Brief Life History of James Melvin
When James Melvin Jewell was born on 20 September 1857, in Pike, Kentucky, United States, his father, Solomon Jewell, was 34 and his mother, Jane Sheppard, was 27. He married Nellie Catherine Cook on 13 January 1882. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Center District, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States in 1910 and Hemphill, McDowell, West Virginia, United States in 1920. He died on 11 March 1930, in Mohegan, McDowell, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Keyrock, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States.
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- Melvin J Jewell, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Melvin Jewell - Government record: Birth record or certificate: birth: 20 September 1857; Pike, Kentucky, United States
- Melvin Jewell, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern 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
English (Devon and Cornwall): from an Old Breton personal name, Iudhael, composed of elements meaning ‘lord’ + ‘generous, bountiful’ (see Jewkes ), which was borne by a 7th-century Christian saint, a king of Brittany who abdicated and spent the last part of his life in a monastery. Forms of this name are found in medieval records not only in Devon and Cornwall, where they are of native origin, but also in East Anglia and even Yorkshire, where they were imported by Bretons after the Norman Conquest. The name was seemingly reintroduced from France in the 17th century by Huguenots.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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