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)
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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