Elizabeth West Melton
b. 13 April 1837, d. 13 April 1901
- Father: West A. Melton b. say 1800
- Mother: Susanna (?) b. say 1800
- Elizabeth West Melton was born on 13 April 1837 in Hale County, Alabama.
- She married Cyrus Anthony Torbert, son of Cyrus Torbert and Sarah Permelia Henley, on 4 January 1853 in Hollow Square, Hale County, Alabama.
- Cyrus Anthony Torbert and Elizabeth West Melton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Hollow Square PO, Greene County, Alabama. Other members of the household included William Edgar Torbert, Wallace Torbert and Beverly Griggs Torbert. Also in the household was physician Beverly Griggs.
- Elizabeth West Melton became a widow at the 21 January 1862 death of her husband Cyrus Torbert.
- She married Francis Edward Bayol, son of Lewis Edward Bayol and Sylvania Stollenwerck, circa 1862.
- It is not clear whether Hurteline was the daughter of Elizabeth and Cyrus or of Elizabeth and Francis.
- Francis Edward Bayol and Elizabeth West Melton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Greensboro PO, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Julius Edward Bayol, Carrie Bayol, Addie Bayol, William Edgar Torbert and Sarah Permelia Torbert.
- Francis Edward Bayol and Elizabeth West Melton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Hale County, Alabama, and three male laborers.. Other members of the household included Julius Edward Bayol, Benjamin M. Bayol, Hurteline Bayol, Eugene Bayol, Mamie Bayol, William Edgar Torbert and Sarah Permelia Torbert.
- Elizabeth West Melton died on 13 April 1901 at age 64 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 27 Feb 2012
Family 1: Cyrus Anthony Torbert b. 5 March 1824, d. 21 January 1862
- Cyrus Torbert b. say 1854
- William Edgar Torbert b. 7 February 1855, d. 19 June 1931
- Wallace Torbert b. say 1856, d. say 1857
- Walter Henley Torbert b. 11 October 1857, d. circa 1868
- Beverly Griggs Torbert b. 30 November 1859, d. April 1861
- Sarah Permelia Torbert b. 14 September 1861, d. 14 March 1930
Family 2: Francis Edward Bayol b. circa 1836
- Hurteline Bayol b. circa 1862
- Julius Edward Bayol b. circa 1865
- Carrie Bayol b. circa 1867, d. between 1870 and 1880
- Addie Bayol b. circa 1867, d. between 1870 and 1880
- Benjamin M. Bayol b. circa 1870
- Eugene Bayol b. circa 1876
- Mamie Bayol b. circa September 1879