Family of Jessie M. VICKERS & Lavina Elizabeth MELSON
- Jessie M.VICKERS was born
1855. He died March 31, 1889 in Baynard, Delaware. His parents were
named Elisha VICKERS and Patti (Martha) HICKMAN.
- Jessie's wife was Lavina Elizabeth MELSON. She was born
1858 and died 1889 in Baynard, Delaware.
CHILDREN OF JESSIE AND LAVINA
- Georgia VICKERS was born Abt 1885. She married ? DAVIS
- Ethel VICKERS was born 1887. She was married to Frank BARLOW.
- Jesse Sara Eva VICKERS. She was born February 4, 1889. She was married
to ? FURLONG.
- Estella VICKERS, my grandmother, was born February 5,1885.
She was married to Carmel C STEELE.
She died December 31,1981 and buried in Oxford Maryland.
Notes on Jessie Vickers:
He was a cookhand and deckhand on a tugboat owned by his uncle. He died when he was pulling the rope that suddenly got caught around his feet. He went overboard during a storm on the Delaware Bay tring to anchor the boat. The people on the tugboat took up a collection for a small farm of 30 acres and his wife and children where Mama lived as a little girl. The mother was later remarried.
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