John Edgar Melton, Sr

1873 - 1935  (62 years)

• Name	John Edgar Melton  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	11 Sep 1873	Georgia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Race	White  [1, 3]
  Residence	1880	Militia District 443, Appling, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Residence	1900	Militia District 1394, Appling, Georgia, USA   [3]
  	Age: 26; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1910	Lakeland, Polk, Florida, USA   [4]
  Residence	12 Sep 1918	Lakeland, Polk, Florida, USA   [1]
  Residence	1920	Ward 3, Lakeland, Polk, Florida, USA   [5]
  Residence	1930	Lakeland, Polk, Florida, USA   [6]
  Death	29 Oct 1935
  Burial	Oak Hill Burial Park, Lakeland, Polk, Florida, USA   [7, 8]
  Person ID	I29576	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Green Thomas Melton,   b. 18 Jan 1848, Georgia, USA d. 12 Jan 1904, Appling, Georgia, USA (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy Marie Mann,   b. 24 Nov 1850, Georgia, USA d. 26 Oct 1927, Baxley, Appling, Georgia, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Sep 1870	Appling, Georgia, USA   [9, 10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F10117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Elizabeth Franklin,   b. 29 Nov 1879, Georgia, USA d. 26 Aug 1963, Florida, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	3 Nov 1897	Washington, Georgia, USA   [3, 13]
  Children	+ 1. John Edgar Melton, Jr,   b. 8 Aug 1898, Appling, Georgia, USA d. 1939, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Nancy Elizabeth Melton,   b. 6 Jun 1905, Baxley, Appling, Georgia, USA d. 15 Jan 1991, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. James Franklin Melton,   b. 6 Dec 1909, Tennille, Washington, Georgia, USA d. 19 Sep 1975, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Green Thomas Melton,   b. 2 Nov 1911, Lakeland, Polk, Florida, USA d. 15 Nov 2002, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F10300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 11 Sep 1873 - Georgia, USA Marriage - 3 Nov 1897 - Washington, Georgia, USA Residence - 1910 - Lakeland, Polk, Florida, USA Residence - 12 Sep 1918 - Lakeland, Polk, Florida, USA Residence - 1930 - Lakeland, Polk, Florida, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

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