Melvin (or Melville) CUSTER b. ca 1825; Bourbon Co KY; m Elisabeth Sarah WIGGINS; d. Benton Co IA, buried in Concord Cemetery. Melvin's parents: Conrad CUSTER Jr. b. 1780-1785 VA and Leanna THOMAS. Melvin CUSTER's siblings: John T., William, Hiram, George A. Sarah Ellen (my ggg grandmother), Joseph, Mary, Conrad III. They are distant cousins of General George Armstrong CUSTER. Sarah Ellen married Thomas Jefferson HICKLIN. She died 1855 and is buried in Springfield Cemetery, Keokuk Co IA. In 1850, Melvin also lived in Keokuk County. Pat Shaw Anamosa, IA