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Cora Mae MELVIN

Cora Mae MELVIN

Female 1886 - 1976  (90 years)


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  • Name Cora Mae MELVIN
    Birth 9 Jan 1886  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Fairfax Station, Fairfax Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1908  Petroleum, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1932  Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death 16 Dec 1976  [1, 2] 
    Burial Fairfax Memorial Park, Fairfax Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Inscription:

      In Loving Memory
      CORA MAE ROLLINS
      Jan 9, 1886 - Dec 16, 1976
      Mother lives with us in memory and will for evermore.
    Person ID I59863  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2023

    Father Monroe Arthur MELVIN,   b. 17 Oct 1860   d. 26 Mar 1913 (Age 52 years)
    Mother Eliza Jane WHITEHAIR,   b. 14 Apr 1862, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1937, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F60652  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sherman Clifford ROLLINS,   b. 12 Sep 1879   d. 1 Dec 1932, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Marriage 1 Nov 1908  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Buckhannon St, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Jan 14 1920:
      Sherman C. Rollins, 40, coal miner; wife Cora M, 34; dau Audrey M, 7; son Lloyd H, 3; dau Amy L, 10 months.

      1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated in Apr 1930:
      Sherman C. Rollins, 50, laborer at odd jobs; wife Cora M, 44; son Leland H (?), 13; dau Amie L, 11
    Children 
    +1. Audrey Mae ROLLINS,   b. 14 May 1912   d. 27 Oct 2003 (Age 91 years)
     2. L. H. ROLLINS,   b. CA 1917
     3. Amy L. ROLLINS,   b. CA 1919
    Documents
    27847_ShermanCliffordRollins_CoraMayMelvin_MarriageRecord_1Nov1908.jpg    		27847_ShermanCliffordRollins_CoraMayMelvin_MarriageRecord_1Nov1908.jpg
    Family ID F24774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    27847_ShermanCliffordRollins_CoraMayMelvin_MarriageRecord_1Nov1908.jpg    		27847_ShermanCliffordRollins_CoraMayMelvin_MarriageRecord_1Nov1908.jpg
    27847_ROLLINS_ShermanClifford_WestUnionRecord_8Dec1932.jpg    		27847_ROLLINS_ShermanClifford_WestUnionRecord_8Dec1932.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2105] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.

    5. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, MR p. 135.
      Identified as Sherman Clifford Rollins, 29, b. Doddridge Co, res. Greenwood; and Cora May Melvin, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. Petroleum. Married Nov 1 1908 in Parkersburg.