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From: "lmorton" <>
Subject: [ARIZARD-L] FW: Melton/Lamb
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 22:35:16 -0500


Hello Betty,

I'd been seeing yours and Sue's names out there occasionally and thought
they sounded familiar.

Thanks so much for your input.

Mother has informed me that we are supposed to be related to Dollie Melton
m. Rube Coleman. So I am trying to figure out where that connection is.
Dollie's family doesn't seem to have kept up with anything on the Meltons so
I am kind of starting from scratch here. The twins, Elzira and Eliza
Melton, got me curious as I couldn't seem to connect them to anyone else and
wasn't sure if they were born Meltons or if Eliza was another C. W. widow
and their maiden names were something else.

This is what I 've got pieced together on Dollie's line so far. Does this
look right to the other Melton researchers? 1880 census has me confused as
Tilford seems to have been placed at head of the wrong family that year???

Descendants of Tilford Miller Melton

1 Tilford Miller Melton1826 - Aft. 1900
.+Winna1825 - Aft. 1900
........2 Ann Melton1853 -
............+Lewis Robert Vickery1850 -
...................3 John R. Vickery1872 -
...................3 George W. Vickery1877 -
...................3 Elrigde A Vickery1882 -
...................3 Enuch H. Vickery1885 -
...................3 Charles H. Vickery1888 -
...................3 Isaac S. Vickery1889 -
...................3 Winfield s. Vickery1893 -
........2 Martha A. Melton1856 -
........2 Sarah J. Melton1860 -
........2 Tilford Melton1862 -
........2 William Melton1866 - 1942
............+Lou V. Lamb1867 -
...................3 Letha A. Melton1887 -
...................3 Harmon N. Melton1889 -
...................3 Della R. Melton1892 -
...................3 Maggie Melton1894 -
........*2nd Wife of William Melton:
............+Nancy Elizabeth Tarwater
........*3rd Wife of William Melton:
............+Dora Ellen Tarwater1892 - 1979
...................3 Gladys Melton
...................3 William Henry Melton1925 -
...................3 Lonnie Ray Melton1929 -
...................3 Imogean Melton1930 -
...................3 Donald Edward Melton1934 -
*2nd Wife of Tilford Miller Melton:
.+Elmira Clementine Melton ?1836 - Aft. 1900
........2 Bethena Melton1868 -
........2 Adalion Melton1869 -
........2 Tennessee Melton1871 -
........2 John Melton1873 -
........2 Joe J. Melton1875 -
........2 Thomas Perry Melton1877 - 1934
............+Finnie ?
........2 Dollie Jacquelne Melton1880 -
............+William Rube Coleman

-----Original Message-----
From: Betty McCollum [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 8:23 AM
To:
Subject: Melton/Lamb

Hi LaMyra:
I did some research on the Lamb family several years ago and here
is what I found:

1880 Censius for Izard Co., Ar.
Lunenburg Twp.:
#137/138
LAMB, A.Q. farmer 51 Tn/Tn/Tn
Elsira wife 46 Il/Tn/Tn
Thomas J. son 16 Ky/Tn/Ill
H.H. son 13 Ky/Tn/Ill
Louvena dau 12 Ky/Tn/Ill
MELTON, Eliza sis-in-law 46 Ill/Tn/Tn

1900 CEnsus for Izard Co., Ar.
Lunenburg Twp. (June 1900)
(you have this but I will send anyway)
#32/32
LAMB, Aquilla head 10/1830 69 Md. 35 Farmer Tn/Tn/Tn
Elzira wife 1/1834 66 Md. 35 (5)(4) Ill/unk/Tn
Thomas J. son 8/1863 36 S farm laborer Ky/Tn/Ill
MELTON, Eliza A. sis-in-law 1/1834 66 S Tn/Unk/Tn
(I would say Elzira and Eliza are twin sisters)

#33:
LAMB, Hiram H. Head 2/1865 35 Md. 2 Laborer Ky/Tn/Il
Mollie Wife 10/1872 27 Md. 2 (1)(1) Ar/Ms/Ar
Lou V. dau 12/1898 1 S Ar/Ky/Ar
GILLIHAND, Bennie Serv 1/1890 10 S farm laborer Ar/Tn/Ar

(I have the 1910 and 1920 census and will look these up for you if you
want me to.)
---------------------------
Here is a little bit more info about the Lambs and Meltons:
SHARING INFORMATION ON THE
WOLFORD/WOOLFORDS
Submitted by Emma L. Adams
2005 S. 65th
Ft. Smith, Ar. 79203

William Wolford/Woolford and JULIA HOLLAND MELTON were married on
Feb. 5, 1852 in Clinton Township, Hickman County, Kentucky. He was born
in Virginia and Julia was born in Tennessee. All their children were
born in Kentucky. They were:
On the 1860 census in Hickman Co. William (28), Julia (32), Susan
J. (6), George I. (4); Mary J. (Molly) (3), and William A. (6/12). Also
born to them were Rena born 1861, Dodge born 1863 and Agnes "Kitty" born
ca. 1868.
They can't be found in the 1870 census. Howeer it has been told
that William (Sr.) was killed by bushwhackers and that his children came
to Arkansas with their mother helped by their UncleQuill Lamb and his
family. It is thought that Quill's wife and Julia were sisters. But
Quill and family are still in Hickman Co. in 1870 census.
In the 18880 Izard Co. (LaCrosse Township) we pick up Julia, Dodge,
Anna (?), Rena, Agens and George. Molly is now married to my
great-grandfather, James M.D. Tate and settled in Randolph Co., Ark. and
William Wolford wa staying with them. Quill Lamb and family are in
Izard.
Julia is assumed to have died during the 1880-1900 time period for
she does not appear in the 1900 census. George married Betty Young
(Later Malinda Banniing Vancoyer and Medie Johnston) and died in October
1918. He is buried at Mount Pleasant. Dodge married Berthina Melton
and nothing more is known of this family. William A. married Eliza
Virginia Elizabeth King in Randolph Co. but later moved to Independence
County and died in 1902 and buried at Louis Cemetery (no marker).
Several of these children and descendants settled in the area; Kitty
married John McNeese and after he died, married James Sasser and lived
in Randolph Co. and later Lawrence Co. but nothing is known of her
family; Rena married George Dowdy and lived in Randolph Co. and her
descendants are still in the area. Molly had passed on before the 1900
census.

(This article was taken from The Izard County Historian dated October
1986)
Hope this will help you.
Betty (Guthrie) McCollum
(sister to Bob Guthrie)

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