Family:James McConnell and Melinda Bohall (1)

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Parents: John McConnell and Abigail McConnell
James McConnell
b. 1814 Indiana
d. Iowa
Parents: Joseph Bohall and Sarah Millstead
Melinda Bohall
b. 1828 Kentucky
d. 1885 Iowa
m. 1845 prob. Indiana
Facts and Events
Marriage? 1845 prob. Indiana
Children
BirthDeath
1.
William McConnell
1846 Jackson Co. Indiana
 
2.
Elizabeth McConnell
1847 Indiana
1910
3.
Sarah McConnell
12 May 1849 Jackson, Indiana, United States
26 Feb 1934 Mt. Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States
4.
Joseph McConnell
1851 Indiana
bur. KS
5.
Franklin McConnell
1852 Indiana
1928
6.
George McConnell
1855 Indiana
1923
7.
Warren McConnell
1857 Iowa
bur. California
8.
James McConnell
1859
 
9.
Judith McConnell
1861
 
10.
Laura McConnell
1866
(young)
11.
Ida McConnell
1868 Iowa
1932
12.
Alice McConnell
1870
 
13.
Ella McConnell
1873 Decatur Co. Iowa
1915
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In the Wagon Train, of 1855, James and Malinda brought their family of six, to Iowa. They walked and pushed a cart with their worldly possessions and settled in N.W. Richland Twp. of Decatur county. They built a one room log cabin near the banks of Sand Creek. In 1878 they built a new home. James and Malinda are buried in a field family plot of Theron Westervelt, two miles north of Westerville; an unmarked grave.

References
  1.   1850 Census Grassy Fork Township
    70.

    James McConnell 34 Ind
    Malinda 23 Ind
    William 4 Ind
    Elizabeth 3 Ind
    Sarah 1 Ind

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