Melville Beveridge Lockett

b. 4 June 1846
  • Melville Beveridge Lockett was born on 4 June 1846 in Ohio.
  • He married Annie Missouri Johnson circa 1872.
  • Melville Beveridge Lockett became a widower at the 10 February 1935 death of his wife Annie Missouri Johnson.
  • The following appeared on 11 February 1935 in The Amarillo Globe: (Georgetown, Feb. 11) Mrs. M. B. Lockett, 83, wife of a prominent retired merchant here and daughter of one of Texas' pioneer educators, died at her home yesterday after a long illness.
         Her father was Prof. Thomas Johnson, who founded one of the early schools of the state near Austin.
         She married M. B. Lockett Sept. 4, 1872, and moved to Georgetown in 1883. Surviving are her husband and five daughters, Mrs. W. C. Vaden and Mrs. F. D. Love of Georgetown, Mrs. Pearl Pegues and mrs. C. A. Nichols of Dallas, and Mrs. T. H. Cody of Houston.
  • Last Edited: 3 Nov 2014

Family: Annie Missouri Johnson b. 4 September 1851, d. 10 February 1935