Edward Melvin Hummel 
Edward was born on January 6th, 1878. Edward's father was Benjamin Frank Hummel and his mother was Levisa Ann Medaris. His maternal grandparents were Abraham Medaris and Sarah Elisabeth Bledsoe. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Archie, Ike, James, Floyd, Lillie, Nancy, Olive, Ella and Effie. He was the second oldest of the ten children. He died at the age of 78 on February 23rd, 1956.General Notes
Was in the Marines and got a dishonorable discharge because he was fell of the ship and broke his neck while drunk one day before the Japs attacted Pear Harbor and sank the ship he was asigned to, the USS Arizona. Mel was on another ship, headed for a hospital in the Unites States.
He never married. He was buried in Vincennes next to his parents.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.07 Dec 1852 in Owen County, Indiana d.20 Mar 1931 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Indiana
- b.06 Jan 1878 d.23 Feb 1956
- b.21 Feb 1704 in Middlesex County, Virginia d.1799
- b.~ 1759 in Dragon Swamp, Middlesex County, Virginia d.1829 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.20 Nov 1715 in Essex County, Virginia d.1795 in Tennessee
- b.13 Feb 1788 in Guilford County, North Carolina d.08 Feb 1878 in Owen County, Indiana
- b.~ 1762 in Chatham County, North Carolina d.19 May 1842 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.19 May 1829 in Indiana d.05 Aug 1889 in Owen County, Indiana
- b.07 Jan 1790 d.10 Apr 1838 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.06 May 1855 d.10 Mar 1931 in Worthington, Indiana
- b.1833 in Putnam County, Indiana d.30 Oct 1906
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