originally read: " (Director U.S. Marine Band)" This is Lionel Melvin's correction, published in Remember Our Melvins and Kin, Page 349. The line now reading: as her husband and buried beside him. JAMES, son of JOHN and GEO. Originally read: as her husband and buried beside him. JAMES, son JOHN and GEO. The word in blue, "of", is necessary for the sentence to be understood correctly. It has been added by the HTML Editor. 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. William Simmons Melvin, William Melvin, Preacher Melvin W.S. Melvin, Preacher W.S. Melvin Mariam Simmons, Mariam Simmons Melvin, Mariam Melvin Miriam Simmons, Miriam Simmons Melvin, Miriam Melvin Sheriff James Melvin, Sheriff Melvin Keziah Suggs, Keziah Suggs Melvin, Keziah Melvin John Melvin George Washington Melvin, George W. Melvin, George Melvin Sheriff George Washington Melvin, Sheriff George Melvin Daniel Melvin II, Daniel Melvin, Jr. Sheriff Robert Phillip Melvin, Sheriff Robert Melvin Civil War Sheriff Sen. Robert Melvin, Senator Robert Melvin, Senator Melvin Sheriff Ephriam Posey Melvin, Sheriff Ephriam Melvin Mary Eliza Hester, Mary Eliza Hester Melvin, Mary Eliza Melvin Mary Hester, Mary Hester Melvin, Mary Melvin William Oakley Melvin, William O. Melvin Director U.S. Navy Band