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Submitted: 6/25/14 • Approved: 6/25/14 • Last Updated: 6/28/14 • R1015646-G0-S3
Company B 159 Infantry
August 1, 1895 - April 2, 1928
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index
Name: Melvin C Lawrence
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1895
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 32
Death Date: 2 Apr 1928
Death Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Burial Date: 3 Apr 1928
Burial Place: Blytheville, Ark
Gender: Male
Race: Colored (Black)
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Clerk, Hotel
Father's Name: Craig Lawrence
Father's Birth Place: Kentucky
Mother's name: Martha Mason
Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky
FHL Film Number: 1876738
Contributed on 6/25/14
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