Martha Melinda was the youngest child of William and Nancy. She moved with the family from Panola County, MS after the Civil War to Franklin County, AR. There she married Jeremiah Alexander James. They lived there through the 1880 census but by 1900 had moved to Texas. She outlived all of her siblings and husband.
Federal Census, U.S., 1850, Lafayette County, MS [2]
Arkansas, County Marriages Index 1837-1957 [3]
Federal Census, U.S., 1880, Franklin County, AR [4]
Federal Census, U.S., 1900, Grayson, TX listed as "Mattie James" [5]
Federal Census, U.S. 1910, Collin, TX ("M.M. James") [6]
Federal Census, U.S., 1920, Collin, TX listed as "Malendia James" [7]
Federal Census, U.S., 1930 Collin TX, listed as 'Melinda James '[8] Federal Census, U.S., 1940 Collin TX listed as "Malinda James" [9]
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [10]
Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [11]
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