Melquiades Barbosa Medina

María Melquiades Barbosa Medina (December 9, 1869 - October 18, 1932) was matriarch of the Gómez Barbosa family along with her husband Feliciano Gómez Ramos, who at one time was a municipal agent.

Born to Felix Barbosa Olvera and Gorgonia Medina Cruz in San Rafael, Jalisco; Melquiades later arrived to the rancho in 1872 along with her parents.