Melvina “Vina” Farris

Person Sheet

NameMelvina “Vina” Farris160

Birth6 Mar 1842, Wythe Co., VA160,371

Death8 Mar 1912, Johnson Co., TN160,371

FatherConrad Farris (1804-)

MotherElizabeth Robinson (1801-)

Spouses

1John Mitchell Colfax Cress Sr.160

Birth15 Feb 1832, Taylorsville, Johnson co., TN160,1

Death14 Apr 1899, Johnson co., TN160,165

OccupationCabinet maker160

FatherSamuel D. Cress Sr. (1793-1874)

MotherSarah Sallie Shupe (1805-1873)

Marriage8 Jul 1861, Johnson co., TN or Smyth co., VA160,6,331

ChildrenMartha E. (1862-1922)

William Albert (1863-1926)

Samuel Thompson (1866-1945)

Sarah Florence (1866-1945)

Ulysses Grant (1868-1907)

Louisa V. (1870-1874)

John Mitchell Colfax (1872-1945)

Fielding Washington (1874-1944)

Mary Loretta “Ninnie” (1876-1894)

Bertha E. Arker (1878-1914)

Azel Alexander (1881-1951)

Delwin Franklin (1883-1918)

Notes for Melvina “Vina” Farris

SV-183 last pg indicates she was born in Smyth co., VA
Smyth co., VA marriage record says she was born in Smyth co. (SV-419)
1900 Census: Living in Johnson co., TN head of household, aged 58 with 6 kids: Sarah F. (34); Colfax John M. (28); Fielden W. (26); Alex A. (22); Bertha E. (20); Develin (17). - husband dead (SV-241)
1912 JCT Death Record. (SV-1361)

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