Melvina Higginbotham

1822 - 1906  (84 years)

• Name	Melvina Higginbotham
  Birth	8 Aug 1822	Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	31 Oct 1906	Tarrant County, Texas   [3]
  	in the Jellico community...
  Burial	Mount Gilead Cemetery, Keller, Tarrant County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I7696	The Hennessee Family
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	William Higginbotham   d. 0___ 1843, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
  Mother	Mary Davis
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F10602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abram Landres Byas,   b. 8 Mar 1815, Tennessee d. 26 Sep 1882, Keller, Tarrant County, Texas (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	4 Sep 1849	Bienville Parish, Louisiana   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Permelia Melvina Byas,   b. (Tarrant County, Texas)
  Family ID	F2900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Aug 1822 - Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama Marriage - 4 Sep 1849 - Bienville Parish, Louisiana Death - 31 Oct 1906 - Tarrant County, Texas Burial - - Mount Gilead Cemetery, Keller, Tarrant County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Aug. 8, 1822 Cahaba Dallas County Alabama, USA Death: Oct. 31, 1906 Tarrant County Texas, USA Daughter of William and Mary Davis Higginbotham Moved to Mississippi in 1835. Married first, Charles Stephens (b. England) on August 8, 1843, in Kemper, Mississippi. Issue: Mary Ann Stephens, Jane Elizabeth Stephens (b. February, 1846, in Bienville Parish, LA; d. January 13, 1908 in Drake, OK) Married second, Abraham Landres Byas, on September 4, 1849 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Issue: Permelia. Her father, William, had moved to Bienville Parish, Louisiana, about 6 miles southeast of the present town of Arcadia - in township seventeen, around 1841. It is unknown when she moved there. Her father owned a large amount of land in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. He died in 1852. She moved to Tarrant County during the 1860's. 1850 Census. Western District, Bienville Parish, LA. Hh 125. Abram L. Byas, age 35, b. TN. Melvina, age 28, b. Alabama William Byas, 12 Thomas Byas, 12 Joseph Byas, 9 Richard Byas, 8 Jane Byas, 6 Mary Stephens, 3. Melvina Byas died in the Jelico community, near present day intersection of Davis and Continental, Southlake, TX [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9977] Tucker,Marjorie Stewart;617 Paden Drive,Birmingham,AL 35226. Historian &. [S47362] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5259531. [S47874] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=byas&GSiman=1&GScid=329682&GRid=5259531&.