Individual Details
Vesta Elizabeth MELTON
(1864 - 1954)
Events
| Birth | 1864 |  | |||
| Marriage | 31 Mar 1881 | Mechanicsville, Cedar, Iowa, United States - Leonard HINES | | ||
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1900 | Fremont, Cedar, Iowa, United States - Leonard HINES |  | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jan 1925 | Second Street, Mechanicsville, Cedar, Iowa, United States - Leonard HINES | | | |
| Residence | 1 Apr 1930 | Mechanicsville, Cedar, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Death | 1954 | Iowa, United States | | ||
| Burial | Mechanicsville, Cedar, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Leonard HINES (1862 - 1929) |
| Child | Lita May HINES (1885 - 1926) |
| Child | Carrie Abigail HINES (1886 - ) |
| Child | Forrest Payne HINES (1891 - 1947) |
| Father | Robert MELTON ( - ) |
| Mother | Nancy ZIMMERMAN ( - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were:-- Lenard Hines, age 37, a butcher, born August 1862
-- his wife, Vesta Hines, age 35, born September 1864
and children:
-- May Hines, age 15, born May 1885
-- Carrie Hines, age 13, born September 1886
-- Forest Hines, age 9, born May 1891
Lenard and Vesta had been married for 16 years. She had had three children, all of whom were still living.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11760-179996-39?cc=1325221&wc=M941-748:1381110330
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Len R. Hines, age 63; his wife, Vesta, age 60; and son, Mac, age 42.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1084/IA1925_1643-0385?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1084%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=IA1925_1643-0475
Residence
Vesta was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Carrie and Robert Smith.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4584390_01074?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6224%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4584390_01077
Endnotes
1. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 1 December 2013), Vesta Hines, memorial #75229163.
2. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 1 December 2013), Vesta Hines, memorial #75229163.
3. "Iowa, Select Marriage Index, 1758-1996," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 January 2016), Leonard Hines and Vesta Melton; Iowa, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL film 1737784; ref ID 2:404CDRV.
4. "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937," digital images online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 January 2017), Leonard Hines and Vesta Melton; Iowa Department of Public Health; 1881, 300 (Adair-Cedar), image 170.
5. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Iowa, Cedar, Fremont, enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 8A, image 14, dwelling 153, family 154, lines 8-12, Lenard Hines and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 3 December 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.
6. Len R. Hines and family, Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, , population, , Cedar, Mechanicsville, images 76-77, lines 10-12; digital images, Ancestry.com, http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1084.
7. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Iowa, Cedar, Mechanicsville, enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 2B, image 4, dwelling 49, family 49, lines 53-57, Robert A. Smith and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 3 December 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.
8. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 1 December 2013), Vesta Hines, memorial #75229163.
9. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 1 December 2013), Vesta Hines, memorial #75229163.