Mattie Melissa Gordon

1881 - 1974  (92 years)

• Name	Mattie Melissa Gordon
  Born	10 Jul 1881	Gallia County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Feb 1974	Gallia County, Ohio, USA
  Buried	Vinton, Gallia, Ohio, USA
  Notes	Mrs. Melissa Roush, 92, a resident of 651 Third Ave., Gallipolis, died Sunday at 7 a. m. at the Holzer Medical Center. She had been a patient there for one week. Mrs. Roush was born July 190, 1881 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Eliot and Angeline Coughenour Gordon. Her Husband, Maurice Roush died in 1944. Survivors include two sons, Glenn Roush of Porter; George Roush of Marion, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Luther Goetting (Myrtle) of Texas, Mrs. William (Madge) Frazier of Gallipolis and Mrs. Howard (Lucille) Brannon of Gallipolis, a sister, Mrs. Lela Vollborn with whom she made her home in Gallipolis. She was a member of the Vinton Easter Star and Poplar Ridge Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the McCoy-Moore-Wetherholt Funeral Home with Rev. Harry Cole officiating. Burial will be in Vinton Memorial Park. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 today. The Gallipolis Daily Tribune February 04, 1974 Submitted by Dorothy Frazier
  Person ID	I47754	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	Amos Elliot Gordon,   b. 7 Sep 1857, Ohio, USA ,   d. 1907  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Mary Angeline Coughenour,   b. 22 Aug 1860, Gallia County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 13 Apr 1945, Gallia County, Ohio, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1 Sep 1878	Gallia County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Notes	1880 Census Place: Cheshire, Gallia, Ohio Elliot GORDON Self M M W 23 OH Mary A. GORDON Wife F M W 19 OH John S. GORDON Son M S W 1 OH 1900 Cheshire, Gallia, OH #87-87 Gordon, Amos E 2/1857 m 22y OH VA VA Mary A 8/1859 m 22y 4-4 children OH OH OH Melissie 6/1882 Lelia 3/1890 Earnest E 10/1892 1900 Cheshire, Gallia, OH # 42 Coughenour, John 2/1832 m 24y OH VA VA Mary C 6/1845 m 24y 1-0 child OH OH OH Gordon, John S gs 6/1879 m 1y Maggie gd 6/1882 m 1y 1-1 child Carl ggs 6/1899 GCMR John S Gordon to Maggie J Roush 9/21/1898 1910 Cheshire, Gallia, OH Gordon, Angeline 49 wd 6-4 children OHOHOH
  Family ID	F13374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maurice Selmer Roush,   b. 4 Aug 1880, Gallia County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 1 Dec 1944, Gallia County, Ohio, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Married	21 Aug 1898	Gallia County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F16008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1205] Census. [S61] Marriage Records, Gallia Co, OH.