Malinda Brown ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Malinda was Melinda Brown.¹

   FamilySearch ID: LJPK-P8B.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ⁵ The 1850 census recorded Jacob Brown, farmer, 39, living with wife Susannah, 38; Noah, 12; Christina, 11; Malinda, 7; and Maranda, 4. Everyone was born in Indiana except Jacob in Pennsylvania. Jacob's real estate was valued at $2500.
His neighbor was brother John Brown, farmer, 49, with his wife Catharine, 45; daughters Catherine, 17; Virline, 16; Eliza, 14; Nancy E. 12; Mahala, 10; and son Solomon, 8. John and Catharine were born in Pennsylvania and their children in Iowa.

2. Census in 1860 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ⁶ The 1860 census recorded Jacob Brown, 49, born in Pennsylvania, living with his family all born in Indiana: wife Susana, 48; Malinda, 17; and Maranda, 14. Jacob's real estate is valued at $7260 and personal estate $2000. The post office is Robroy & Portland. A neighbor is Jacob's brother, William Brown, farmer, 45, with his family.

3. Arrival: 1868, in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ¹

4. Census in 1870 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ⁷ The 1870 census recorded Josiah Rusk, farmer, 31, living with wife Melinda, 27; Jacob B., 5; Sarah S., 3; and John, 2. Everyone was born in Indiana. The post office was Attica.

5. Census in 1880 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ⁸ The 1880 census recorded Josiah Rusk, farmer, 40, living with wife Melinda, 37; Sarah S., 14; John, 11; Albert, 7; Ellen 5; and Miranda, 2. Everyone was born in Indiana. Josiah's father was born in Ohio and mother in Maryland. Melinda's father was born in Pennsylvania and mother in Indiana.

6. Census in 1900 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. ⁹ The 1900 census recorded owning a home at 372 Washington Street: Josiah Rusk, landlord, 62, born Oct 1838, living with wife Malinda, 58, Mar 1842. They were born in Indiana and their parents in Ohio. They were married for 36 years and she had birthed 6 children, 5 alive in 1900.

7. Census in 1910 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. ¹⁰ The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 325 S. Market St: Josiah Rusk, retired, 71, living with wife Malina, 67. He was born in Indiana and his father in Ohio and mother in Maryland. She and her mother were born in Indiana and her father in Ohio. They were married 50 years ago and she had birthed 6 children, 5 alive in 1910.

Malinda married Josiah Rusk on 18 Apr 1864 in , Fountain, IN.¹ (Josiah Rusk was born on 11 Nov 1838 in Richland Township, Fountain, IN,^{1 11} died on 8 Nov 1920 in , Los Angeles, CA ^{11 12} and was buried in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois, IL ¹¹.)