Melissa SEAGRAVES

1880 -

• Name	Melissa SEAGRAVES
  	The Seagraves surname presented for this person is based on the dominant spelling found in the various records researched, but primarily on the name carved on the person's gravestone. HOWEVER, for the common variations of the Seagraves family name of which there are over 20, such as Cegrave(s) Segrave(s), Seagreave(s), Seegrave(s), Segrove(s), Seagrove(s), etc. all of which have been given the Seagraves spelling for clarity and ease of analysis. Certain variations are used so consistently within a family that they have been retained in this analysis, specifically, SAGRAVES (which also includes Sagrove(s)) and SEAGRAVE. Sagraves was adopted by the early settlers of eastern Kentucky about 1800. Seagrave was the version brought to Massachusetts by the John & Sarah Seagrave family who settled there about 1725. The Seagraves version is the most common found (about 39%) of all those found on the 1940 census. A discussion of the name spelling variations can be found on the Home Page of this website.
  Birth	1880	Kentucky
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I3559	Seagraves Database
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Elijah Green SEAGRAVES,   b. Feb 1852, Johnson County, Kentucky d. 21 Feb 1921, Logan County, West Virginia (Age ~ 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah E. GRAY,   b. 7 May 1857, Tennessee d. 28 Mar 1928, Johnson County, Kentucky (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	18 Oct 1870  [1]
  Family ID	F1134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1880 - Kentucky  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S757] Family Data Collection- Individual Records, (Ancestry.com).