Malissa Adaline Russell ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Melissa Adaline Russell
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 6 Aug 1874
Event Place: Jackson Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Jackson, Mahoning, Ohio, United States
Sex: Female
Father's Name: Clark Russell
Mother's Name: Lucy Ann Ebert
Source Details: v 2 p 38

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6QV-PHF : 12 April 2021), Melissa Adaline Russell, 1874.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth Image: 6 August 1874, in Jackson Township, Mahoning County, OH. ⁴

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Lexington Township, Stark County, OH on 4 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 195, Family 236, Roll 1232
Lexington Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 7 years
Melissia A. Johnson..Wife..35..Ohio..3/3

(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Lexington Township, Stark County, OH on 10 February 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 81, Family 277, Roll 1436
Lexington Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Harrisburg Road; Farm owned, no mortgage
Lizzie Johnson..Wife..46..Ohio

(Living with husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in 1874, then her age should have been 45 instead of 46.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Lexington Township, Stark County, OH on 14 May 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 23A, District 81, Family 544, Roll 1871
Lexington Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
West Main Extension; Home owned
Malissia A. Johnson..Head..55..Ohio..Widowed..Farmer
Viola B. Johnson..Daughter..25..Ohio
Irene L. Johnson..Daughter..24..Ohio
Chester A. Johnson..Son..22..Ohio..Laborer, Farm

(Melissa was widowed and living with 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Lexington Township, Stark County, OH on 23 April 1940. ⁶

1940 US Census
Sheet 19B, District 76-65, Family 373, Roll 3150
Lexington Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Main Street; Home owned, $1500
Melissa A. Johnson..Head..65..Ohio..Widowed..8th grade
Viola B. Johnson..Daughter..35..Ohio..4 years college..Clerk, Office
Irene L. Johnson..Daughter..34..Ohio..12th grade..Clerk, Office

(Melissa was widowed and living with 2 daughters.)
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• She was buried on 13 February 1969 in the Alliance City Cemetery in Alliance, OH.

PLOT K 3
Find a Grave Memorial 89400968
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Malissa married Allen Victor Johnson, son of Joseph Wood Johnson and Henrietta Orr, on 4 January 1903 in Mahoning County, OH.^{1 2 3} (Allen Victor Johnson was born on 14 November 1863 in , Stark County, OH,^{2 8 9 10 11} died on 3 March 1928 in Lexington Township, Stark County, OH ^{11 12} and was buried on 7 March 1928 in Alliance City Cemetery, Alliance, OH ^{11 12}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 4 January 1903, in Mahoning County, OH. ¹

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Lexington Township, Stark County, OH on 4 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 195, Family 236, Roll 1232
Lexington Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 7 years
Allen V. Johnson..Head..46..Ohio..Farmer
Melissia A. Johnson..Wife..35..Ohio..3/3
Viola B. Johnson..Daughter..5..Ohio
Irene L. Johnson..Daughter..4..Ohio
Chester A. Johnson..Son..2..Ohio
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Lexington Township, Stark County, OH on 10 February 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 81, Family 277, Roll 1436
Lexington Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Harrisburg Road; Farm owned, no mortgage
Allen Johnson..Head..54..Ohio..Farmer
Lizzie Johnson..Wife..46..Ohio
Viola B. Johnson..Daughter..15..Ohio
Irene L. Johnson..Daughter..14..Ohio
Chester Johnson..Son..12..Ohio
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Allen V. Johnson
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 04 Jan 1903
Event Place: Mahoning, Ohio, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 39
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 2 Nov
Birth Year (Estimated): 1864
Birthplace: Alliance, O.
Father's Name: Joseph Johnson
Mother's Name: Henrietta Orr
Spouse's Name: Malissia A. Russell
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 28
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Birth Date: 6 Aug
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1875
Spouse's Birthplace: North Jackson
Spouse's Father's Name: Clark Russell
Spouse's Mother's Name: Lucy Ebert
Record Number: 88
Reference ID: p 485

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X83M-24P : 8 March 2021), Allen V. Johnson and Malissia A. Russell, 04 Jan 1903; citing Marriage, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, p 485, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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