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
Source: lka 8427
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
Source: lka 8427
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
Source: lka 8427
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
Source: lka 8427
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