Mary Elizabeth Melrose

From the Record

Married Elihu Tipton Eaton in 1866.

The source names a father, Mark A. Melrose, and a mother, Nancy Sheets Melrose — not yet part of the connected tree.

From the Family Manuscript

• David and Hannah Eaton bought the 100 acres and house in 1856 and lived there until their deaths. In 1876 their son Elihu Tipton Eaton and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Melrose, bought the same property; the later deed is identified as Wood County Deed Book 53, page 290.

  The Eaton Homestead, transcript lines 14–16.

Sources for this Record

• name · Direct Lineage Chart of Norma Lee Eaton Maddox, generation 2 group sheet.
• birth · Eaton Family History: Descendants of David E. Eaton and Hannah Mantle, Elihu Tipton Eaton entry and marriage narrative.
• death · Eaton Family History: Descendants of David E. Eaton and Hannah Mantle, Elihu Tipton Eaton entry.
• burial · Eaton Family History: Descendants of David E. Eaton and Hannah Mantle, Elihu Tipton Eaton entry.
• parentage · Eaton Marriages in Wood County, 1861–1876, lines 27–29; bride stated as a daughter of Mark A. and Nancy (Sheets) Melrose.
• biography · Eaton Marriages in Wood County, 1861–1876, lines 24–29; 18 March 1866 Wood County marriage to Elihu Tipton Eaton.
• lineage · Direct Lineage Chart of Norma Lee Eaton Maddox, direct-lineage generation 2.