Individual Details
Josephine Dotson Byer Dew 'Melvin'
(15 Sep 1837 - 29 Mar 1923)
Josephine was born in Potts Creek, Virginia, the 12th child in her family. As a young mother, she sold the farm she and her husband Joseph owned and traveled by covered wagon with their 3 young children in 1862 to northern California. There Joseph joined her. Their youngest 2 children were born in Yolo county, CA. The death date on her grave marker is not correct.
Events
| Birth | 15 Sep 1837 | Potts Creek, Alleghany, Virginia, United States | |||
| Marriage | 18 Aug 1854 | Scottsville, Wayne, Illinois, United States - Joseph Melvin | |||
| Death | 29 Mar 1923 | Mendocino, California, United States | |||
| Reference No | 7400 | ||||
| Burial | Ukiah Cemetery, Mendocino, California, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Joseph Melvin (1831 - 1913) |
| Child | Eugene Walker Melvin (1855 - 1930) |
| Child | Eliza Hortense "Ten" Melvin 'Rowland' (1858 - 1936) |
| Child | Ella Nancy Melvin 'Cook' (1860 - 1904) |
| Child | Dolly Belle Melvin (1864 - 1900) |
| Child | Howell Dew Melvin (1872 - 1966) |
| Father | Charles Dew (1767 - 1841) |
| Mother | Nancy Pinckney 'Dew' (1796 - 1876) |
| Sibling | Malinda Dew 'Holly' (1813 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Ann Dew 'Linton' (1816 - 1882) |
| Sibling | James Lewis Dew (1818 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Samuel Watts Dew (1821 - 1840) |
| Sibling | George Dew (1823 - 1823) |
| Sibling | Sarah Mariah Dew 'Smith' (1824 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Betty Lewis Dew 'Walker' (1827 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Agnes Ardelia Dew 'Wristen' (1829 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Franklin Dew (1832 - 1851) |