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     olina 19 Feb. 1856, died 4 Oct. 1858.
son, Patrick Kelly Melvin, born in Bladen County, N.C. 22
     Aug. 1857.
dau. Ida May Melvin, born 10 April 1859, died 25 Feb. 1924.
     Married a Mr. Hall.
dau. Euphemia Eason Melvin, born 27 Dec. 1860, died 26 April
     1838. Married Atlas Pascal Smith. Their home was near
     the Davy Melvin Mill in Bladen County, N.C.
son, WILLIAM GRAY MELVIN, born 22 Oct. 18__ in Bladen County,
     N.C. Married Eliza J. Melvin, daughter of Capt. JOHN
     TURNER MELVIN (1823-1887) and Hulda Regan, daughter of
     Col. NEIL REGAN and Nancy Baker. Eliza J. Melvin was
     born 3 June 1858.
son, Fila Burton Melvin, born 2 Feb. 1866, died 23 Jan. 1883.
 
     Children of JAMES KELLY MELVIN and Mary Taylor Gunter:
 
son, James Taylor Melvin, born 5 May 1870. Married 16 Dec.
     1898 Maggie A. Graham. James Taylor Melvin died 17 Mar.
     1940.
dau. Mary Viola Melvin, born in Bladen County, N.C., 28 Aug.
     1871, died 5 Sept. 1957. Married JOHN THOMAS MELVIN,
     son of Capt. JOHN TURNER MELVIN and Hulda Regan.
dau. Rebecca J. Melvin, born 23 Dec. 1872, died 26 Dec. 1872.
dau. Sally John Melvin, born 15 Sept. 1873, died 5 Jan. 1946
     at White Oak, Bladen County, N.C. Married WILLIAM DUN-
     CAN MELVIN, son of Capt. JOHN TURNER MELVIN and Hulda
     Regan.
son, Zebulon Vance Melvin, born 19 Dec. 1874, died 7 April
     1959. Married Ella McDaniel.
dau. Annie Lee Melvin, born 21 Aug. 1875, died 24 April 1935.
     Married F. (T) P. McDaniel who died 5 April 1925.
dau. Mittie Irene Melvin, born 2 January 1878.
dau. Monna Gunter Melvin, born 23 March 1880, died 28 May
     1965. Married 29 Nov. 1906 Richard B. Royal.
 
     Note: Mary Taylor Gunter, second wife of JAMES KELLY
           Melvin, born in Moore County, N.C., 15 Sept. 1848,
           died 9 May 1925 in Bladen County, N.C., married 10
           March 1869. See GUNTER FAMILY.
 
JAMES RUSSELL MELVIN
(1855-1916)
 
Wm. Simmons (4), James (3), John (2), Daniel (1).
 
Son of Rev. WILLIAM SIMMONS MELVIN (1824-1911) and Eliza
Beard of Bladen County, N.C. Born in Bladen 10 March 1855,
died in Bladen 18 Aug. 1916. Married Mary Louisa Dunn, born
11 March 1861 in Bladen County, N.C., died in Bladen 20 Dec.
1909, the dau. of Cephas McGowan Dunn and Louisa Melvin, dau.
of JOSEPH T. MELVIN, Esq., and Sarah Culbreth of Bladen Co.,
N.C. Children of JAMES RUSSELL MELVIN and Mary Louisa Dunn:
 
dau. Swaneanoa Melvin, born 29 June 1895 in Bladen County,
     N.C., died in Bladen 24 April 1975. Married William A.
     Atkinson 13 March 1930. See ATKINSON FAMILY.
son, James Neil Melvin, born 15 June 1890 in Bladen County,
     N.C., died 30 June 1959. Married Leta S. Melvin.
son, Marion Butler Melvin, born 5 Sept. 1892 in Bladen Co.,
     N.C.