Charles H. Melvin    

CHARLES H. MELVIN, farmer, post-office Greenville, was born on the old homestead, in West Salem Township, March 14, 1860, and is the youngest child of John R. Melvin. Our subject has passed his life in Mercer County, and received his education in its public schools. He was married September 9, 1880, to Eva, daughter of Joseph B. and Mary (McLaughlin) Nelson, natives of Mercer County. Mrs. Melvin was born in West Salem Township. and is the mother of two children: Harry Clifford and Joseph Plummer. Politically Mr. Melvin is a Democrat, and one of the progressive young farmers of the township.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 1192.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.