Melville Horne Thrall

1814 - 1884  (69 years)

• Name	Melville Horne Thrall
  Born	21 Sep 1814	Johnstown, Fulton, New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Physical Description	Five feet, ten inches tall, of medium build with high cheekbones and forehead.  [2]
  Occupation	Farmer  [2]
  Religion	Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA   [2]
  	One of the first elders of the Presbyterian Church
  Residence	Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA   [1]
  Died	19 Sep 1884	Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
  Person ID	I179	US Thrall family
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2004

  
  

  Father	John Thrall, V,   b. 7 Apr 1783,   d. 26 Feb 1860  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Ayers,   b. 2 Aug 1788, Duans-bush, Unknown, New York, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 1845, Randolph, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 57 years)
  Married	1806	Johnstown, Fulton, New York, USA
  Family ID	F46	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther M Smith,   b. 1 Oct 1813, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1903, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	31 Jan 1838  [1]
  Residence	Johnstown Road, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA   [2]
  	After marriage they moved to family farm
  	Address: 2 miles south west of Gouverneur.
  Children	+ 1. James Murdock Thrall,   b. 20 Oct 1841, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA ,   d. 12 Nov 1916  (Age 75 years)   2. Harriet T Thrall,   b. 1843, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA ,   d. 1924  (Age 81 years)   3. Mary T Thrall,   b. 1845, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA ,   d. 23 Mar 1924, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2010
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Melville and his father, and a good part of his brothers and sisters settled on Johnstown Road, Gouverneur, N.Y. around 1830 on farms. They were also tanners. Gouverneur had a tannery and that is probably why they came. (Medical):See attached sources. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Thrall Genealogy 1630-1965, Compiled by D Stephen Thrall., (Grant Leslie Thrall 1976), 56 (Reliability: 3). [S5] Thrall Genealogy 1630-1965, Compiled by D Stephen Thrall., (Grant Leslie Thrall 1976), 87 (Reliability: 3).