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Descendants of James C. Melton

Generation No. 4


11. HITER DAWSON23 MELTON (JOHN WESLEY22, RICHARD M.21, JAMES C.20, JAMES19, JOHN18, RICHARD17, WILLIAM MICHAEL16, WILLIAM15 MILTON I, RICHARD14, THOMAS13, RICHARD12, HENRY11, RICHARD10, THOMAS RICHARD9, JOHN8 MELTON, JOHN7, THOMAS6, RICARDUS5 DE MELTON, JOHN4, NICHOLAAS OF3 MELTON, ADAM2 DE MELTONA, SIWATE1)23,24 was born 06 May 188225, and died 25 February 1933. He married VEREENA ESTEELE REYNOLDS 27 August 190625. She was born 13 August 1888, and died 14 February 1958.

Notes for HITER DAWSON MELTON:
Newspaper clipping:
H. DAWSON MELTON, SR.
Funeral services will be held for H. Dawson Melton, Sr., who died yesterday morning at a hospital here, at the Steele Funeral Home at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be at Milton. He leaves the widow, two sons, H. Dawson, Jr. and Jack Melton; two daughters, Helen and Mary Frances Melton.

The Huntington Advertiser, Sunday Morning, February 26, 1933


He was a salesman for a shoe company and raised his family in West Virginia

More About HITER MELTON and VEREENA REYNOLDS:
Marriage: 27 August 190625
     
Children of HITER MELTON and VEREENA REYNOLDS are:
17. i.   HITER DAWSON24 MELTON, JR., b. 09 February 1909; d. 07 September 2000.
  ii.   JOHN REYNOLDS MELTON, b. 14 October 1913; d. 18 May 1969; m. VARA FLESHMENT, 16 November 1946; b. 30 December 1907; d. Unknown.
  More About JOHN MELTON and VARA FLESHMENT:
Marriage: 16 November 1946
18. iii.   HELEN MADLUM MELTON, b. Private.
19. iv.   MARY FRANCES MELTON, b. Private.


12. SARAH DANIEL23 MELTON (JOHN WESLEY22, RICHARD M.21, JAMES C.20, JAMES19, JOHN18, RICHARD17, WILLIAM MICHAEL16, WILLIAM15 MILTON I, RICHARD14, THOMAS13, RICHARD12, HENRY11, RICHARD10, THOMAS RICHARD9, JOHN8 MELTON, JOHN7, THOMAS6, RICARDUS5 DE MELTON, JOHN4, NICHOLAAS OF3 MELTON, ADAM2 DE MELTONA, SIWATE1)25,26 was born 18 February 188427, and died 22 February 1918. She married DORSEY VINES 15 July 190227. He was born 18 March 1880, and died 10 October 1937.

Notes for SARAH DANIEL MELTON:
Sarah and husband Dorsey lived at home with her parents until the birth of their first child, Jeanne.
Dorsey was a barber. They later moved into their own home in Greenville, Virginia. They had three more children Wilson, Mary Lee, and Montague. Sarah died two months after giving birth to Montague. Montague was then sent to be raised by Helen St. Clair and Sylvester Lane (her aunt and uncle,mother's sister)

Notes for DORSEY VINES:
Dorsey remarried after the death of Sarah Daniel Melton, his first wife. He married Lucie McLear and they had two children:
Dorothy Winkfield Vines
Robert Vines

More About DORSEY VINES and SARAH MELTON:
Marriage: 15 July 190227
     
Children of SARAH MELTON and DORSEY VINES are:
20. i.   JEANNE MARLOW24 VINES, b. 17 June 1906; d. 28 November 1955, Culpepper, Virginia.
21. ii.   MARY LEE VINES, b. 24 April 1911; d. 21 September 1968.
22. iii.   JOHN WILSON VINES, b. 17 March 1913; d. 19 February 1980.
23. iv.   HELEN MONTAGUE VINES, b. 03 December 1917; d. 05 April 1998, Florida.


13. HELEN ST. CLAIR23 MELTON (JOHN WESLEY22, RICHARD M.21, JAMES C.20, JAMES19, JOHN18, RICHARD17, WILLIAM MICHAEL16, WILLIAM15 MILTON I, RICHARD14, THOMAS13, RICHARD12, HENRY11, RICHARD10, THOMAS RICHARD9, JOHN8 MELTON, JOHN7, THOMAS6, RICARDUS5 DE MELTON, JOHN4, NICHOLAAS OF3 MELTON, ADAM2 DE MELTONA, SIWATE1)27 was born 04 August 188727, and died 23 April 1960. She married SYLVESTER MARTIN LANE 04 June 190727. He was born 1886, and died 1967.

