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Chester Franklin Melton

Chester Franklin Melton

Male 1912 - 2002  (89 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Chester Franklin Melton was born on 20 Oct 1912 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee (son of Horace Franklin Melton and Nancy Catherine Gossett); died on 8 Jun 2002 in Homeland, Riverside County, California; was buried in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery, San Jacinto, Riverside County, California.

    Family/Spouse: Myrtle Irene Malone. Myrtle was born on 24 May 1916 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 11 Feb 1974 in Hemet, Riverside County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Kathleen Melton was born on 21 Jul 1939 in McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 20 Feb 1992 in Hemet, Riverside County, California.
    2. Marget Jean Melton was born on 11 Jul 1942 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 9 Oct 2009 in Winchester, Riverside County, California.
    3. Carl Melton

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Horace Franklin Melton was born on 2 Jan 1872 in McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 2 Feb 1949 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee.

    Horace married Nancy Catherine Gossett. Nancy (daughter of Joseph M. Gossett and Mary Ann Wilcox) was born on 18 Sep 1876 in Sevier County, Tennessee; died on 11 Apr 1946 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Nancy Catherine Gossett was born on 18 Sep 1876 in Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Joseph M. Gossett and Mary Ann Wilcox); died on 11 Apr 1946 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 1. Chester Franklin Melton was born on 20 Oct 1912 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 8 Jun 2002 in Homeland, Riverside County, California; was buried in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery, San Jacinto, Riverside County, California.
    2. William Anderson Melton was born on 1 May 1915 in McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 12 Dec 1976 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee; was buried in McMinn Memory Gardens, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Joseph M. Gossett was born in Sep 1848 in Sevier County, Tennessee; died on 10 May 1926 in McMinn County, Tennessee; was buried in Cunningham Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee.

    Joseph married Mary Ann Wilcox. Mary (daughter of Joseph Wilcox and Nancy Sarah Jones) was born in Aug 1853 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1887 in Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Mary Ann Wilcox was born in Aug 1853 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee (daughter of Joseph Wilcox and Nancy Sarah Jones); died in 1887 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 3. Nancy Catherine Gossett was born on 18 Sep 1876 in Sevier County, Tennessee; died on 11 Apr 1946 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee.
    2. Minnie B. Gossett was born in 1879; died in 1965; was buried in Malone Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Joseph Wilcox was born in 1810 in Tennessee (son of James Wilcoxson and Sarah James Doan); died on 17 Jul 1876 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee.

    Joseph married Nancy Sarah Jones about 1842 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Nancy was born in 1815; died on 15 Oct 1900 in McMinn County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 15.  Nancy Sarah Jones was born in 1815; died on 15 Oct 1900 in McMinn County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. William Insley Anderson Wilcox was born in 1843 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1876.
    2. Alfred Wilcox was born on 9 Jan 1845 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 4 Feb 1927 in Bearden, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried on 6 Feb 1927 in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Sarah Jane Wilcox was born on 31 Mar 1847 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1907.
    4. Thomas Wilcox was born on 29 Jan 1848 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died after 1907.
    5. Malinda C. Wilcox was born in 1851 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 31 Dec 1895 in Blount County, Tennessee.
    6. 7. Mary Ann Wilcox was born in Aug 1853 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1887 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Elizabeth Ellen Wilcox was born on 20 Feb 1855 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1906.
    8. Joseph Wilcox was born on 10 Dec 1859 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1908.
    9. Andrew Jackson Wilcox was born on 2 Oct 1860 in McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 20 Jan 1944 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee; was buried on 23 Jan 1944 in Sullins Cemetery, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee.
    10. Ellen Wilcox was born in 1863 in McMinn County, Tennessee.
    11. Emma Wilcox was born in 1864 in McMinn County, Tennessee.