Malissa Malone

14 January 1861–13 February 1936 (Age 75)
Mercer, Missouri, United States

The Life of Malissa

When Malissa Malone was born on 14 January 1861, in Mercer, Missouri, United States, her father, Anderson Burl Malone, was 44 and her mother, Malissa Davis, was 41. She married John Thomas Mathes in 1881. She died on 13 February 1936, in Pleasanton, Decatur, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Pleasanton, Decatur, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Thomas Mathes
1858–1946
Malissa Malone
1861–1936
Marriage: 1881

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1881
Estimated,, Mercer, Missouri, USA

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(12)

    Sarah Sally Malone

    Female1838–1902Female

    Sgt James Harve Malone

    Male1841–1914Male

    Martha Ann Malone

    Female1842–1911Female

    Lucy Jane Malone

    Female1846–1862Female

    Eliza Malone

    Female1848–1880Female

+7 More Children

World Events (8)

1863

Age 2

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Slavery Abolished

Age 4

On January 11, 1865, slavery was abolished in Missouri.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 20

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maoil Eoin ‘descendant of the devotee of (Saint) John’. This is the name of an ecclesiastical family at Clonmacnoise. MacLysaght states that this surname is now numerous in County Clare where it is pronounced Maloon and is probably really Muldoon .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Malissa A Mathews in household of John T Mathews, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Malissa A Mathews in household of John T Mathews, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mellissa Malone in household of Andrew B Malone, "United States Census, 1870"

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