MELVIN BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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MELVIN, John Daniel - b: 1843 Logan Co, OH
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 585
residence: Windsor Twp

John Daniel Melvin, furniture dealer and cabinet maker, was born in Logan County, 
Ohio, in January, 1843, his parents being Benjamin and Isabel (Cockerell) Melvin. 
The former was born in Harper's Ferry and the latter in Loudoun County, Virginia. 
In the spring of 1854 Mr. Melvin moved to Missouri and settled in Pettis County, 
on his farm. John D. received a common school education and in 1865 he learned 
the cabinet makers trade. He also became familiar with the carpenters trade and 
was a builder and contractor for many years. In 1870 he came to Windsor, and 
started the cabinet business and a furniture store in 1874. J. V. B. Tryon, of 
Sedalia, started the first cabinet business in the place. Mr. Melvin married Miss 
Catherine Fitz Hugh Taylor, in 1872. She is the daughter of R. F. Taylor, Esq., who 
was a pioneer of this city, owning the land where the city was first built, and he 
surveyed it out into lots. Her mother was formerly Ann Fitz Hugh. politically he 
is a Democrat, and he belongs to the A. O. U. W. His partner in business, Lawrence 
R. F. Berry, was born in Windsor in 1861. His father, Lawrence Berry, was in 
business here for several years and owned a fine farm near town. He died in 
1862, leaving one son, L. R. F. His wife was Eliza Taylor, daughter of Judge 
Jonathan T. Taylor, who is one of the earliest pioneers of the county. The widow 
Berry married D. D. Black, of Windsor, in 1867. Young Lawrence received a fine 
education in the Windsor and Sedalia schools. He engaged in the furniture 
business in September, 1882, with J. D. Melvin, and they now keep a good 
assortment of furniture and coffins. The are accommodating and polite in their 
transactions and are growing in popular favor.


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