According to the WPA Cemetery List of Cleveland Co, NC
She was 83 years old. Born 1805.died 1888
Melinda Dye ... Melinda Dye Bridges married Jesse Bridges is buried at Ramsey Family PRIVATE Cemetery.
Daughter of Henry and Anna Dye.
Henry and Anna Dye b. Chester Co, SC, moved to Rutherford Co,NC ca. 1800. Melinda is youngest known child.
Her father died in 1808, mother remarried to Casper Webber Sr. until his death in 1818.
Anna Dye Webber died in Ozark Co, MO
In 1850 Cleveland Co, NC census
Melinda is 45
Sarah Jane Bridges Barnett
Jesse Whitson Bridges
Rueben Henry Bridges
Anna Webber (after her marriage to Casper Webber, John Dye is next Door, her oldest known son) Her daughter Sarah is already married to Charles Scoggin, and there is a daughter in the house 16-26 that would be Melinda, and daughter Aggie Dye Ramsey is 10 & Under.
No daughters this Age in John's household.
This would also explain why Melinda's Son Jesse Whitson Bridges had Agnes Dye Ramsey (his Aunt) living in his home in 1880!and Why Melinda was buried at Ramsey Cemetery with her sister. (it has been widely thought that their father is also buried there or at Sandy Run Baptist Church in an unmarked Grave.)
According to the WPA Cemetery List of Cleveland Co, NC
She was 83 years old. Born 1805.died 1888
Melinda Dye ... Melinda Dye Bridges married Jesse Bridges is buried at Ramsey Family PRIVATE Cemetery.
Daughter of Henry and Anna Dye.
Henry and Anna Dye b. Chester Co, SC, moved to Rutherford Co,NC ca. 1800. Melinda is youngest known child.
Her father died in 1808, mother remarried to Casper Webber Sr. until his death in 1818.
Anna Dye Webber died in Ozark Co, MO
In 1850 Cleveland Co, NC census
Melinda is 45
Sarah Jane Bridges Barnett
Jesse Whitson Bridges
Rueben Henry Bridges
Anna Webber (after her marriage to Casper Webber, John Dye is next Door, her oldest known son) Her daughter Sarah is already married to Charles Scoggin, and there is a daughter in the house 16-26 that would be Melinda, and daughter Aggie Dye Ramsey is 10 & Under.
No daughters this Age in John's household.
This would also explain why Melinda's Son Jesse Whitson Bridges had Agnes Dye Ramsey (his Aunt) living in his home in 1880!and Why Melinda was buried at Ramsey Cemetery with her sister. (it has been widely thought that their father is also buried there or at Sandy Run Baptist Church in an unmarked Grave.)
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