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Malinda Hedrick Bohall

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"This is the kind of error or conflict that drives genealogists crazy." Linda Schwenn Wow, do I echo that! Gaye Hill SO - IF you are related to this person, please note the name discrepancy and proceed. Of her known marriages she is *Malinda Hedrick HART MILLER BOHALL* From the extensive work on burials in the Old Brownstown Cemetery as a project for the Jackson County Genealogical Society (now the Jackson County History Center) and a published work on RootsWeb from Linda Schwenn: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=btncem&id=I71 It is ***UNLIKELY*** his 4th wife Malinda Hedrick is buried therein. As noted on their marriage record, Malinda is identified Mrs. Malinda Miller and as "Margret" at the bottom of the record. I believe this latter is not her signature, as you indicated, but the writing of Mr. Wayman who performed the marriage, which puts a different level of credibility to it. This is the only place I've found, besides the article in the Banner, (the obituary of James Bohall) that calls her Margaret/Margret. She is Malinda in the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses and in the records for her two previous marriages, images for all of which are online at Family Search.org. A third previous marriage to an unknown Dyer is a possibility, but now I think improbable, or at least needs more research. There have been no death dates yet discovered for her, nor a record of her burial in the Old Brownstown Cemetery. With two previous husbands, I don't think her burial there can be assumed. She might be buried with either of the first two husbands or with her family in Jennings County. Certainly her maiden name was not Miller and her first name was probably not Margret. At least anyone looking for her would probably look for "Malinda." ---------- I believe a second look at the evidence will show that the given name of the Miller woman, James' 4th wife, was not Margaret as the Banner article stated (or this is a transcription error on someone else's part?) but Malinda. Please note the following: 1880 census in the Find A Grave listing: his wife is named Malinda. Self James Bohall M 60 Kentucky, United States Son C L Milles M 18 Indiana, United States Wife Malinda Bohall F 56 Indiana, United States 1870 census: 1870: Brownstown, Jackson, Indiana James Bohol 51 Malinda Bohol 50 N B Bohol 20 Kiddy Miller 14 E A Miller 10 C L Miller 8 This includes 3 of Malinda's children with Frederick Miller. CL is still living with them in 1880. His surname has been mistranscribed in 1880 as Milles. "Kiddy" is "Kitty" in 1860 census below, which confirms this is the same Malinda. Home in 1860: Brownstown, Jackson, Indiana Family 406 Frederick Meiller 55 KY [This is a transcription error. Name is Miller] Malinda Meiller 35 IN Charlotte Dryer 18 Nancy E Miller 15 Kitty Miller 5 Clark C Miller 3 Henry C Miller 15 James Ryans 35 James was her neighbor in 1860: Home in 1860: Brownstown, Jackson, Indiana Family 408 James Bohall 38 farmer b IN Mary Schaffer 60 washer woman b Germany Margaret Reed 20 domestic b OH Bell Cooley 25 " b OH Pheba Spurgeon 24 b IN Alexr. Cunningham 1 or 7 months b IN Margaret Cunningham 1 month b IN Finally, the marriage certificates on familysearch.org: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15209-26060-67?cc=1410397 This document names James' wife as Mrs. Malinda Miller but at the bottom of the certificate Mr. Wayman who performed the marriage names her Margret Miller. I do not believe this is her signature, as Gaye Hill indicated on the note attached to the marriage license image on Find A Grave. Perhaps Margret was her middle or first name?? Or the Mr. Wayman just made a mistake. I can only speculate at this point. I have no other records that show Margret. This is the kind of error or conflict that drives genealogists crazy. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZQY-867 Frederick Miller 17 Aug 1856 Jackson County, IN, to Malinda Hart. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11671-22842-38?cc=1410397 Malinda's first marriage, to Andrew Hart. If you agree, I hope you will delete your post-em so others are not confused. I look forward to your response. This is not my family line. I did this as a project for the Jackson County History Center. But I want the information to be as correct as I can make it and appreciate others' input. Linda Schwenn

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