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Leroy Emmerson Melia

Male 1907 - 1974  (67 years)

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  • Name Leroy Emmerson Melia  [1]
    Birth 5 Feb 1907  Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Death 7 Jul 1974  Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Aft 7 Jul 1974  Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I25210  Bisbee
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2009

    Father Emerson Verne Melia,   b. 29 Oct 1875, Freeport, Barry, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1965, Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Mother Leona Josephene Bisbee,   b. 27 May 1876, , Champaign, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1955, Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Marriage 1 Jan 1902  Meade, Meade, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F4378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Doris Marie Bland,   b. 1 Oct 1908, Lucas, Russell, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1983, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 13 Jul 1930  Lucas, Russell, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. S.R. Melia
    +2. J.L. Melia
    Family ID F9477  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Feb 1907 - Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Jul 1930 - Lucas, Russell, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jul 1974 - Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 7 Jul 1974 - Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Born February 5, 1907 in the farm home with the family physician attending (Dr. Bradyhoft.) to Emerson Vernon and Leona(Bisbee)Melia. Died January 7, 1974 at Tulsa, Oklahoma with Burial in the Bucklin Cemetery attended a one room country school during the grades and graduated from Ford High School in 1924 and then attended Kansas State University, Manhattan. Graduating with honors and a BS degree in Agricultural Education. While attending KSU he realized a great many accomplishments including that of High Individual in the Nation Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest held in Chicago in 1927, and high individual in the National Collegiate Grain Judging Contest held in that same city a year later.

      Leroy taught vocational Ag for 30 years, 27 years at Coldwater, Kansas. His first year a Byers, and the next two at St. George, Kansas. During his career as an instructor, he coached many winning teams in grain and livestock judging in state and regional contests, one of those years winning the Nation FFA Judging Contest held in Kansas City. Three of his students won an American Farmer Degree and numerous others attended the State Farmer Degree in FFA during his teaching career.

      Leroy also served one term as president of the Kansas Vocational Agricultural Teachers Association. He retired from teaching in 1957 to return to assist with the home farm near Ford, established residence in Dodge City in 1961, still remaining active with his brother in operation of the farm.

      On July 13, 1930 Leroy and Doris M. Bland were married in her family home near Lucas Kansas. Only family members attended the wedding. A son and daughter were born to this union. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2589] Crandall Melia, Grandson of Birdie Grace Bisbee, Melia, Crandall: Grandson of Birdie Grace Bisbee, (1837 N. San Antonia Ave, Upland, California. Tel. 909-985-4350. Email candcmelia2@yahoo.com).

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 238.