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Melinda J. <I>Blake</I> Gaskill

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Melinda J. Blake Gaskill

Birth
Henry County, Illinois, USA
Death
12 May 1895 (aged 62)
Circleville, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Circleville, Jackson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
406
Memorial ID
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Probably no stone.

Melinda J. Blake was born in Henry county, Illinois, May 26, 1833, and died at Circleville, Kansas, May 12, 1895, aged 61 years, 11 months and 16 days. She came to Kansas in 1858 and was married to Timothy Gaskill in the same year. To them were born four children, two of whom died in infancy and two are still living, Mrs. Dovie Cook, of Soldier, and Timothy S. Gaskill, of Circleville... remains interred in the Circleville cemetery .... The Holton Recorder, May 16, 1895.

She came to Kansas in 1868 .... Mrs. David Cook, of Soldier. The [Holton] Tribune, May 17, 1895.

Source: Selected Death Notices from Jackson County, Kansas, Newspapers by Dan Fenton

From this source "Monumental Inscriptions of Jackson County, KS, Cemeteries" by Allen Gardiner, 1981 - This information is recorded from the Circleville cemetery register: in Lot 406, plot 7:
GASKILL, mother of T.S. (no birth and no death dates) - this is possibly Melinda Gaskill
GASKILL, Jason - son of T.S. and Julia (no birth and no death dates)

See FAG #237806943 - Jason is Melinda's grandson.
Contributor: Judy McAsey Arnold (47137206)
Probably no stone.

Melinda J. Blake was born in Henry county, Illinois, May 26, 1833, and died at Circleville, Kansas, May 12, 1895, aged 61 years, 11 months and 16 days. She came to Kansas in 1858 and was married to Timothy Gaskill in the same year. To them were born four children, two of whom died in infancy and two are still living, Mrs. Dovie Cook, of Soldier, and Timothy S. Gaskill, of Circleville... remains interred in the Circleville cemetery .... The Holton Recorder, May 16, 1895.

She came to Kansas in 1868 .... Mrs. David Cook, of Soldier. The [Holton] Tribune, May 17, 1895.

Source: Selected Death Notices from Jackson County, Kansas, Newspapers by Dan Fenton

From this source "Monumental Inscriptions of Jackson County, KS, Cemeteries" by Allen Gardiner, 1981 - This information is recorded from the Circleville cemetery register: in Lot 406, plot 7:
GASKILL, mother of T.S. (no birth and no death dates) - this is possibly Melinda Gaskill
GASKILL, Jason - son of T.S. and Julia (no birth and no death dates)

See FAG #237806943 - Jason is Melinda's grandson.
Contributor: Judy McAsey Arnold (47137206)


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  • Created by: Anna
  • Added: Dec 9, 2020
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219560551/melinda_j-gaskill: accessed ), memorial page for Melinda J. Blake Gaskill (5 May 1833–12 May 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 219560551, citing Circleville Cemetery, Circleville, Jackson County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Anna (contributor 47917889).