Fifth Generation

372. Melinda Irene (Elizabeth) HERMAN was born on 19 May 1852 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^{3,57,72,195,235,236,239} She died on 14 October 1935 at the age of 83 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^3,235 She was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina. Inscription: b. "1852," 83y, 5m, 5d

Melinda Irene (Elizabeth) HERMAN and Philo Granduss HERMAN were married on 15 November 1877 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^178,238 Wit: M.L. Hoke Fides Herman, Adol. Herman; at: C.W. Herman's home, by Rev. J.C. Clapp. Min. Philo Granduss HERMAN, son of George HERMAN and Mary Magdelene WHITTENBURG, was born on 2 July 1853 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^{57,59,60,195,235,236} He died on 9 March 1942 at the age of 88 in Catawba County, North Carolina.²³⁷ He was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina. Philo is listed in Catawba Co. Bastardy Bonds, as follows:
H J Shepard (female), Dec 1871, Philo Herman (father-to-be), George Herman (Philo's father), C T Sigman (add'l. bondsman)

Melinda Irene (Elizabeth) HERMAN and Philo Granduss HERMAN had the following children: