Person:Mellissa Kendall (1)

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Mellissa Flavilla Kendall
b.13 Oct 1835 Bradleyvale, Caledonia, Vermont, USA
d.16 Mar 1892 Boonville, Mendocino, California, USA
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m. 1 Jan 1855
  1. Julia Flavilla Ball1856 - 1900
  2. Mary Paralee Ball1859 - 1911
  3. Martha Merinda Ball1860 - 1920
  4. Jay Dee Ball1863 - 1915
  5. Chardon Scott Ball1865 - 1896
  6. Emmett Burnham Ball1868 - 1941
  7. Dreeme Life Ball1873 - 1917
  8. Emily Ermanonda Ball1877 - 1956
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Name[1][2][3] Mellissa Flavilla Kendall
Gender Female
Birth[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][3][13][14] 13 Oct 1835 Bradleyvale, Caledonia, Vermont, USA
Residence[20] 13 Nov 1850 McHenry, McHenry, Illinois, USA
Marriage 1 Jan 1855 Soda Springs Rancho, Russian River, Mendocino, California, USAto Jefferson Davis Ball
Residence[21] 8 Jul 1860 Anderson Township, Mendocino, California, USA
Residence[22] 1 Aug 1870 Anderson Township, Mendocino, California, USA
Residence[23] 5 Jun 1880 Anderson Township, Mendocino, California, USA
Death[15][16][17][10] 16 Mar 1892 Boonville, Mendocino, California, USACause: Stroke
Burial[18][19] Evergreen Cemetery, Boonville, Mendocino, California, USA

The Illinois State Marriage Index 1763 to 1900 has an entry for a marriage of Melissa F. Kendall and Eleazer E. Sheffield in McHenry Co., IL on 10/18/1852 Vol. A Page 27, Licence 1103. There was an Eleazer Sheffield living in Prairie Du Chien, Crawford Co., WI in the 1850 census. Age 23 born in Ohio and working as a shoemaker.

I found the Sheffield family in McHenry, McHenry Co., IL in the 1850 census. Eleazer wasn't listed with them but they were from Ohio and had a 22 year old daughter, so the Eleazer I found in Wisconsin could easily be their son.

Mendocino Beacon, 26 Mar 1892 From a private letter we learn that Mrs. J. D. Ball died at Boonville on Wednesday fo last week from apoplexy.

After her their mother's death, the twins were separated. Melissa was probably raised by her mother's younger sister Sarah "Sally" Henrietta Burnham and her husband Abel C. Smith, Alonzo probably by his father's sister and her husband Diana & Frank Riford.

Ukiah Republican Press 25 Mar 1892 Page 2, Col. 5

The valley was shocked and sorrow -stricken by the sudden death of Mrs. J. D. Ball. She was apparently in good health on the morning of the 16th but during the day was attacked by paralysis, and died at 7 p.m. Her two youngest children, a boy of eighteen and a girl of fifteen, left in good cheer for school that morning and were summoned home in the evening to find their beloved mother in a dying condition. Alonzo Kendall, twin brother of the deceased, came from Manchester, and J. D. Ball, Jr., eldest son, came from Gualala for the funeral. Her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Hunt of Santa Rosa, did not get here till after the burial. The family are old residents of this place, and few here now can remember the valley without them. The people of the valley sympathize and mourn with the bereaved family. Anderson Valley Girl.

(Research):Look for obituary in the Mendocino Beacon.

