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Melissa Josephine Christenberry

Female 1852 - 1923  (70 years)

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  • Name Melissa Josephine Christenberry  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Birth 30 Nov 1852  Summerfield, Dallas, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15] 
    Gender Female 
    Family Search ID LZNW-KVP 
    Residence 1860  Polecat, Perry, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1870  Perry County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Township 19 Range 7 
    Residence 1880  Oldtown, Perry, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1900  Oldtown, Perry, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Precinct 7 
    Residence 1910  Courthouse, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1920  Cottondale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial 1923  Perry County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 12, 14] 
    • Mount Zion Cemetery
    Death 16 Sep 1923  Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 11, 12, 14] 
    Person ID I35996  MontyHistNotes_2014 | William Azmon Sample and Esther Garrison
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Daniel Asbury Christenberry,   b. 1 Mar 1821, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1876, Perry County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Rebecca Moore,   b. 5 Sep 1819, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1908, Morgan Spring, Perry, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 3 Apr 1845  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18, 19] 
    Family ID F1827  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Flourney Griffin, Sr,   b. Mar 1851, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1924, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 1877  Perry County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 20] 
    Children 
    >1. William Flournoy Griffin, Jr,   b. 13 May 1879, Perry County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1953, Watonga, Blaine, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Beatrice Griffin,   b. Jan 1882, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1961, Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Elson Glen Griffin, Sr,   b. 11 Dec 1884, Perry County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1956, Whatcom, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Van Christenberry Griffin,   b. 29 Oct 1887, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1970, Seattle, King, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Ola Griffin,   b. 23 Dec 1892, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1929, West Blocton, Bibb, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Eva Griffin,   b. Aug 1896, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Nov 1852 - Summerfield, Dallas, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Township 19 Range 7 - 1870 - Perry County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1877 - Perry County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Oldtown, Perry, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Precinct 7 - 1900 - Oldtown, Perry, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Cottondale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1923 - Perry County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Sep 1923 - Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S1622] Mount Zion Cemetery Alabama, (Name: Name: Findagraver; Location: Perry, Alabama, USA;;).

    2. [S2132] Curb, Frances Jane Christenberry, Diary of Frances Jane Curb, (Name: Location: Oklahoma, USA; Date: 1897;;), Alabama to Texas, to Indian Country Oklahoma 1865-1908.

    3. [S3398] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Court House, Tuscaloosa,Alabama; Roll: T624_35; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0155; Image: 601; FHL microfilm: 1374048.
      Record for William Greffin

    4. [S4] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Oldtown, Perry, Alabama;Roll: T623_31077_4120008; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1240036.
      Record for William Griffin

    5. [S3572] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Cottondale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Roll:T625_45; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 117; Image: 499.

    6. [S2343] Dodd, Jordan R., comp., Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties), (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:1999;;).

    7. [S3938] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Pole Cat, Perry, Alabama; Roll: M653_20; Page: 544; Image: 40; Family History Library Film: 803020.
      Record for Josephine Christenbury
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=12255729&indiv=try

    8. [S2937] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 19 Range 7, Perry, Alabama; Roll: M593_33; Page: 280B; Image: 399470; Family History Library Film: 545532.
      Record for Malissa Christenbery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=12936713&indiv=try

    9. [S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Old Town, Perry, Alabama; Roll: 28; Family History Film: 1254028; Page: 370A; Enumeration District: 085; Image: 0221.
      Record for William Griffin
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=6336023&indiv=try

    10. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Josephine Griffin
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=5434886&indiv=try

    11. [S4336] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Death Index, 1908-1959, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).
      Record for Mrs W. F. Griffin
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5188&h=341322&indiv=try

    12. [S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Mrs W F Griffin
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=399728&indiv=try

    13. [S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Beatrice Bearden
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=1293554&indiv=try

    14. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Beatrice Bird Bearden
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=66082427&indiv=try

    15. [S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Ola Griffin Hassell
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=230694&indiv=try

    16. [S4587] Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestors, (Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;), DAR Ancestor A099471 Sample, William (1736-1791) Accessed KRM 22 Jun 2025 7:14am https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_descendants/?action=findlist&p_id=A099471.
      Daughters of the American Revoluntion
      https://www.dar.org/
      https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_descendants/?action=findlist&p_id=A099471

    17. [S1621] Bible of Andrew Moore, Certified Copy of Bible Pages from Andrew Moore, owned by Andrew Fletcher Moore.

    18. [S334] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;), Database online. Data Source: County Court Records - FHL #0546461-0546466.
      Record for Daniel A. Christenbury

    19. [S4407] Bio Info on Andrew Moore, (Name: Our Southern Home; Location: Livingston, Alabama, USA; Date: 13 Dec 1956;), Page 3.

    20. [S4] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Oldtown, Perry, Alabama; Roll: 36; Page: 9A;Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1240036.



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