Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMelinda Dix 
Birth13 Jun 1816, Pennsylvania
Census1850, Preston, Wayne Co, PA
Memoroll#835, pg 37
Census1860, New Milford, Susquehanna Co, PA
Memoroll#1186, pg 558
Death26 Apr 1879, New Milford, Susquehanna Co, PA
BurialNew Milford Cem, Susquehanna Co, PA
FatherJohn Dix (1788-1835)
MotherHannah Tanner (1790-1870)
Misc. Notes
sister of Samantha, wife of Akins. Her headstone lists her name as Malinda.
"I think she must have been a very attractive lady, as we find that Perry followed her (to Ohio) walking all the way, some five hundred miles."
"I think she must have been a very attractive lady, as we find that Perry followed her (to Ohio) walking all the way, some five hundred miles."
Spouses
Birth17 Sep 1817, Shehawken, Wayne Co, PA
Death25 Sep 1871, New Milford, Susquehanna Co, PA
BurialNew Milford Cem, Susquehanna Co, PA
OccupationBlacksmith & Farmer
FatherElihu Akin Tallman (1781-1867)
MotherLucretia Palmer Perkins (1780-1871)
Misc. Notes
His is listed with his parents in 1820 and 1830.
"I think she (Melinda) must have been a very attractive lady, as we find that Perry followed her (to Ohio) walking all the way, some five hundred miles." They lived there for some time, but at the request of his father Elihu he moved back to Wayne County where they lived 'til after 1850. They lived in the Tallmanville area, probably in the house later occupied by Darwin Tallman, as their names appear in the 1850 U. S. Census between the family of David Dix and that of Samuel Stanton, grandmother Dix's oldest brother. The Stantons then lived near the intersection of this cross-road with the extension of the Wild Turnpike down to the Starrucca road. Listed with his father in Susquehanna Co in 1860 as a blacksmith & farmer with $3500 land, $1668 property. His family consists of wife and 8 sons.
In 1870 he and Malinda had only their 3 youngest sons living with them.
"I think she (Melinda) must have been a very attractive lady, as we find that Perry followed her (to Ohio) walking all the way, some five hundred miles." They lived there for some time, but at the request of his father Elihu he moved back to Wayne County where they lived 'til after 1850. They lived in the Tallmanville area, probably in the house later occupied by Darwin Tallman, as their names appear in the 1850 U. S. Census between the family of David Dix and that of Samuel Stanton, grandmother Dix's oldest brother. The Stantons then lived near the intersection of this cross-road with the extension of the Wild Turnpike down to the Starrucca road. Listed with his father in Susquehanna Co in 1860 as a blacksmith & farmer with $3500 land, $1668 property. His family consists of wife and 8 sons.
In 1870 he and Malinda had only their 3 youngest sons living with them.
Marriage15 Apr 1838, Crawford Co, OH
ChildrenStephen Decatur (Died as Child) (1838-1841)
Thomas J. (1840-1915)
Helen R. (1841-1891)
George Decator (1843-1896)
Oliver Perry (Died as Infant) (1844-1845)
William P. (1845-1913)
Oscar C. (1847-1894)
Perry Milton (1849-1930)
John Wesley (1853-1893)
Elihu Duane (1854-1934)
Budd L. (1857-1903)