In one census she is listed as Malissa, but in another census and in her marriage record she is listed as A.J.
"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4GW-W17 : accessed 13 April 2015), Malissa Ellington in household of Thomas Ellington, Beat 2, Copiah, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
"Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2Z2-K6X : accessed 13 April 2015), Thomas J. Ellington and A. J. Applewhite, 06 Feb 1878; citing Hinds,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 885,186.
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