Nancy Melton

Hiram Melton, son of James Melton and Mary Cagle, was married four times: Mary Barret, widow Nancy Arnold Adkins, Martha Sewell and widow Rebecca Garman (Jarman). Mary Barrett is the mother of all but one of his children. Martha Sewell and Hiram had one daughter named Martha, also. Perhaps the child's mother died in childbirth. Unknown. Also, the cause of death of Mary Barret and Nancy Arnold is unknown. Rebecca remarried a few months after Hiram's murder.

References

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDG-LC4 : 23 December 2020), Nancy Melton in household of Hiram Melton, McNairy, McNairy, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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