Melissa Meyers

Brief Life History of Melissa

When Melissa Meyers was born about 1849, in Ohio, United States, her father, Daniel Myers, was 65 and her mother, Sarah, was 19. She married Pleasant Abernatha Bales on 16 June 1867, in Ray, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Richmond, Ray, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died in Raytown, Jackson, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Pleasant Abernatha Bales
1847–1934
Melissa Meyers
1849–
Marriage: 16 June 1867
Lewis L Bales
1869–1924
Rosa Genevieve Bales
1870–1952
Anna B. Bales
1872–
Henry Riley Bales
1873–1936
Jesse Calloway Bales
1876–1950
Elizabeth Bales
1877–
Kizzie Bales Murphy
1878–
Andrew Edward Bales
1879–1956
Kissiah Bales
1881–1953

Sources (10)

  • Melissa Bales in household of Abernathy Bales, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Melissa Meyers - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Melissia (Lessie) Myers
  • Malissa Myres, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"

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World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Irish (Cork, Wexford and Louth) and English: variant of Mayers .

German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from Meyer . Compare Myers .

Americanized form of German Meyer , with excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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