Individual Details
Melissa Priscilla Sanford
(15 Nov 1868 - 26 May 1960)
Mrs. Melissa Sandiford [sic Sanford] Page, who would have been 92 years of age if she had lived until her next birthday, November 15, passed away at the Fuqua Hospital, Pineville, at 2:15 a.m. Thursday, May 26, 1960.
Funeral services will be conducted at Southern Funeral Home in Winnfield at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Burial will follow in Sanders Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Page was born Nov. 15, 1868 in the vicinity of Calvin. She spent most of her life in Winnfield and was a member of the First Methodist Church of Winnfield.
Surviving are three sons, Wiley and Henry Page of Winnfield, and Stephen Page of Port Arthur, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Clara Page, Atlanta, and Mrs. Mary Smith of Marshall, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Rogers, Fresno, Calif.; 11 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, May 19, 1960
Funeral services will be conducted at Southern Funeral Home in Winnfield at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Burial will follow in Sanders Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Page was born Nov. 15, 1868 in the vicinity of Calvin. She spent most of her life in Winnfield and was a member of the First Methodist Church of Winnfield.
Surviving are three sons, Wiley and Henry Page of Winnfield, and Stephen Page of Port Arthur, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Clara Page, Atlanta, and Mrs. Mary Smith of Marshall, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Rogers, Fresno, Calif.; 11 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, May 19, 1960
Events
| Birth | 15 Nov 1868 | Calvin, Winn Parish, Louisiana | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 11 Jul 1870 | (Moses Sanford and Martha Mary Lucas) Pine Ridge, Winn Parish, Louisiana |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | Jun 1880 | (Moses Sanford and Martha Mary Lucas) Winn Parish, Louisiana | | | |
| Marriage | 6 Jan 1891 | Winn Parish, Louisiana - Thomas Lemuel Page | |||
| Death | 26 May 1960 | Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana | |||
| Burial | 27 May 1960 | Sanders Chapel Cemetery, Calvin, Winn Parish, Louisiana | |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas Lemuel Page (1847 - 1925) |
| Father | Moses Sanford (1836 - 1915) |
| Mother | Martha Mary Lucas (1840 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Lavinia J. "Viney" Sanford (1861 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Jephtha Sanford (1865 - ) |
| Sibling | Alafare Missouri Sanford (1870 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Ellen J. Sanford (1871 - ) |
| Sibling | Frances Callie Sanford (1875 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Daniel L. Sanford (1877 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel W. Sanford (1881 - ) |
| Sibling | Barbara Sanford (1884 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph T. Sanford (1890 - 1964) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Moses Sanford Male 36 Mississippi - FarmingMary M Sanford Female 32 Mississippi - at home
Luomis J Sanford Female 9 Louisiana - at home
Jepthah Sanford Male 5 Louisiana - at home
Pracilla M E Sanford Female 2 Louisiana - at home
Thomas Page Male 22 Texas - Works on farm
Census (family)-shared
Moses Sanford Self Male 45 Mississippi - FarmerMary M Sanford Wife Female 42 Mississippi - Keeping house
Melissa Sanford Daughter Female 12 Louisiana
Ellen J Sanford Daughter Female 9 Louisiana
Missouri Sanford Daughter Female 7 Louisiana
Frances C Sanford Daughter Female 5 Louisiana
Daniel L Sanford Son Male 3 Louisiana
Isaac Sanders Son-in-Law Male 20 Louisiana - Works in farm
Levina J Sanders Daughter Female 19 Louisiana
Endnotes
1. United States Census, 1870 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87P-PXM.
2. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXG-HBN : 7 September 2017), Moses Sanford, 8th Ward, Winn, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 53, sheet 578A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,474..
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