Melvin Willard Salls

M, b. 22 August 1855, d. 12 July 1913
FatherHarvey Salls b. 3 Dec 1824, d. 9 Jun 1913
MotherElizabeth Amanda Whitehead d. b 10 Aug 1865
Relationship3rd cousin 4 times removed of Pamela Joyce Wood
Last Edited31 Dec 2013
Melvin Salls, courtesy of Patricia Larravee, Dec 2013
     Melvin Willard Salls was born on 22 August 1855 at Brome, Brome Co, Quebec.1,2 He was the son of Harvey Salls and Elizabeth Amanda Whitehead. Melvin Willard Salls married Elizabeth Kate Allen on 23 November 1876 at Newport, Orleans Co, Vermont.3 Melvin Willard Salls married Emily Jane Richards, daughter of William Richards and Rosa Gray, on 15 August 1895 at Burke, Caledonia Co, Vermont; He was aged 39 years and Jane was 18.4 Melvin Willard Salls died on 12 July 1913 at Bath, Grafton Co, New Hampshire, at age 57.1,5 He was buried on 15 July 1913.1
     He appeared on the census of 1881 at Potton, Brome Co, Quebec; Melvin W. Salls, 25, wife Kate, 22, George M., 4, Maggie M., 2. The family were Adventists. They were living in the same household with Melvin's father, Harvey, aged 54 and a widower.6

Family 1

Elizabeth Kate Allen b. 19 Apr 1858, d. 4 May 1914
Children

Family 2

Emily Jane Richards b. c 1877

Citations

  1. [S912] Familysearch.org, 2011: NH Death Records, 1654-1947 , Bath. Death of Melvin W. Salls.
  2. [S60] Carroll M. Salls Ph.D, Salls Families, p. 82.
  3. [S897] FamilySearch.com, 2010: VT Marriages, 1791-1974 , Newport. Marriage of Melvin W. Salls and Kate Allen.
  4. [S967] FamilySearch.com, 2012: VT Vital Records, 1760-1954 , Burke. Marriage of Melvin W. Salls and Jane Richards.
  5. [S542] Tim Salls, E-mail - Salls, Tim.
  6. [S272] 1881 Canadian Census Index (CD), Quebec, Brome Co, Potton. FHL Film #1375837; NA Film #C-13201: District 60, Sub-district C, Division 2, Page 3, Household 11.