West Virginia Pioneers

Melissa Jane Parsons

Female Abt 1852 - Yes, date unknown


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Melissa Jane Parsons 
    Born Abt 1852  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 

    • John House says she married a Green.


      Fran Daniels and "The Parsons Family Book" has her as Melissa J, d/o John and Mary Truman Parsons, the marriage record shows Elizabeth J, the 1880 census shows Melissa J.
    Person ID I4425  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 30 May 2005 

    Father John Parsons, Jr,   b. Sep 1828, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Mary Jane Truman,   b. Abt 1830, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1 Apr 1849  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • 1850 Jackson Co VA # 401-405
      Parsons John Jr 21 M Farmer Va
      Parsons Mary 20 F Va
      Parsons Julianna 1 F Va

      1860 Jackson Co VA # 395-364
      Parsons, John, 30
      Mary, 28
      Julia A 12
      Wm B, 9
      Melissa 8
      Sarah M 6
      Jn.o B 4
      F W (m) 1
      Susan 35

      1870 Jackson Co VA Mill Creek # 306
      Parsons, John 43 [looks a lot like Passons]
      Mary 39
      Melissa J 18
      Sarah M 16
      John B 13
      Albert 8
      Lucinda E 5
      George N 3
      Thomas F 1

      1880 Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia
      Parsons, John 54
      Mary J 48
      Lucinda E 16
      George M 13
      Thomas T 11
      Aultis S 7
      Charles M 4

      John House gives their children as: Ballard, married a Harper, Melissa, married a Green, Margaret, married Ben Coleman, John, Thomas, married a Milam, Charles, married a Miller, Julia Ann, married Thaddeus Shamblin, Ab, lives above Ripley, Altice.
    Family ID F1125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Leonard Green,   b. Abt 1826, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1902  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1878  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • JCMR
      Leonard Green, 52, Mason
      Elizabeth Jane Parsons, 26, Jackson
      6/12/1878

      1880 Census Place: Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia
      Leonard GREEN Self M M W 55 WV
      Occ: Farmer Fa: WV Mo: WV
      Malissa J. GREEN Wife F M W 28 WV
      Occ: Keeping House Fa: WV Mo: WV
      William GREEN Son M S W 17 WV
      Occ: Works On Farm Fa: WV Mo: WV
      Samuel GREEN Son M S W 12 WV
      Occ: Works On Farm Fa: WV Mo: WV
      Anna GREEN Dau F S W 7 WV
      Fa: WV Mo: WV
    Children 
     1. Lenny F Green,   b. Abt 1880, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1522  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.