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The Children of Henry and Elizabeth Branscomb:
Malinda Branscomb
Please check the Author's Notes for an explanation of the numbering system I use for identifying individuals within any family.
The line of descent for Malinda Branscomb:
1. Malinda Branscomb
Malinda was b. ca. 1828 in Wayne County, Ky. Md. in Macon County, Mo., 23 December 1842 David Vestal. The 1850 census for Macon County shows David Vestal and family in dwelling #526, p. 156, next door to their siblings William Vestal and Charlotte Branscomb Vestal in dwelling #525:
| |
Age |
Where born |
|
| David Vestal |
33 |
Ky. |
|
| Malvina |
22 |
Ky. |
(This is Malinda) |
| John |
5 |
Mo. |
|
| Margaret E. |
2 |
Mo. |
|
Numerous other Vestals were nearby, including James, Jacob, Johnson, Claiborne and another William (see further under #2 Charlotte).
The 1860 census for East Chariton Township, Macon County, shows the family of David “Vestel” on p. 298, dwelling # 958. The post office was College Mound. All the residents were listed as b. Kentucky:
| |
Age |
|
| Vestal, D. |
38 |
F. L. (farm laborer) The second digit of the age is indefinite. |
| Melissa |
31 |
(This is Malinda) |
| John |
15 |
|
| Margret |
13 |
|
| Sarah |
10 |
|
| Rebecca |
6 |
|
| Mary |
3 |
|
Despite the variation in names and the statement that the children were born in Ky., this is obviously the family of David and Malinda.
Prior to 1870 David and his family moved to Elm Township of Putnam County. The 1870 census recorded them in dwelling #294, p. 243:
| |
Age |
Sex |
Where born |
(Probable identities) |
| Vestal, D. |
57 |
M |
Ky. |
David |
| M. |
40 |
F |
Ky. |
Malinda |
| R. |
16 |
F |
Mo. |
Rebecca |
| M. |
14 |
F |
Mo. |
Mary |
| A.E. |
12 |
F |
Mo. |
|
| R. |
10 |
F |
Mo. |
|
| C.A.(?) |
5 |
F |
Mo. |
|
| S. |
2 |
F |
Mo. |
Armilda? (said to be born ca. 1868) |
The probate file for David Vestal is dated 8 November 1880, and it names Malinda as his widow (Phillips, p. 121, #1248). The 1880 census for Elm Township, Putnam County, shows Malinda as a widow, age 50 (p. 455, dwelling 325).
Gail McDowell provides a partial list of children for David and Malinda:
- Martha A. Vestal, b. ca. 1844
- Mary T. Vestal, b. ca. 1846
- Margaret E. Vestal, b. in Macon County 20 July 1847; d. in Putnam County 8 August 1917. The cemetery book states that she was the wife of Miles Harper Mullenex (b. 27 April 1845, d. 25 September 1935); both bur. Johnson Mullenex Cem. The grave marker also stated that Miles served during the Civil War in Company A of the Second Regiment of Missouri Volunteer Cavalry.
- Sarah R. Vestal, b. ca. 1849.
- Armilda Vestal, b. 1868, d. 1934; md 20 June 1882 Davis Baugh
(Information for David and Malinda and for their children is subject to correction.)
See also:
Henry Branscomb, son of John and Olive E. Branscomb
Children of Henry and Elizabeth (Burris) Branscomb
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