Treasure Chest Thursday~Marriage of Lela Mae Rivers and Thomas Levi Melton

The oldest marriage book in Chesterfield County, South Carolina shows that Lela Mae Rivers and Thomas Levi Melton were married  3 September 1911 by R. E. Rivers.

Lela Mae, age 18, is the daughter of James Samuel Rivers and Laura Jane Davis.  Thomas Levi, age 25, is a son of Hardy H. Melton and Dolly Copeland.

CERTIFICATE

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, THAT I, R. E. Rivers 
Did this day perform the marriage ceremony for the within named at ChesterfieldSouth Carolina, this 3rd day of September  A. D. 1911.
                                                                       R. E. Rivers
                                                                       Clerk of Court


SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING PARTIES:
s/ Thomas Levi X his mark Meltons/ L. M. X her mark Rivers


After their marriage Thomas and Lela Mae raised a family of 11 children; 5 daughters and 6 sons while Thomas work a variety of occupations. In 1900, he was working in a Silk Mill in Anson County, NC. In the 1920’s and 1930’s Thomas worked as a farmer/farm labor and as a carpenter in the 1940’s.

Thomas Levi Melton passed away from injuries sustained in an automobile-truck collision near Cheraw on 26 January 1943.


Lela Mae Rivers Melton is my 2nd Cousin twice removed. 







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[1] Chesterfield County, South Carolina original marriage licenses, 1911-1951
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91V-9WSF-2?i=50&cat=956700
[2] MARRIAGE: Chesterfield County, South Carolina Marriage Index Book, 1911-1914, Compiled by Angela Rayfield, Copyright 1999. Page 29. Thomas Leroy Melton md Lela May Rivers on 3 Sept 1911.