Notes for: Melissa Greathouse

1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jul 22 1870:
William W. Jones, 26, b. (W)Va, farmer; Mallissie Jones, 21, b. (W)Va; Elizabeth Jones, 67, b. Pennsylvania; Jesse Burline, 11, b. (W)Va.

1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 5 1880:
William W. Jones, 35, farmer; wife Malissa, 31; dau Amie (or Annie), 11; son Creed C, 9; son Heman, 6; dau Lilly, 4; son Ardman, 2; dau Baby, 6 months, b. Nov 1879; nephew Berlin, 21.
(Note: Burline Jones, 22, and Lucy Montgomery, 16, b. Rockbridge Co VA, were married in Ritchie Co on Mar 1 1882.)

1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 7 1900:
William W. Jones, 55, b. Jun 1844, farmer, widowed; dau Ada R, 17, b. Feb 1883; son William A. Jones, 15, b. Dec 1884; dau Lilla B. Wilson, 24, b. May 1876, married 3 yrs, mother of one child (still living); son-in-law Adam Wilson, 30, b. May 1870, married 3 yrs; grandson William D. Wilson, 1, b. Aug 1898.