Melvin Twitchell

1819 - 1895  (75 years)

• Name	Melvin Twitchell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	29 Dec 1819	Weybridge, Addison, Vermont, USA   [2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Carrollton, Greene, Illinois, USA   [6]
  	Living with Minerva and William Guthrie
  Census	1860	Greenfield, Greene, Illinois, USA   [10]
  	Married to Elizabeth
  Census	1880	Elkhorn, Plymouth, Iowa, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self
  Death	28 Apr 1895  [2, 4]
  Burial	Arlington Cemetery, Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I16695	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Timothy William Twitchell,   b. 1791, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Nov 1872 (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Pamelia Marsh,   b. 20 Apr 1793, St Albans, Franklin, Missouri, USA d. 22 Aug 1857, Greene County, Illinois, USA (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1813  [12, 13]
  Family ID	F4852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Brindle,   b. 9 Apr 1835, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Sep 1931, Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	29 Sep 1852	Montgomery County, Illinois, USA   [1, 5, 14]
  Children	1. Myron Anson Twitchell,   b. 31 Jan 1857, Greenfield, Greene, Illinois, USA d. 1937 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Myrvin Eugene Twitchell,   b. 29 Sep 1853, Illinois, USA d. 27 Jan 1942, Snohomish County, Washington, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Cyrus Twitchell,   b. 11 Jul 1855, Illinois, USA d. 25 Aug 1916, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Dec 1819 - Weybridge, Addison, Vermont, USA Census - Living with Minerva and William Guthrie - 1850 - Carrollton, Greene, Illinois, USA Marriage - 29 Sep 1852 - Montgomery County, Illinois, USA Census - Married to Elizabeth - 1860 - Greenfield, Greene, Illinois, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self - 1880 - Elkhorn, Plymouth, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~s TWITCHELL Melvin Melvin Twitchell

  
  

  People

  TWITCHELL-Melvin Melvin Twitchell

  
  

• Sources

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