Person:Melissa Thurston (1)

Name	Melissa Thurston
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	20 Mar 1814	Washington, Orange, Vermont, United States
Marriage	2 Apr 1837	Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Otis H Wheeler
Death^[3]	20 Nov 1865	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Vermont, United States. Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954: Database with images. (FamilySearch. Citing Secretary of State. State Capitol Building, Montpelier.)
[1].

Birth - Female
Name of Child: Molissa [sic] thrustin
Date of Birth: March 20 1814
Maiden Name of Mother: [blank]
Mother's Residence: Wasington Vt.
Full Name of Father: Sampson Thurstin
Town: Washington Vt.
Thurston, Brown. Thurston Genealogies, 1635-1880: [First Edition]. (Portland, Me.: Brown Thurston and Hoyt, Fogg and Donham, 1880)
p. 208.

Children of Sampson Thurston [#2350] and Hannah Payne: Melissa [#4146], b. 19 Mar 1818, m. Otis H. Wheeler of South Hadley, Mass.
↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
[2].

Deaths Registered in the City of Springfield for the Year eighteen hundred and sixty-five
no.: 94
Date of Death: Nov 20 [1865]
Name: Melissa Wheeler
Sex: F
Condition: M
Age: 50 [born about 1815]
Cause: Consumption
Place of Death: Springfield
Occupation: [blank]
Birthplace: Maine
Parents: Moses & Hannah Thurston
Birthplaces of Parents: Maine
[Note: it appears the information about the parents is wrong. Sampson Thurston moved to Maine about 1835, according to the Thurston Genealogies, and his father was named Moses, but Melissa appears to have been born in Vermont to Sampson and Hannah.]