More About SYLVESTER LANE and HELEN MELTON:
Marriage: 04 June 190727
     
Child of HELEN MELTON and SYLVESTER LANE is:
  i.   HELEN ADELINE24 LANE, b. 19 October 1910; d. 06 November 1993.


14. IVOR LINWOOD23 MELTON (JOHN WESLEY22, RICHARD M.21, JAMES C.20, JAMES19, JOHN18, RICHARD17, WILLIAM MICHAEL16, WILLIAM15 MILTON I, RICHARD14, THOMAS13, RICHARD12, HENRY11, RICHARD10, THOMAS RICHARD9, JOHN8 MELTON, JOHN7, THOMAS6, RICARDUS5 DE MELTON, JOHN4, NICHOLAAS OF3 MELTON, ADAM2 DE MELTONA, SIWATE1)28,29,30 was born 28 February 189531, and died 10 June 1968. He married VIRGINIA LUCILLE GRIFFITH32 01 April 1934. She was born 22 July 1906, and died 10 March 1996.

Notes for IVOR LINWOOD MELTON:
He went by Tuck or Tucker. He worked his whole life for the N&W railroad, at Lithia, Rippon, and was finally the station operator at Shenandoah. He had a great sense of humor, and sang bass for many years in the Lutheran Church choir in Shenandoah.

Notes for VIRGINIA LUCILLE GRIFFITH:
Newspaper Clipping:
MELTON, VIRGINIA LUCILLE age 89 yrs of Keller, Texas, formerly of Shenandoah, Va. died 10 Mar 1966 in a Fort Worth Hospital. Born 22 Jul 1906 at Shenandoah. Son & Daughter-in-law, Lane & Judy Melton of Keller, Texas; Daughter, Bettye Reynolds of England. 4 grandchildren & 6 great-grand children. Burial in UMC Cemetery in Shenandoah, Va.


More About IVOR MELTON and VIRGINIA GRIFFITH:
Marriage: 01 April 1934
     
Children of IVOR MELTON and VIRGINIA GRIFFITH are:
24. i.   BETTYE LYNNE24 MELTON, b. Private.
25. ii.   LANE GRIFFIN MELTON, b. Private.


15. MARY BELLE23 MELTON (JOHN WESLEY22, RICHARD M.21, JAMES C.20, JAMES19, JOHN18, RICHARD17, WILLIAM MICHAEL16, WILLIAM15 MILTON I, RICHARD14, THOMAS13, RICHARD12, HENRY11, RICHARD10, THOMAS RICHARD9, JOHN8 MELTON, JOHN7, THOMAS6, RICARDUS5 DE MELTON, JOHN4, NICHOLAAS OF3 MELTON, ADAM2 DE MELTONA, SIWATE1)33,34,35 was born 12 July 1898 in Greenville, Virginia36, and died 12 August 1967 in Staunton, Virginia37. She married JAMES CLAY RUFF 14 December 192238. He was born 09 June 1895, and died 26 June 193539.

Notes for MARY BELLE MELTON:
Newspaper Clipping:
Mrs. James C. Ruff
STAUNTON -- A funeral service for Mrs. Mary Belle Melton Ruff, 69, widow of former City Manager James C. Ruff, was held at 3 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church, conducted by Dr. R. Carrington Paulette. Burial was in Thornrose Cemetery.
Mrs. Ruff died Saturday afternoon in king's Daughters' Hospital following a long illness.
She was born July 12, 1898 at Greenville, a daughter of John Wesley and Helen Lee Hiter Melton. Mrs. Ruff was an active member of the First Baptist Church and was church organist for nine years.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. M.W. Larner, Jr. of Staunton and Mrs. G.W. Laymen of Bristol, Tenn; two brothers, Hugh P. Melton of Staunton and Ivor L. Melton of Shenandoah; one sister, Mrs. Fred Shultz of Staunton; and five grandchildren.

