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NOTE 1./ e-mail from Carol Cooper <>

I am please to tell you that I have made quite a leap forward in the saga of Elizabeth Melmer-Cody and more importantly the elusive "Dr William Cody", who turns out to be a gentleman doctor by the name of Nelson T Cody!!

From the link to the San Francisco Call Newspaper Vital Records for 1869-1895 you kindly sent me re Elizabeth Melmer-Cody's death in 1873 I spotted a little further down the page an entry for a marriage between N T Cody, Dr, and Elizabeth Melner (sic.) in 1873, San Francisco, together with an additional marriage entry for Dr N T Cody to a Jennie Mills in 1877, thus .....

Cody, Elizabeth Melmer... died in 1873 ... age -- ...1873D-613
Cody, N.T., Dr.... married in 1873 to Melner, Elizabeth ...1873M-524
Cody, N.T., Dr.... married in 1877 to Mills, Jennie ...1877M-273.

It would appear from this that Elizabeth Melmer Murphy was married in SanFrancisco to Dr Cody, her second husband, and died the very same year, aged about 45 years.

However this casts doubt upon the name written on the rear of the photograph from Tanis, i.e. Mrs William Cody, Aunty Betsy. At first I thought the entry above was from a poor transcription and that the "N" had been interpreted from the "W" for William, until I began to look into the census entries for the US 1880. I now realise that the addition of the word "William" on the rear of the photograph was probably to determine her relationship with William Melmer, her brother, and not the name of her husband as is now proven here.

In the USA census entries for 1880 I discovered the entry for Nelson T Cody, Doctor/druggist, aged 52, with wife Jennie aged 35, present at King, Washington, USA. Nelson was born New York circa 1828, Jennie was Canadian, born circa 1845 - both of Scottish parentage

Nelson married Elizabeth MELMER in 1873 in San Francisco, California. Elizabeth (daughter of GeorgeSr MELMER and Matilda COOLEY) was born in 1828 in Leicester, England; died on 30 Jul 1873 in Coulterville, San Francisco California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nelson married Martha A UNKNOWN about 1846. Martha was born in 1828 in Pennsylvania; died after 1850 in Waukegan Lake County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nelson L CODY was born in 1847 in Waukegan Lake County, Illinois.

Nelson married Jennie MILLS in 1877 in San Francisco, California. Jennie was born in 1845 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Unknown married Panorid UNKNOWN. Panorid was born in 1788 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]