Born in Dallas, Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States
Daughter of John Whitaker
and Dicey (Woodall) Whiteaker
Sister of
Sarah M. (Whitaker) Mize, William Henry Whitaker, Hannah Whitaker, John Milton Whitaker Jr., Jesse Whitaker and Silas Whitaker
Wife of
John David Parkey
— married
17 Dec 1859 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
Wife of
Hiram C Whitis
— married
8 Dec 1870 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Catherine Parkey, Maranda Parkey, Cordelia Whitis, Ivan Whitis, Rebecca E Whitis, Susan Jane Whitis, Christopher Columbus Whitis, Frank Lee Whitis and Hampton Henry Whitis
Died
at age 77
in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Aug 2018
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Biography
Melinda was born in 1843.
She died in 1921.
She is buried in the Old Whitaker Cemetery in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Burial. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 Sep 2023), memorial page for Malinda Whitaker Whitis (7 Aug 1843–16 Jun 1921), Find A Grave: Memorial #46493629, citing Old Whitaker Cemetery, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA. Maintained by Roy Don Howell (contributor 46847035).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBC-SRJ : 14 December 2017), Melinda Parkey in entry for John Parkey, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZ5-Q7Q : 15 August 2017), Malinda Whitis in household of Hiram C Whitis, Precinct 13, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 91, sheet 203C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0440; FHL microfilm 1,254,440.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M265-MNY : accessed 12 September 2018), Malinda Whitis in household of Hiram C Whitis, Burdine, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 207, sheet 8B, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 501; FHL microfilm 1,374,514.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melinda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Melinda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melinda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Melinda:
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~6.25%
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