References
  1. ↑ Death certificate for Emmett Burnham Ball 6. (File Num: 2358Location: Mendocino County Recorder).
  2. ↑ Marriage Register McHenry County, Illinois. (Location: DeKalb, IL).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Death certificate of Dreeme Life Ball 760-39. (File Num: 17-027968 Location: Office of Vital Records, Sacramento, CA).
  4. ↑ History of Mendocino County, California. (Alley, Bowen & Co., San Francisco, Cal.)
    Mr. Ball married ... a young widow, a native of Vermont.
  5. ↑ Grave marker of Melissa F. Ball
    Born Oct 13, 1835.
  6. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census (1). (Location: California State Library, California Room, 900 N. St., Sacramento, CA)
    Age 44, born in Vermont.
  7. ↑ 1860 U.S. Census. (Location: California State Library, California Room, 900 N St., Sacramento, CA URL: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=12&state=California&county=Mendocino&township=Unknown+Townships&ed=&roll=M653_60&STAbrv=CA&startimg=254&endimg=353&rp=328&hash=1740938862&width=2197&height=3005&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale)
    Age 24, born in Vermont.
  8. ↑ 1870 U. S. Census. (Location: CD of M593 in possession of Ronna Dumas URL: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=13&state=California&county=Mendocino&township=Unknown+Townships&ed=&roll=M593_74&STAbrv=CA&startimg=298&endimg=482&rp=298&hash=832736897&width=1925&height=2905&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale)
    Age 35, born in Vermont.
  9. ↑ Marriage Certificate for J. B. Hunt Martha Ball. (Transcription of Marriage certificate for J. B. Hunt and Martha M. Ball. Marriage book 3, 1878 to 1882, page 307. Viewed at Mendocino County Recorder, Ukiah, CA by Ronna Dumas 19 April 2001.)
    Martha's mother native of Vermont.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Mellissa Ball Carpenter. Famiily Group Sheets. (Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA).
  11. ↑ 1900 US Federal Census. (Location: Seattle Library)
    Family of Mary Hale says mother born in Maine.
  12. ↑ 1850 U. S. Census (1). (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=11&state=Illinois&county=Mchenry&township=Mc+Henry&ed=&roll=M432_117&STAbrv=IL&startimg=347&endimg=374&rp=360&hash=1381236433&width=2013&height=2837&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale)
    Age 14 born Vermont.
  13. ↑ Mantel, Bonnie J. Supplied by compiler, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Eureka, California. 19 March 2008. "Descendants of Jefferson Davis Ball.".

    Born in Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont

  14. ↑ Dorothy A. Kendall. The History of the Kendalls. (N.p.: Self Published, 1992.).

    Various records indicate that the twins were born in Bethel, Windsor, Vermont, Branley's Veil, Kirby Township, Caledonia, Vermont and Malden, Middlesex, Vermont. Their mother died from childbed fever in Branley's Veil just a few days after their birth so it is likely that Branley's Veil is the correct birth place.

  15. ↑ California. Ukiah.  Republican Press
    "Items from Anderson," 25 Mar 1892, p. 2, col. 5.
  16. ↑ Death of J.D. Ball. (The Mendocino Beacon)
    His wife passed away some years ago.
  17. ↑ Grave marker of Melissa F. Ball
    Died Mar 16, 1892.
  18. ↑ Grave marker of Melissa F. Ball.
  19. ↑ Phil Carnahan. Mendocino County Cemetery Index. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mendocem/cemetery/ceml.txt).
  20. ↑ 1850 U. S. Census (1). (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=11&state=Illinois&county=Mchenry&township=Mc+Henry&ed=&roll=M432_117&STAbrv=IL&startimg=347&endimg=374&rp=360&hash=1381236433&width=2013&height=2837&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale)
    Living in the home of her aunt and uncle Abel C. and Sally H. Burnham Smith.
  21. ↑ 1860 U.S. Census. (Location: California State Library, California Room, 900 N St., Sacramento, CA URL: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=12&state=California&county=Mendocino&township=Unknown+Townships&ed=&roll=M653_60&STAbrv=CA&startimg=254&endimg=353&rp=328&hash=1740938862&width=2197&height=3005&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale)
    Line 9, M. F. Ball, 24, F, Vermont.
  22. ↑ 1870 U. S. Census. (Location: CD of M593 in possession of Ronna Dumas URL: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=13&state=California&county=Mendocino&township=Unknown+Townships&ed=&roll=M593_74&STAbrv=CA&startimg=298&endimg=482&rp=298&hash=832736897&width=1925&height=2905&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale)
    Page 150, line 4, Dwelling 749, Family 746.
  23. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census (1). (Location: California State Library, California Room, 900 N. St., Sacramento, CA).
  24.   Ronna Dumas. Dumas-Morris Ged File from RootsWeb.
  25.   Illinois State Marriage Index 1763-1900. (URL: http://cyberdriveillinois.com/cgi-bin/archives/marriage.s)
    SHEFFIELD, ELEAZER E KENDALL, MELISSA F MC HENRY 10/18/1852 A/ 27 1103.
  26.   1850 U. S. Census (2). (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=11&state=Wisconsin&county=Crawford&township=Prairie+Du+Chien&ed=&roll=M432_995&STAbrv=WI&startimg=1&endimg=31&rp=8&hash=450858469&width=2265&height=2921&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale).
  27.   1850 U. S. Census. (Location: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/showimage.cgi?yr=1850&st=IL&rl=117&pg=490).
  28.   California. Mendocino.  Mendocino Beacon
    "Local Intelligence," 26 Mar 1892, p. 3, col. 2.
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