Margaret Fetters

  General Notes:

The 1880 Federal Census for Perry Co., Lawrence Co., Ohio (ED95, page 278A) records Margaret as sick with Headaches.

Margaret's family can be found in both the 1860 and 1870 census records for Rock Camp, Lawrence Co., Ohio:
The 1860 Federal Census for Perry Township, Lawrence Co., Ohio, Rock Camp P.O. reocrds Nicholas (43 - Germany) and Rebecca (38 - [West] Virginia) with children Katheren (12), Margaret (11), Henry (10), Peter (8), Rachel (6), Philip (5), John (4), George (3), and Nicholas (2). All children are born in Ohio.
The 1870 Federal Census for Perry Township, Lawrence Co., Ohio, Ironton P.O. reocrds Nicholas (50 - Germany) with children Peter (19), Rachel (15), Philip (14), John (13), George (12), Nicholas (11), Jacob (8), and Sarah (6). All children are born in Ohio.
By 1880, Nicholas has remarried: The 1880 Federal Census for Perry Township, Lawrence Co., Ohio, District 95 reocrds Nicholas (62 - Germany) and Francis (48) Fetter with children George (22), Nicholas (22), Jacob (20), and Sarah A. (16). Also in the household are step children Jacob (13) and Anna (10) Reed.

Margaret married James M. Melvin Sr., son of Jonathan Broome Melvin and Rhonda Gord. (James M. Melvin Sr. was born about 1847 in Perry Township, Lawrence Co., Ohio and died after 1920 in Lawrence Co., Ohio.)