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Notes for Melinda Cheairs

Melinda/Malinda was likely married to John A. Moncrief before 13 January 1840 based on his statement for his land grant in Houston Co, Texas - but no marriage record has been found. Nor has a marriage record been found for her marriage to John F. Ramsdale. Sandra Perry feels John A. Moncrief and Melinda had a daughter, Elizabeth born c1840, who married John Gordon. Unable to locate John A. Moncrief in 1850 - he probably died between 1846 - 1850. Elizabeth is found in the following 1860 census:

1845 - Harrison Co, Texas
15 July 1845 - W.W.O. Stanfield deeded land in Harrison Co, Texas to Melinda Ramsdale. [his sister-in-law]

1860 Beat 1, Crockett PO, Houston Co, Texas 5 June 1860, p216b:
#125/117 Jno Gordan 27 m w farmer $400/575 Al
E.E. 21 m [f?] w laborer Tx
Malinda 3 f w Tx
Mary 1/2 f w Tx
This places them next to Malinda and John Ramsdale.

Unable to locate Elizabeth in 1870 but in 1880 she is also living very near John and Malinda Ramsdale and married to a Stanfield:

1880 Precinct 5, Aurora, Wise Co, Texas 1 June 1880, ed129, p192b:
#19/20 Stanfield Melton B. w m 37 md farmer Tx Va Eng
Elizabeth w f 40 wife md keeping house Tx - -
Mary A.E.E. w f 6 dau Tx Tx Tx
Virginia L. w f 2 dau Tx Tx Tx
*Gordon Malinda A. w f 20 step-dau single Tx - Tx
*Mary E. w f 19 step-dau single Tx - Tx
*daughters of John Gordon and Elizabeth Moncrief?

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1860 Beat 1, Crockett PO, Houston Co, Texas 5 June 1860, p216b:
#126/117 Jno Ramsdale 47 m w farmer $2,100/1,896 Eng
Malinda 37 f w housewife Tx
Martha 6 f w Tx
Sam Chears 15 m w labor attended school $1,440/- Tx [son of Samuel & Lucinda Votaw?]
Preston Wise 11 m w labor Tx

1870 Precinct 1, Houston Co, Texas 19 July 1870, p221b:
#264/264 Ramsdale J.F. 57 w m farmer $8,000/1,480 England - citizen - father & mother foreign born
Matilda 47 f w keeping house wife can't read/write Tx [Malinda]
Burks M.A. 31 f w can't read/write Tx
F___? Chas. 14 m w can't write Tx - father foreign born [Freudenrich]
Wm. 10 m w can't read/write Tx - father foreign born
Augus 4 m w Tx - [father foreign born but not listed]
Falls Malinda 12 f w Tx
Mitilda 10 f w Tx
John 7 m w Tx
Burks A.J. 1/12 m w Tx b. May
V.E. 1/12 f w Tx b. May
Wise Preston 22 m w farm labr can't read/write Tx
[who are all of these people living with John and Malinda?]

1880 Precinct 5, Aurora, Wise Co, Texas 1 June 1880, ed129, p192b:
16/17 Chairs James M. w m 21 md farmer Tx
Nancy C. f w 18 wife md keeping house Mo [Baugh?]
Lou E. w f 1 dau single Tx
William J. w m ?/12 b. Aug or May son single Tx
Baugh Emily P. w f 40 boarder single
Ferndenrich William W. w m 20 boarder single laborer can't read/write Tx - Tx [brother to Charles & Augustus with John Ramsdale]

#17/18 Ramsdale John F. w m 66 md farmer Eng Eng Eng
Malinda w f 56 wife md keepswork house can't red/write Mo IL Mo
Freudenrich Charles w m 24 boarder single farmer Tx - -
Augustus w m 23 boarder single Tx - -

Wise County Texas, Messenger
December 18, 1896
Mrs. Melinda Ramsdale, between 75 and 80, recently died, an old settler.
[Abstracts of the Wise County Messenger, Births, Deaths, Marriages & Other Genealogical Data, Vol. II, p48 by Catherine Troxell Gonzalez, Box 66, Rhome, Texas 76078, pub? courtesy of Sandra Perry]
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