Melissa Ann Whittington^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1841 - Aft 1881  (> 40 years)

• Name	Melissa Ann Whittington
  Born	1841	Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft May 10, 1881  [5]
  Buried	Vandenburg Cemetery, Turkey Creek, Evangeline parish, Louisiana, USA
  Notes	She is counted in the 1880 census for St. Landry. LA on 10 Jun 1880. Living alone with 5 children then.  The oldest W.C. was listed as a Hudson, but 2 weeks later he was counted again with his future wife's family as Willie Roberts.  Many of his records have the S added. Believe Melissa and Isaac separated and reconciled and possibly separated again.  Melissa's death date is deduced from the birth date of her youngest daughter born May 10, 1881.
  Person ID	I5724	mykindred
  Last Modified	Jul 5, 2014

  
  

  Father	Elisha David Whittington,   b. circa 1804, Marion county, South Carolina, USA ,   d. Aft Feb 1892, Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Mother	Lucinda Futch,   b. Jun 1818, Amite county, Mississippi, USA ,   d. May 07, 1902, Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	Jul 18, 1836	Opelousas, Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  	"Louisiana Marriages to 1850" on www.ancestry.com notes:  Futch, Lucinda married Whittington, Elisha on 18 Jul 1836 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
  Notes	- 1900 census, LA, St. Landry, ed 63, 5-B, June 7, 1900, HH 81/83 WHITTINGTON, Ethan, head, W, M, Nov 1865, 34, married 14 years, LA, AL, MS, blacksmith WHITTINGTON, Melissa, wife, W, F, Dec 1865, 34, married 14 years, LA, MS, MS WHITTINGTON, Jackson, son, W, M, Feb 1888, 12, LA, LA, MS WHITTINGTON, Melville, son, W, M, Feb 1889, 10, LA, LA, MS WHITTINGTON, Eva, dau, W, F, Dec 1890, 9, LA, LA, MS WHITTINGTON, Massie, dau, W, F, Jan 1893, 7, LA, LA, MS WHITTINGTON, Wilson, son, W, M, Sep 1895, 4, LA, LA, MS WHITTINGTON, Ola, dau, W, F, Mar 1898, 2, LA, LA, MS WHITTINGTON, Sallie, dau, W, F, Jan 1900, 5/12, LA, LA, MS WHITTINGTON, Lucinda, mother, W, F, Jun 1818, 81, MS, MS, MS - [10]
  Family ID	F2903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William Cheney "Willie" Robert, CSA,   b. 1840, Franklin, Saint Mary parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. Jun 21, 1862, Vicksburg, Warren county, Mississippi, USA  (Age 22 years)
  Married	Nov 02, 1859	Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA
  Children	1. William Cheney "Willie" Robert, Jr.,   b. Nov 04, 1862, Church Point, Arcadia parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. Jun 06, 1933, Bosqueville, McLennan county, Texas, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F2080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Isaac Hudson,   b. 1818, Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. Between 1880 and 1900, Louisiana, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	Nov 14, 1865	Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA
  Children	1. Theresa Lola Hudson,   b. Oct 19, 1866, Opelousas, Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. Y   2. Isaac G. Hudson,   b. circa 1869,   d. Y   3. Charles Cole Hudson,   b. Oct 02, 1872,   d. Jul 15, 1953  (Age 80 years)   4. Leona G. (Georgia Mary ?) Hudson,   b. circa 1877,   d. Y   5. Creola Hudson,   b. May 10, 1881,   d. May 01, 1916  (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F2909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S454] Gedcom - Shipman, Roy Aaron. [S233] Lloyd, Carolyn Robert. [S234] Vuillemont, Clarice LeJeune. [S153] Looking Back; A Narrative History of Bayou Chicot, p. 18. [S205] Davis, Sonia Jenkins, email from Sonia Jenkins Davis Oct 20 1999. [S110] Morgan, Clint Allen. [S110] Morgan, Clint Allen. e-mail from Clint Morgan Clint-Morgan-at-worldnet.att.net> of JAN 14 1999. [S118] St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Marriage records. (Reliability: 3). [S2529] Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925. [S153] Looking Back; A Narrative History of Bayou Chicot.