Malinda (Dunn) Warren (1819 - 1907)

Born 5 Jun 1819 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States

Wife of Elijah Warren — married 12 Dec 1838 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1907 at age 87 in Bentley, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States

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Summary

Malinda/Belinda Dunn was born 5 June 1819 near Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, the daughter of James Dunn and Dicey Martin. She married Elijah Warren on 11 December 1838 at Pulaski County, Kentucky. She died 13 March 1907 at Bentley, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

Note regarding first name: The first name of the profile subject is sometimes recorded as "Malinda" and sometimes as "Belinda". It is inscribed as "Belinda" on her tombstone.

Marriage and Children

Malinda Dunn married Elijah Warren on 11 December 1838 at Pulaski County, Kentucky. Consent was given by Dicy Dunn (kinship not stated).

Warren/Dunn Marriage Record (transcribed)

Malinda/Belinda's obituary states she was the mother of four sons and two daughters, all of whom survived at the time of her death in 1907 "but one son." the 1900 United States Census enumerates her as the mother of 7 children, 5 living.

1. Dicey Warren Bledsoe

• Born: 27 November 1849 at Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Married: John Bledsoe, 31 January 1868 at Decatur County, Iowa
• Died: 13 April 1907 at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri

Dicey Warren Bledsoe

2. Joseph McHenry Warren

• Born: About 1854
• Married:
• Died:

3. Garland Smith Warren

• Born: 21 July 1856 at [Kentucky]
• Married: Elizabeth J. Larue on 1 November 1882 at Decatur County, Iowa
• Died: 24 February 1935 Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Warren/Larue Marriage Record

Garland S. Warren Death Record

Find A Grave: Memorial #44713631

[4. Greenup Warren]

Greenup Warren is enumerated in the 1860 United States Census as a 2-year-old male. He is not enumerated in later censuses in this family's household. A Find-A-Grave memorial without citation states a death year of 1861.

Find A Grave: Memorial #194031525

5. Jeremiah Bruce Warren (1860 - 1937)

6. Lura Elizabeth Warren Harrow

• Born: About 1865 at [Indiana]
• Married: Samuel Anderson Harrow on 30 January 1884 at Decatur County, Iowa
• Died: About 1946 at Sedgwick County, Kansas

Lura Elizabeth Warren

Death

The Bentley News (Bentley, Kansas) 22 March 1907, p. 5, col. 2: Obituary - Warren. Malinda Dunn was born near Somerset, Pulaski Co., Ky. June 5, 1819, and died at Bentley, Kan. March 13, 1907, aged 87 years, 9 months and 8 days. At the age of 19 she was married to Elijah Warren, to which union was born four sons and two daughters, all of whom survive but one son. In 1894 [Note: as in the original; note the family is enumerated in the 1870 US Census in Decatur County, Iowa.] the family moved from Kentucky to Leon, Iowa. In 1900 they moved to Big Spring, Iowa. In 1901 she was left a widow at the age of 81. In 1902 she came to Kansas and since that time has made her home with her daughter Mrs. L.E. Harrow, with the exception of a few months spent in Okla. She was converted at the age of 14 years and united with the M.E. Church. She was a faithful and consistent christian and died in peace and in the hope of eternal life. The funeral was conducted from the Bentley M.E. Church Thursday morning by the pastor, and the body was shipped to Iowa for burial.

Census History

1850 United States Census - Pulaski County, Kentucky

• Elijah Warren (33/M/Farmer/$200/Kentucky)
• Malinda Warren (31/F/Kentucky)
• Dicey Warren (2/F/Kentucky)
• Taletha Warren (12/F/Kentucky)
• Dicey Dunn (66/F/Kentucky)
• Alexander Hamilton (30/M/Kentucky/Idiot)
• Newton Mercer (14/W/Kentucky)

1850 United States Census [Dwelling 369/Family 369]

1860 United State Census - District 1, Pulaski County, Kentucky

• Elijah Warren (44/M/Farmer/$800/$400/Kentucky)
• Melinda Warren (41/F/Kentucky)
• Dicey Warren (12/F/Kentucky)
• Joseph Warren (9/M/Kentucky)
• Garland Warren (4/M/Kentucky)
• Greenup (?) Warren (2/M/Kentucky)
• No Name (1 month/M/Kentucky)
• Delitha Warren (17/F/Kentucky)

1870 United States Census - Woodland Township, Decatur County, Iowa

• Warren Elijah (56/M/W/Farmer/$1200 (value of real estate)/$784 (value of personalty/Kentucky)
• Warren Malinda (50/F/W/Housewife/Kentucky)
• Warren Joseph Mc (16/M/W/Farm Laborer/Kentucky)
• Warren Garland S (14/M/W/Farm Laborer/Kentucky)
• Warren Jeremiah B (10/M/W/Kentucky)
• Warren Lura E (6/F/W/Indiana)

1870 United States Census (Line 1)

1880 United States Census - Woodland Township, Decatur County, Iowa

• Warren Elijah (W/M/63/Married/Farmer/Kentucky (Virginia/Virginia))
• Warren Belinda (W/F/61/Wife/Married/Keeping House/Kentucky (Virginia/Virginia))
• Warren G.Smith (W/M/22/Son/Single/At Work on Farm/Kentucky (Kentucky/Kentucky))
• Warren Jeremia B. (W/M/20/Son/Single/Works on Farm/Kentucky (Kentucky/Kentucky)
• Warren Lura E. (W/F/16/Daughter/Single/At work at home/Indiana (Kentucky/Kentucky))

Year: 1880; Census Place: Woodland, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: 336; Page: 259B; Enumeration District: 059. Description: Enumeration District: 059; Description: High Point and Woodland Townships. Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line].

1885 Iowa State Census - Woodland Township, Decatur County, Iowa.

• Warren Elijah (69/M/Married/Farming/Kentucky)
• Warren Belinda (65/F/Kentucky)
• Warren Jeremiah (24/M/Married/Kentucky)
• Warren Mary (23/F/Married/Missouri)

1885 Iowa State Census (Line 22)

1900 United States Census - Jefferson Township, Wayne County, Iowa

• Warren Jeremiah B (Head/W/M/June 1860/39/Married - 17 Years/Kentucky (Kentucky/Kentucky)/Farmer)
• Warren Mary P. (Wife/W/F/September 1861/38/Married - 17 Years/Mother of 5 children, 4 living/Missouri (England/Missouri)
• Warren Linnie E. (Daughter/W/F/August 1885/14/S/Iowa (Kentucky/Missouri)/At School)
• Warren William E. (Son/W/M/October 1886/13/S/Iowa (Kentucky/Missouri) At School)
• Warren Ella E. (Daughter/W/F/November 1891/8/S/Iowa (Kentucky/Missouri)At School)
• Syva M. (Daughter/W/F/December 1883/6/S/Iowa (Kentucky/Missouri)/At School)
• Warren Elija (Father/W/M/September 1816/83/Married-62 Years/Kentucky (Virginia/Virginia))
• Warren Belinda (Mother/W/Female/June 1819/80/Married -62 Years/Mother of 7 children - 5 Living/Kentucky (Virginia/Virginia)

Year: 1900; Census Place: Jefferson, Wayne, Iowa; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0150; FHL microfilm: 1240464. Description: Enumeration District: 0150; Description: Jefferson Township including Clio Town (pt). Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

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