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Mary Belle remained on at the family home after the death of her mother to help take care of her father and younger brother - Edward Blair. She remained there for seven years. When John Wesley (her father) died, she moved in with Helen St. Clair (Dixie) and her husband Sylvester (Wes) Lane. She worked at the Riverheads Banks there, then went to "Harrisonburg Normal School" (this is now James Madison University). She taught one term at Middlebrok then one winter in Deerfield. While teaching in Deerfield she met James C. Ruff. She moved to Sangerville. James C. Ruff worked in Staunton and was home only on the weekends, she managed the home in Sangerville and took in school teachers to room and board. Later they moved to Staunton and continued to take in boarders. She moved to Fayette Street in Staunton after the death of her husband. She was very musical and took piano lessons at the age of eleven from Helen Palmer -- and she was the organist at the First Baptist Church in Staunton until her health began to fail.

"This information came from her daughter YuLee Ruff Larner -- in a brief book she compiled for family members in December 2000"

Notes for JAMES CLAY RUFF:
James Ruff died in a tragic accident.
(article that appeared in the Staunton Evening Leader Newspaper, on Thursday, June 17,1935)
SERVICES FOR CITY MANAGER RUFF FRIDAY
Staunton was stunned last night when it became known its thirty-eight year old popular and efficient city manager had been fatally injured during a city softball league game on the grounds of the Virginia School for the deaf and blind. He was struck over the heart by a baseball bat which slipped from the hands of another player.
The tragic accident happened about seven o'clock when a bat slipped out of the hands of Remel Gayhart and struck Mr. Ruff while he was standing about fifteen feet from the batter's plate, while waiting his turn at bat, during a game between Rotary-Kiwanis, with whom he was playing, and the Sinclair Gass Company. He was a Rotartian, and would have taken office next week as director of the club.
      He was pronounced dead by City Coroner T. M. Parkins at eight-twenty, after E. R. Young, Y. M. C. A. physical director, and the local fire department's life saving squad had worked over him for nearly an hour and a half.
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
According to an eye-witness, Mr. Ruff was standing about fifteen feet from the batter's plate waiting his turn at bat, when Gayhart swung hard at a pitch. The bat slippe out of his hands, hit W. L. Overdorf, Jr. a glancing blow, and the end of the missle struck Mr. Ruff over the heart, causing almost instantaneous death.
He drew up his hands, uttered a low cry, and reeled. He was caught by bystanders and laid on the grass, and artificial respiration was immediately begun by Young. The fire department's squad arrived in about ten minutes and used their respirator and continued the artificial respirtation until Dr. Parkins declared him dead at eight-twenty.
      Dr. Kenneth Bradford arrived at about the time the fire company, and assisted with the work. He said afterward that the blow probably ruptured a blood vessel leading out of his heart, which would account for the fact that witnesses reported that he breathed for several minutes after his pulse stopped.
Dr. Parkins' vertict was that he came to his death "As a result of being accidentlly struck over the heart with a baseball bat"

Tribute from Mayor
Mayor William A. Grubert, who was with Mr. Ruff at Gypsy Hill park a short time before the accident occurred, said that the accident came as a "distinct shock" and that the city of Staunton had lost "a most excellent, capable, and efficient city manager"
Mr. Grubert also said that all activities of the city hall would besuspended until after the funeral.
Mr. Ruff became permanent city manager last July, but had served as acting manager for several months before that. Before becoming city manager, he had been employed by the city for about nine years, seven as superintendent of the maintenance department.
He became temporary manager May 1, 1934 upon Willard F. Day's resignation to become Herico county's first manager.

Graduate of V.P.I.
Mr. Ruff was a graduate of V.P.I. and also attended Bridgewater college. During the war he served in the sixteenth aero construction company. He was overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, until April 14,1919.
He was the son of the late James Harvey and Frances Messessmith Ruff, of Sangersville. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Mary Bell Melton, of Greenville, two young daugthers, Eull and Betty Lane; two sisters, one a twin Mrs. Cyrus Kiracofe of Grattis, O. and Mrs. Home Miller, Akron,O. two brothers, Charles and John of Sangersville.

More About JAMES RUFF and MARY MELTON:
Marriage: 14 December 192240
     
Children of MARY MELTON and JAMES RUFF are:
26. i.   MARY YULEE24 RUFF, b. Private.
27. ii.   BETTY LANE RUFF, b. 12 January 1925; d. 22 March 1987.

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