Melissa Emelia Redus

Melissa Emelia Redus b. 1833, Alabama, m. Henry C. Mahan, b. 1834, Pickens County, Alabama, (son
of William A. Mahan and Nancy Parker) d. 1909.
		     Children:
		  i. Elvira C. Mahan b. Mar 16, 1857, Alabama, m. John Riley Parker, b. Aug 28, 1842,
		     d. Jul 27, 1902, Garland County, Arkansas, buried: Aldridge Cemetery. Elvira died
		     Mar 11, 1937, Garland County, Arkansas, buried: Aldridge Cemetery.
		 ii. Moriah Marilla "Rilla" Mahan b. 1859, Alabama, m. Sep 30, 1880, in Lamar County,
		     Alabama, John Henry Boyd, b. abt 1861, Arkansas, (son of William Boyd).
		iii. William H. Lincoln "Link" Mahan b. 1861, Alabama.
		 iv. Melissa A. Mahan b. 1863, Alabama, m. abt 1885, Andrew J. Dalton, b. abt 1856,
		     Alabama.
		  v. James T. Mahan b. 1864, Alabama, b. Feb 23, 1890, in Garland County, Arkansas,
		     M. C. Southerland.
		 vi. Abraham Brown Mahan b. 1868, Alabama, m. Sep 8, 1890, in Garland County, Arkansas,
		     Lulu Shockley.
		vii. Laura L. Mahan b. Sep 1870, Alabama, m. Robert Newt Pitman, b. 1868, d. 1945.
		     Laura died 1959.