Melissa Gilliard Pearson (1886-1915)

Melissa Gilliard Pearson

Birth

16 Jul 1886

Death

13 Oct 1915 (aged 29)

Burial

Union Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Cairo, Grady County, Georgia, USA Add to Map

Plot

ROW 4, MARKER 15

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Note: Grady County Georgia Cemetery Book shows the name as Melissa Gilliard Perison? Pearson is the correct name.

Both Melissa & Delilah are the daughters of Matthew Gilliard and Elizabeth Johnson.

After Melissa's death, Delilah married the widower of her sister Melissa, Madison Pearson.
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Melissa Gilliard
in the 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Melissa Gilliard
Age: 13
Birth Date: Jul 1886
Birthplace: Georgia, USA
Home in 1900: Spence, Thomas, Georgia
House Number: 1
Sheet Number: 12
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 232
Family Number: 234
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital status: Single
Father's Name: Matthew Gilliard
Father's Birthplace: Georgia, USA
Mother's Name: Lizzie Gilliard
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia, USA
Occupation: At School
Attended School: 3
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Matthew Gilliard 43
Lizzie Gilliard 42
Maggie Gilliard 18
Delia Gilliard 15
Melissa Gilliard 13
Alfred Gilliard 12
Jesse L Gilliard 10
Michel S Gilliard 8
Nancy M Gilliard 6
Willie C Gilliard 4
Ona J Gilliard 1
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Suggested edit sent 24 DEC 2021: Sisters Melissa Gilliard Pearson, #17307358 and Delilah Gilliard Pearson # 78315868, both have the same death date of 13 Oct 1915.
Melissa m. James Pearson 14 July 1908, Grady Co GA, Bk A, Pg 117
Melissa's sister Delilah married Melissa's husband, James Pearson, 6 Sept 1914 Grady Co GA., Bk A, Pg 14, so Melissa had to have died sometime before 1914. Delilah dies 13 Oct. 1915.
James Pearson then married Emma Mae Owens 4 June 1916, Grady Co GA., Bk A,, Pg 387
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