Melissa Young Hayes
b. 19 June 1856, d. 19 October 1930
- Melissa Young Hayes was born on 19 June 1856 in Texas.
- She married Pleasant Kittrell Goree, son of Langston James Goree and Sarah Williams Kittrell, at after 1878.
- Pleasant Kittrell Goree and Melissa Young Hayes appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Madison County, Texas. Other members of the household included Fannie M. Goree, Clara A. Goree, Hayes Goree and Mary B. Goree. Census enumerator for the area was Pleasant's brother Edwin King Goree.
- Pleasant Kittrell Goree and Melissa Young Hayes appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Madison County, Texas, enumerated next to the household of Pleasant's sister Sue Hayes.. Other members of the household included Sarah W. Goree and Pleasant Kittrell Goree Jr. Census enumerator for the area was Pleasant Kittrell Goree.
- She was interred at Midway Cemetery, Madisonville, Madison County, Texas.
- Her husband Pleasant Kittrell Goree became a widower at her death.
- Melissa Young Hayes died on 19 October 1930 at age 74.
- Last Edited: 18 Jun 2011
Family: Pleasant Kittrell Goree b. 22 May 1845, d. 22 April 1933
- Clara A. Goree b. October 1876
- Hayes Goree b. 23 August 1878, d. 18 January 1969
- Mary B. Goree b. circa February 1880
- William Langston Goree+ b. 22 October 1881, d. 24 November 1972
- Sarah W. Goree b. circa 1884
- Pleasant Kittrell Goree Jr.+ b. 24 August 1886, d. 1 March 1979