Tressenstutt / Treffenstaudt / Travelstead:Information about Melvina Josephine Kelton
Melvina Josephine Kelton (b. 12 November 1866, d. 10 February 1942)
Notes for Melvina Josephine Kelton:
Melvina, known as Josephine, was raised by Malinda and Newt Harrison.
On the 1880 census, Josephine is enumerated with H. N. and Melinda Harrison in Saline County, Illinois.She is listed as a white female, age 14, Neice, single.She had attended school within the year.Her birthplace was Illinois.Her father's birthplace was Kentucky and her mother's birthplace was Illinois.
According to Gladys Lillian Little Brown, family history was that Samuel Kelton and C. W. Moore of Hondo, Texas, both claimed to Josephine's father.
More About Melvina Josephine Kelton:
Burial: 1942, Coal Bank Church, Williamson Co. Ill..
Census: 1880, Brushy Precinct, Saline County, Illinois.
More About Melvina Josephine Kelton and Silas Newton Hankins:
Marriage: 04 March 1888, Saline County, Illinois.
Children of Melvina Josephine Kelton and Silas Newton Hankins are:
- Edith Hankins, b. 20 January 1889, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois, d. 10 December 1975, North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
- Jess Hankins, b. 11 February 1890, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois, d. 1981, Williamson County, Illinois.
- Hettie Hankins, b. 26 February 1894, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois, d. 21 November 1916, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois.
- Cora Hankins, b. 06 May 1896, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois, d. 14 December 1974, Stone Fort, Saline Coutny, Illinois.
- Dewey Hankins, b. 11 May 1898, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois, d. 14 December 1974, Stone Fort, Saline Coutny, Illinois.
- Ina Opal Hankins.
- Randall Hankins, b. 21 March 1903, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois, d. 31 December 1935.
- Ralph Hankins, b. 21 March 1903, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois, d. 1986.