Notes for Malissa Edward Davidson Butler: The 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, reports her middle initial as E. One source reports this from a transcription that recorded the initial as L. This appears to be a recording error on the part of the census officer.
The sources for the 1930 census I have report the name Malissa E Knowlton (wife of Robert Oregon Knowlton, Sr). All other censuses have only the name Malissa. No name beginning with L is documented in any other available source.
Documented reports indicate the middle name was Davidson, named after her mother's family.: Malissa E Butler, Wife, Female, White, Age 43, Married at age 18, Born in Arkansas, Father and Mother both born in Arkansas.
It appears that the initial E reported in the census is the name Edward from her mother, Malissa Edward Davidson. It appears that her full name is Malissa Edward Davidson Butler.
See also David Lee on RootsWeb: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dlee-pobox&id=I118
More About Malissa Edward Davidson Butler: Burial: Sep 1969, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.709 Residence: Bet. 1900 - 1942, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.710, 711
More About Malissa Edward Davidson Butler and Robert Oregon Knowlton Sr: Marriage: 13 Dec 1903712
Children of Malissa Edward Davidson Butler and Robert Oregon Knowlton Sr are:
Marie T Knowlton, b. 23 Sep 1901, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas713, d. 26 Mar 1981, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas714.
Malissa Edward Davidson Butler (b. 13 May 1886, d. 16 Sep 1969)
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