Melvin Pangborn^{[1, 2]}

1865 - 1950  (84 years)

• Name	Melvin Pangborn
  Born	1 Nov 1865	Onarga, Iroquois County, Ilinois
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Apr 1950	Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas
  Buried	Burr Oak Cemetery, Jewell County, Kansas
  Person ID	I293	The Riner Tree
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	Cyrus Skeels Pangborn,   b. 5 Feb 1822, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio (near) ,   d. 8 Nov 1905, Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Roseanna Riner,   b. 7 Feb 1834, Covington, Fountain County, Indiana ,   d. 10 Nov 1893, Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas  (Age 59 years)
  Married	19 Aug 1852	Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois
  Family ID	F6235	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Vivia Nancy Fogo,   b. 26 Nov 1867, Richland Center, Wisconsin ,   d. 17 Nov 1887, Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas  (Age 19 years)
  Married	17 Nov 1887	Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas
  Notes	Married in the Fogo home SW of Burr Oak, Kansas.
  Children	1. Halsey Melvin Pangborn,   b. 7 Oct 1888, Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas ,   d. 9 May 1967, Jewell County, Kansas  (Age 78 years)   2. Florence Vivia Pangborn,   b. 20 Sep 1890, Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas ,   d. 1 Apr 1984  (Age 93 years)   3. Francis Marie Pangborn,   b. 23 Apr 1899, Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Apr 1943  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2013
  Family ID	F6329	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Melvin Pangborn household, 1900 U.S. Census, Kansas, free schedule, Jewell County, Burr Oak Township, E.D. 46, sheet 9, dwelling 197, family 204, June 11, 1900. Pangborn, Melvin, head, W M Nov 1864 35 M 12 IL OH IN farmer yes yes yes R F 44 Pangborn, Vivian J., wife W F Nov 1867 32 M 12 3 3 WI OH OH yes yes yes Pangborn, Haley J., son W M Oct 1888 11 S KS IL WI at school yes yes yes Pangborn, Florence Y., daughter W F Sept 1890 9 S KS IL WI at school yes yes yes Pangborn, Francis M., daughter W F Apr 1898 1 S KS IL WI yes yes yes Pangborn, Cyrus S., father W M Feb 1822 78 wd OH NY VT farmer yes yes yes F A farmer and stockman, Melvin liked music and travel. He was a violinist. Melvin and Vivia lived and farmed the family farm two miles north of Otego until their deaths. Pangborn Letter: Melvin Pangborn was sixteen years of age when he came to Kansas. He united with the M. E. church at Burr Oak, Kansas, when seventeen years of age and was married at age 22 to Vivia Fogo, who was converted and became a member of the same church at age 18. Melvin Pangborn was united in marriage to Vivia Nancy Fogo. They had three daughters, Mabel Edna, Violet Adelaide and Eula Rosanna.Quincy June was married to Bessie Blake, Feb 3, 1904. They had three children - Aline Hortense, Arden Lester and Marjorie. All the children of Cyrus & Rosanna Pangborn, except Melvin moved to Tillamook, Oregon, May Norton & family going in 1890 and the others later. Melvin was sixteen years old when he came to Kansas. He united with the M. E. Church at Burr Oak, Kansas, when seventeen years of age and was married at age 22 years to Vivia Fogo, who was converted and became a member of the same church at the age of eighteen. When Melvin Pangborn was married, his parents moved to Burr Oak, Kansas, where they lived until Nov. 1893 when Roseanna Pangborn died. Cyrus Pangborn then came back to the farm and made his home with Melvin and family for 12 years. Uncle Thomas and Aunt Jane Pangborn died at Onarga, Ill. Uncle Ransom lived the last years of his life at Lynden, Washington, near his children. It is characteristic of the Pangborn men their purity of life, freedom from bad habits, bad language, intoxicating drinks and tobacco, and their readiness to help in any good work. John Pangborn was born March 14, 1775 Miranda Miller was born Sept. 8, 1783 Were married April 15, 1805

  
  

• Sources

  [S35051] The Pangburn Letter. Vol. 2, No. 2, September 198. [S52835] Memeories of Otego, Kansas, p. 89.