Etheldred Melton

            Etheldred Melton was born 12 February 1813 in Tennessee, the son of Joseph and Patience Hargrove Melton. He married Mary Ann Arnold 25 January 1837 in Benton County, Tennessee. He died 24 April 1885 and is buried in the Melton Family Cemetery located on the edge of Harmon's Creek. Mary Ann was born in 1816, probably in Tennessee also. She was the daughter of Wilie and Sarah Arnold. She died in April 1863 and is buried in the Melton Family Cemetery also.

            Etheldred and Mary Ann Arnold Melton had eleven children.

            William Hargrove Melton - born 10 June 1838 - died 02 September 1907. He married twice. First to Martha Pafford and second to Mary Ann Melton.

            Joseph W. Melton - born 1839, died 1876, married Amanda Belyew in 1861.

            Elizabeth Melton - born 1842; died 1927; married Alvey Melton 19 May 1853.

            Isabella Melton - born 1845; died 1860.

            Sara Patience Melton - born 1848; died 1940; married 30 November 1866 to John Pafford.

            John Melton - born 1850; died 1882; married Lavinia Melton in 1873.

            Prigeon Melton - born 05 March 1853; died 22 May 1932; married Mary Phifer Sullivan in 1879.

            Mary Ann Melton - born 1855; died 1941; married Alexander Lafayette Phifer 04 December 1871.

            Matthew Melton - born 1857

            Andrew Jackson Melton - born 08 September 1860; died 02 July 1945; married Martha Beatrice Lowery 08 August 1883.

            (Note: some of the information listed here can be documented in "The Descendants of Wyatt Arnold" by Doris (Melton) Hightower.)

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