Malinda M (Gage) Howard (1843 - 1930)

Born 28 Oct 1843 in Marion County, Arkansas

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Howard — married 10 Oct 1862 in Metalton, Carroll County, Arkansas

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1930 at age 86 in Grove, Delaware County, Arkansas

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Biography

Malinda (also spelled Melinda) was born in Arkansas in 1843. She was the daughter of James Gage and Lucretia Wood. She married Stephen Howard in 1862 and they had nine children, five girls and four boys, all born in Arkansas. Stephen and Malinda moved to Oklahoma in 1903. Malinda died there in 1930, about five months after her husband's death.^[1] Malinda's granddaughter Ruby (Ball) Spradlin recalled that she was a big woman who frightened her because she was loud and yelled a lot.

Newspaper references:

Berryville Star Progress, June 19, 1930 - C.L. Meskimen of Omega township received a letter recently stating that his mother-in-law, Mrs. Malinda Howard, 86 years old had passed away Sunday evening, June 8, at the family home in Delaware county, Oklahoma, closely following the deaths of her husband, Stephen Howard and a son, Tom, which occurred January 29 and 31st respectfully. Mrs. Howard, before her marriage, was Miss Malinda Gage, she was reared on her father's farm on Piney, now owned by Chas. E. Myers of Metalton. Those surviving are two sons, J.O. Howard, Turley, Okla., Jason, Southwest City, Mo., and one daughter, Mrs. Alice Ball, who lives in Colorado. She is also survived by two brothers, W.B. Gage of Berryville and John Gage of Paris, Texas.

Berryville Star Progress, July 3, 1930: We were very sorry to hear of the death of aunt Linda Howard, who died at her home at Grove, Oklahoma, June 8, 1930. Miss Linda Gage was born and raised on Piney and in early girlhood she was married to Steve Howard, and to this union was born 9 children, 3 of whom survive, Jas. Howard of Grove; J.O. Howard of Turley; and Mrs. Alice Ball who resides in Colorado. Her husband died January 29, 1930. She is survived by two brothers, W.B. Gage of Berryville and John Gage of Paris, Texas. After funeral services her remains were laid to rest beside her husband and son in the Buzzard community four miles west of Grove.

Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock), June 21, 1930: Berryville, June 20 - Mrs. Malinda Howard, aged 86, died recently at her home in Delaware county, Oklahoma. Mrs. Howard was born and reared in this county and has many relatives in this section. She is survived by two sons, J.O. Howard, Turley, Okla., Jason Howard of Southwest City, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Alice Ball, who lives in Colorado, and John Gage of Paris, Tex.

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M875-KRB : 13 December 2017), Malinda Gage in entry for Jas Gage, 1860. Reeves-4890 03:09, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Melinda is in the 1880 federal census for Carroll County, Arkansas. It shows her age as 37, born in Arkansas to a father born in Tenn. and a mother born in Ark.

Her death certificate spells her name as Malinda. It is really incomplete, missing a lot of information. The date of death is stated simply as April, 1930. She was buried in Buzzard Cemetery, Grove, Oklahoma.