Person:Melissa Scott (5)

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Name[1] Melissa Anne Scott
Alt Name Melissa A. Scott
Gender Female
Birth[1] 14 Jul 1831 Pennsylvania, United States
Alt Birth? 1831 Preston, West Virginia, United States
Marriage 1849 Melissa was the 1st Wife. She died shortly after marriage, he then married her Sister Mary Ann Scott.
to Joseph A. Benson
Death[1] 6 Feb 1854 Brandonville, Preston, West Virginia, United States
Burial[1][2][3] Brandonville, Preston, West Virginia, United StatesBrandonville Cemetery

Melissa Scott was the first wife of Joseph A. Benson. (Pioneers of Preston)

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source)
    Database online.

    Record for MELISSA ANN SCOTT

  2. In Remembrance Tombstone Readings of Preston County Vol. I
    14.
  3. Melissa A Benson, in Find A Grave
    accessed 13 Feb 2015.

    Melissa A Benson
    Birth: 1831
    Death: Feb. 6, 1854
    Burial: Brandonville Cemetery, Brandonville,Preston County,West Virginia, USA

    Inscription [from photograph]
    Melissa wife of Joseph A Benson Died Feb. 6, 1854 Aged 22 ys. 6 ms. & 23 days