1870 N Okaw Twp, Coles Co, IL. In the census, she was head of thehou se and niece, Anna Nelson, daughter of Malinda's sister, Arminda,was l isted as a daughter. Probably because she had joined the familyas an o rphan.
1/9/1880 Same place. At census time she was 50 years old and livedbe tween brother Elisha Whitley, and sister Margaret "Dailey." Herchild ren were William, 23, Martin, 19, and Clarissa, 20.
She told the 1880 census taker she and both parents were born in MO.
