West Virginia Pioneers
Melissa Jane Pfost
1874 - 1914 (40 years)-
Name Melissa Jane Pfost Born 1874 West Virginia, USA 
[1] Gender Female Died 1914 [2] Buried Rice County, Kansas, USA Notes - Melissia Jane Pfost Christ Copperfield
Birth: Apr., 1874
Jackson County
West Virginia, USA
Death: 1914
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Henry Clay Pfost (1848 - 1893)
Minerva Bush Pfost (1846 - 1914)
Spouses:
Charles C Fritz (1867 - 1891)
David Copperfield (1866 - 1953)
Children:
Minnie Mae Fritz Welty (1891 - 1945)*
Claude Cecil Copperfield (1901 - 1906)*
Edith H. Copperfield (1907 - 1997)*
Siblings:
Melissia Jane Pfost Christ Copperfield (1874 - 1914)
Cora Pfost Willms (1882 - 1933)*
Oliver C Pfost (1885 - 1940)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lyons Municipal Cemetery
Lyons
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Created by: Diane Smith Battershell
Record added: Oct 31, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 138091071
Person ID I113839 WVPioneers Last Modified 30 Jun 2017
Father Henry Clay Pfost, b. 21 Dec 1847, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1893, Rice County, Kansas, USA (Age 45 years) Mother Minerva Bush, b. Dec 1845, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1914, Rice County, Kansas, USA (Age ~ 68 years) Married 7 Feb 1869 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [3] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 7 Feb 1869
Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
Henry C Pfost, 21, Jackson Co, Jackson Co, Abram & Elisabeth
Minerva Bush, 23, Jackson Co, Jackson Co, PH & Sarah
1870 Mill Creek, Jackson, WV 30 June 1870
Pfost, Henry C 22 VA
Manerva 23 VA
Peter 5/12 WV Jan
1880 Montrose, Henry, Missouri
Pfost, Henry C 32 VA VA VA
Minerva 33 wife VA VA VA
Peter 10 son VA VA VA
Melissa J 6 dau VA VA VA
Viola 10/12 da VA VA VA
Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925
Sterling, Rice, Kansas 1 Mar 1895
Pfost, Peter 25
Minerva 49
Viola 15
Cora 12
Oliver 10
1900 Lyons, Rice, Kansas
Pfost, Menerva 12/1846 wd WV WV WV
Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925
Census Date: 1 Mar 1905
Lyons, Rice, Kansas
Pfost, Manerva 59 WV moved from MO
Cora 22 MO MO
Oliver 20 MO MO
Family ID F1161 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Melissia Jane Pfost Christ Copperfield
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