Elle est mariée avec James van EMBURGH.
Ils se sont mariés le 8 février 1854 à Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, elle avait 18 ans.
Enfant(s):
Source: Emily Manger, great-great-granddaughter of Georgianna Dull Van Emburgh Demarest. Contact: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)hoo.com
Throughout James and Malinda
s very short marriage, James was constantly travelling for work, but really it was the adventure he was chasing. He did it all: railroads, logging, swamp draining, and finally war. James wrote a letter to his mother Catherine from a Confederate army hospital about a year before he died. He was very ill and in poor spirit. He apologized for being so overbearing and felt sad that he missed his family and friends so. He wished that he hadn
t taken them all for granted and asked forgiveness. This was the letter of a man on the verge of death. After a long and slow recovery James lived to fight the greatest battle of his life. He and his ragged, starved cavalry marched to Vicksburg in 1862. He was never heard from again.
Catherine admitted in letters to Malinda after James' death that he was always her favorite. She never gave up hope that he would find his way home again. Crushed by the ruins of war, Malinda and her orphaned children were left poverty stricken. Her mother Julia Pernet Dull took them in to live on what was left of the family plantation.
Malinda never remarried. When her daughter Georgiana died in 1889, Malinda moved into her son-in-law's home, William Abraham O
Kelly, to care for her grandchildren. Malinda was well known in Monroe for her stories about the old days and spirited tales. By all accounts, she was a remarkable individual.
Malinda and James had two children: James Garrett b. Jan 14 1855 d. July 25 1884
unmarried railroad engineer who was killed in the falling of a bridge beneath his engine during R.R. construction. James seems to have been quite a loveable character and a lot like his father in his adventurous spirit. Georgiana b. Jan 18 1859 d. Feb 2 1889 m. William A O
Kelly Dec 20 1881 Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
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Household 318/346. Julia Dull, head, age 64, widowed; Martha Harrison, age 46, widowed, seamstress; Malinda Van Emburg, age 44, widowed; Lizzie Dull, age 38, single; James Van Emburgh, age 25,single, works in saw mill. Household 319/347. Georgie A. Van Emburgh (female), age 22, single, born Louisiana; Fanny Beasley, age 14, born Louisiana; Mattie Harrison, age 8, born Texas.
Household 393/403. Julia Dull, head, age 34, female, born Louisiana; Martha Dull, age 16; Melinda Dull, age 15; James Dull, age 13; Harriet Dull, age 10; Elizabeth Dull, age 8; Catherine Dull, age 6.