The cemetery record of son Jacob lists his mother as Anne Riddle butth at conflicts with the info on Malinda. Was Anne a second wife?
Residences & events:
1836 - Scott's Prairie, Fountain Co, IN. John and Anna Maria were theo riginators of the Fountain Co, IN, branch of Van Gundys. They movedwit h 2 daughters and their families by wagon, striking the new NatlRd at R ichmond, IN. In the party was Jacob Cass, hired to drive awagon, and D avid Brown, another hired man. There they entered land inSec 2,
7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, and 26.
7/10/1860 Georgetown, Ross Twp, Vermilion Co, IL. Listed as DH bythe c ensus taker, he was 28 years old with occupation of farmer andproperty r ecorded at $600/222. Melinda was 22 and they had 2 littleguys, CW, 5, a nd FW, 1. Many of Melinda's family lived in the sametownship.
From Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (London England) Long Lost Relatives,188 6
First Name Surname went to lasth eard from issue date asking
David Brown Richhill, Bates Co MO Nov. 1882 J une 1886 father
