Malinda Dew Holly
Birth 17 Dec 1813
Alleghany County, Virginia, USA
Death 2 Jan 1888 (aged 74)
Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Burial
King Cemetery
Fostoria, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
MALINDA DEW MARRIED WILLIAM HOLLY ON FEB 17, 1842 IN ALLEGHENY CO., VA. IN THE LATE 1840'S A LARGE CARAVAN MOVED THE FAMILY TO MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS. WILLIAM DIED THERE 9-19-1872 AND IS BURIED IN THE MILLER CEMETERY IN BARR TOWNSHIP MACOUPIN CO., ILL.
THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN: JOHN WESLEY, LEWIS R, SARAH CATHERINE, NANCY VIRGINIA, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, AND CHARLES WILLIAM. AFTER WILLIAM'S DEATH, SHE MOVED HER FAMILY VIA THE OX TEAM AND COVERED WAGON ROUTE AND SETTLED ON MCINTYRE CREEK NEAR OLSBURG, POTTAWATOMIE CO., KS. HER THREE UNMARRIED SONS JOHN, LEWIS AND CHARLES WORKED THE FARM UNTIL HER DEATH. ALL SIX CHILDREN STAYED IN KANSAS AND ARE ALL BURIED IN KANSAS.
MALINDA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF CHARLES AND NANCY PINKLEY DEW. CHARLES IN BURIED IN VIRGINIA AND NANCY IS BURIED IN CALIFORNIA
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