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Melinda Shepherd <I>Hopkins</I> Ray

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Melinda Shepherd Hopkins Ray

Birth
Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, USA
Death
16 Feb 1886 (aged 44)
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.2897657, Longitude: -89.0777034
Plot
Section 11 Lot 22 N 1/2 Grave #3
Memorial ID
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Thanks to "oldboyscout" in sharing photo and lot information of Ray family members buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Melinda S. Ray originally buried in block 16, lot 4 in February 1886, before relocated to lot 3 in 1904.

Bibliographic Information: Harrison, Ella W. A., Chapter of Hopkins Genealogy. Hopkins, Granville, Illinois 1905. 1735—1905. This book contains the genealogy of the Hopkins family who settled in Virginia. Page 195

MELINDA SHEPHERD HOPKINS, born June 2, 1841; died Feb. 16, 1886. Second child of Edwin Hopkins and Kesiah Shepherd, was married December 14, 1868, to Chauncey T. Ray, whom was born January 1, 1842 (month error?).

CHILDREN:
Agnes Louise, born Feb. 10, 1870.
Charles Kingsley, born Nov. 28, 1871.
Hobert Blakeman, born Apr. 17, 1874; died Mar. 8, 1877.
Chauncey Shepherd, born Nov. 7, 1875; died June 7, 1876.
Warren Hopkins, born May 5, 1877.
Walter Neil, born Sept. 6, 1879.
Chauncey Sherman, born Jan. 13, 1883.

The first two children were born at Culpepper County, Va., the others at Washington, D. C.
Home, Rockford, Ill.
Thanks to "oldboyscout" in sharing photo and lot information of Ray family members buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Melinda S. Ray originally buried in block 16, lot 4 in February 1886, before relocated to lot 3 in 1904.

Bibliographic Information: Harrison, Ella W. A., Chapter of Hopkins Genealogy. Hopkins, Granville, Illinois 1905. 1735—1905. This book contains the genealogy of the Hopkins family who settled in Virginia. Page 195

MELINDA SHEPHERD HOPKINS, born June 2, 1841; died Feb. 16, 1886. Second child of Edwin Hopkins and Kesiah Shepherd, was married December 14, 1868, to Chauncey T. Ray, whom was born January 1, 1842 (month error?).

CHILDREN:
Agnes Louise, born Feb. 10, 1870.
Charles Kingsley, born Nov. 28, 1871.
Hobert Blakeman, born Apr. 17, 1874; died Mar. 8, 1877.
Chauncey Shepherd, born Nov. 7, 1875; died June 7, 1876.
Warren Hopkins, born May 5, 1877.
Walter Neil, born Sept. 6, 1879.
Chauncey Sherman, born Jan. 13, 1883.

The first two children were born at Culpepper County, Va., the others at Washington, D. C.
Home, Rockford, Ill.


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