Below is the obituary for Malinda. HOWEVER, there are genealogical errors contained within it which are explained in the following paragraph:
Nathaniel Madison Ragland's younger brother was named John Taliaferro Ragland, not William Taliaferro Ragland. John Taliaferro Ragland married Evaline Pettis Williams (1824-1904) in 1840 in Monroe County, Missouri. They were the parents of John Taliaferro Ragland, Jr. (1843-1875). On J. T. Jr.'s tombstone in St. Jude's Cemetery, his middle name is spelled "Toliver". John Toliver Ragland's son was William Tolliver Ragland (1866-1952), a justice on the Missouri Supreme Court. As you can see, Nathaniel Madison Ragland was the great-uncle, not uncle, of William T. Ragland; and William T. Ragland was not a Jr., as his father had a different first name.
OBITUARY
BLAKEMORE, Malinda Frances RAGLAND - 1844 - 1929
Seventy-five years a resident of Clinton, seventy-one years a faithful, active, consecrated member of the Christian church. That is a part of the record of Mrs. Malinda Frances Blakemore. She was born Malinda Frances Ragland in Paris, Monroe county, Missouri, February 9, 1844. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Madison Ragland, who in 1832, with a brother, William Taliaferro Ragland, came from Winchester, Kentucky, and settled first at Fayette, Mo. In 1834 they moved to Monroe county. William T. Ragland remained and reared his family there; one son, William T. Ragland, Jr., now a member of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Nathaniel removed to Cooper county in 1847, and during the Christmas week of 1854, he came to Clinton, where the daughter, Malinda Frances had ever since resided with the exception of a few years when the family lived on the farm two miles north of Clinton on Highway 13, where Mr. Riffel now lives. But even then Clinton was her home, as she attended school, Sunday School and church in Clinton. During a meeting conducted by Rev. Henry J. Speed, of Osceola, in 1858, she was converted and joined the Christian church at the tender age of fourteen. She sacredly kept the faith all these seventy-one years and changed her membership only when on October 12th, 1929, she was promoted from the church militant to the church triumphant.
According to the records searched and the memory of her brother Rev. N. M. Ragland, of Fayetteville, Ark., there is no person now living in Clinton or elsewhere who lived here when her father came here in 1854. The next year Judge J. G. Dorman came, and his four sons and one daughter, who were born here, now live in Clinton. After Malinda Frances Ragland had completed the courses taught in the schools, she entered the academy then conducted by Prof. James M. Byler, a brother of the late David L. Byler. Prof. Byler was assisted in the academy by his sister, Miss Pauline and Miss Emma Shumway, who afterwards married Prof. Byler and moved with him to Georgetown, Missouri, where they both died.
On January 15th, 1861, she was married to Geo. H. Blakemore who had come to Missouri from Harrisburg, Va. Of this union, one son, James N., and two daughters, Olive, who married E. A. Gracey; and Jean Audree, now Mrs. W. M. Godwin, were born. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Blakemore was always a community home. They were always happiest when surrounded in their home by relatives and friends. They never had guests. All comers were home folks. Even mendicants never went away empty. Of the immediate family Mrs. Gracey was the first to be called to that Better Land in 1899. Three years later the Master said to Mr. Blakemore: "It is enough, come up higher." The widow was left with two of her grandchildren, Wayman and Fannie Gracey, in her home. In 1917, Wayman married and made his own home and Fannie remained with her grandmother. Nearly seven years ago a slight stroke of apoplexy came to Mrs. Blakemore, since which time she had been the constant care of her granddaughter, Fannie Gracey, and her daughter, Mrs. Godwin, in whose home she spent her winters subsequent to that first attack. In all those years no word of complaint nor look of dissatisfaction came from her. In fact, in more than forty years of daily, intimate acquaintance with her, no word of disparagement of any other person and no intimation of vexation ever came from her. If there be human perfection, she was its personification. More than a year ago the attacking malady had made such inroads on her strength that she became helpless, but willing hands of daughter and granddaughter rendered loving service. The best of medical attendance, aided by the services of a trained nurse could not stay the onward march of age and devastation of disease; keeping up what they knew was a losing warfare they faltered not. The daily ministrations of friends helped them to keep up their courage. It had been so hard to look up into the Father's face and say, "Thy will be done." At 3:30, Saturday afternoon, the 12th, He said, "Daughter, I have need of thee," and the sweetest of spirits went to join those whose "robes had been made white in the blood of the Lamb." The floral offerings of friends were nature's choicest products and greatly appreciated by the family, but none were rich enough to symbolize the beautiful character of the deceased.
Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church by Rev. A. N. Lindsey, assisted by Rev. J. M. Shockley, of the M. E. Church South, at 3 p.m., Tuesday, October 15. Interment at Englewood. The pallbearers were: J. L. Goss, Eugene Brandenburg, C. J. Keil, Arthur Lee, John Lorenz and Ray Dooley
Nathaniel Madison Ragland's younger brother was named John Taliaferro Ragland, not William Taliaferro Ragland. John Taliaferro Ragland married Evaline Pettis Williams (1824-1904) in 1840 in Monroe County, Missouri. They were the parents of John Taliaferro Ragland, Jr. (1843-1875). On J. T. Jr.'s tombstone in St. Jude's Cemetery, his middle name is spelled "Toliver". John Toliver Ragland's son was William Tolliver Ragland (1866-1952), a justice on the Missouri Supreme Court. As you can see, Nathaniel Madison Ragland was the great-uncle, not uncle, of William T. Ragland; and William T. Ragland was not a Jr., as his father had a different first name.
OBITUARY
BLAKEMORE, Malinda Frances RAGLAND - 1844 - 1929
Seventy-five years a resident of Clinton, seventy-one years a faithful, active, consecrated member of the Christian church. That is a part of the record of Mrs. Malinda Frances Blakemore. She was born Malinda Frances Ragland in Paris, Monroe county, Missouri, February 9, 1844. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Madison Ragland, who in 1832, with a brother, William Taliaferro Ragland, came from Winchester, Kentucky, and settled first at Fayette, Mo. In 1834 they moved to Monroe county. William T. Ragland remained and reared his family there; one son, William T. Ragland, Jr., now a member of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Nathaniel removed to Cooper county in 1847, and during the Christmas week of 1854, he came to Clinton, where the daughter, Malinda Frances had ever since resided with the exception of a few years when the family lived on the farm two miles north of Clinton on Highway 13, where Mr. Riffel now lives. But even then Clinton was her home, as she attended school, Sunday School and church in Clinton. During a meeting conducted by Rev. Henry J. Speed, of Osceola, in 1858, she was converted and joined the Christian church at the tender age of fourteen. She sacredly kept the faith all these seventy-one years and changed her membership only when on October 12th, 1929, she was promoted from the church militant to the church triumphant.
According to the records searched and the memory of her brother Rev. N. M. Ragland, of Fayetteville, Ark., there is no person now living in Clinton or elsewhere who lived here when her father came here in 1854. The next year Judge J. G. Dorman came, and his four sons and one daughter, who were born here, now live in Clinton. After Malinda Frances Ragland had completed the courses taught in the schools, she entered the academy then conducted by Prof. James M. Byler, a brother of the late David L. Byler. Prof. Byler was assisted in the academy by his sister, Miss Pauline and Miss Emma Shumway, who afterwards married Prof. Byler and moved with him to Georgetown, Missouri, where they both died.
On January 15th, 1861, she was married to Geo. H. Blakemore who had come to Missouri from Harrisburg, Va. Of this union, one son, James N., and two daughters, Olive, who married E. A. Gracey; and Jean Audree, now Mrs. W. M. Godwin, were born. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Blakemore was always a community home. They were always happiest when surrounded in their home by relatives and friends. They never had guests. All comers were home folks. Even mendicants never went away empty. Of the immediate family Mrs. Gracey was the first to be called to that Better Land in 1899. Three years later the Master said to Mr. Blakemore: "It is enough, come up higher." The widow was left with two of her grandchildren, Wayman and Fannie Gracey, in her home. In 1917, Wayman married and made his own home and Fannie remained with her grandmother. Nearly seven years ago a slight stroke of apoplexy came to Mrs. Blakemore, since which time she had been the constant care of her granddaughter, Fannie Gracey, and her daughter, Mrs. Godwin, in whose home she spent her winters subsequent to that first attack. In all those years no word of complaint nor look of dissatisfaction came from her. In fact, in more than forty years of daily, intimate acquaintance with her, no word of disparagement of any other person and no intimation of vexation ever came from her. If there be human perfection, she was its personification. More than a year ago the attacking malady had made such inroads on her strength that she became helpless, but willing hands of daughter and granddaughter rendered loving service. The best of medical attendance, aided by the services of a trained nurse could not stay the onward march of age and devastation of disease; keeping up what they knew was a losing warfare they faltered not. The daily ministrations of friends helped them to keep up their courage. It had been so hard to look up into the Father's face and say, "Thy will be done." At 3:30, Saturday afternoon, the 12th, He said, "Daughter, I have need of thee," and the sweetest of spirits went to join those whose "robes had been made white in the blood of the Lamb." The floral offerings of friends were nature's choicest products and greatly appreciated by the family, but none were rich enough to symbolize the beautiful character of the deceased.
Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church by Rev. A. N. Lindsey, assisted by Rev. J. M. Shockley, of the M. E. Church South, at 3 p.m., Tuesday, October 15. Interment at Englewood. The pallbearers were: J. L. Goss, Eugene Brandenburg, C. J. Keil, Arthur Lee, John Lorenz and Ray Dooley
Below is the obituary for Malinda. HOWEVER, there are genealogical errors contained within it which are explained in the following paragraph:
Nathaniel Madison Ragland's younger brother was named John Taliaferro Ragland, not William Taliaferro Ragland. John Taliaferro Ragland married Evaline Pettis Williams (1824-1904) in 1840 in Monroe County, Missouri. They were the parents of John Taliaferro Ragland, Jr. (1843-1875). On J. T. Jr.'s tombstone in St. Jude's Cemetery, his middle name is spelled "Toliver". John Toliver Ragland's son was William Tolliver Ragland (1866-1952), a justice on the Missouri Supreme Court. As you can see, Nathaniel Madison Ragland was the great-uncle, not uncle, of William T. Ragland; and William T. Ragland was not a Jr., as his father had a different first name.
OBITUARY
BLAKEMORE, Malinda Frances RAGLAND - 1844 - 1929
Seventy-five years a resident of Clinton, seventy-one years a faithful, active, consecrated member of the Christian church. That is a part of the record of Mrs. Malinda Frances Blakemore. She was born Malinda Frances Ragland in Paris, Monroe county, Missouri, February 9, 1844. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Madison Ragland, who in 1832, with a brother, William Taliaferro Ragland, came from Winchester, Kentucky, and settled first at Fayette, Mo. In 1834 they moved to Monroe county. William T. Ragland remained and reared his family there; one son, William T. Ragland, Jr., now a member of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Nathaniel removed to Cooper county in 1847, and during the Christmas week of 1854, he came to Clinton, where the daughter, Malinda Frances had ever since resided with the exception of a few years when the family lived on the farm two miles north of Clinton on Highway 13, where Mr. Riffel now lives. But even then Clinton was her home, as she attended school, Sunday School and church in Clinton. During a meeting conducted by Rev. Henry J. Speed, of Osceola, in 1858, she was converted and joined the Christian church at the tender age of fourteen. She sacredly kept the faith all these seventy-one years and changed her membership only when on October 12th, 1929, she was promoted from the church militant to the church triumphant.
According to the records searched and the memory of her brother Rev. N. M. Ragland, of Fayetteville, Ark., there is no person now living in Clinton or elsewhere who lived here when her father came here in 1854. The next year Judge J. G. Dorman came, and his four sons and one daughter, who were born here, now live in Clinton. After Malinda Frances Ragland had completed the courses taught in the schools, she entered the academy then conducted by Prof. James M. Byler, a brother of the late David L. Byler. Prof. Byler was assisted in the academy by his sister, Miss Pauline and Miss Emma Shumway, who afterwards married Prof. Byler and moved with him to Georgetown, Missouri, where they both died.
On January 15th, 1861, she was married to Geo. H. Blakemore who had come to Missouri from Harrisburg, Va. Of this union, one son, James N., and two daughters, Olive, who married E. A. Gracey; and Jean Audree, now Mrs. W. M. Godwin, were born. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Blakemore was always a community home. They were always happiest when surrounded in their home by relatives and friends. They never had guests. All comers were home folks. Even mendicants never went away empty. Of the immediate family Mrs. Gracey was the first to be called to that Better Land in 1899. Three years later the Master said to Mr. Blakemore: "It is enough, come up higher." The widow was left with two of her grandchildren, Wayman and Fannie Gracey, in her home. In 1917, Wayman married and made his own home and Fannie remained with her grandmother. Nearly seven years ago a slight stroke of apoplexy came to Mrs. Blakemore, since which time she had been the constant care of her granddaughter, Fannie Gracey, and her daughter, Mrs. Godwin, in whose home she spent her winters subsequent to that first attack. In all those years no word of complaint nor look of dissatisfaction came from her. In fact, in more than forty years of daily, intimate acquaintance with her, no word of disparagement of any other person and no intimation of vexation ever came from her. If there be human perfection, she was its personification. More than a year ago the attacking malady had made such inroads on her strength that she became helpless, but willing hands of daughter and granddaughter rendered loving service. The best of medical attendance, aided by the services of a trained nurse could not stay the onward march of age and devastation of disease; keeping up what they knew was a losing warfare they faltered not. The daily ministrations of friends helped them to keep up their courage. It had been so hard to look up into the Father's face and say, "Thy will be done." At 3:30, Saturday afternoon, the 12th, He said, "Daughter, I have need of thee," and the sweetest of spirits went to join those whose "robes had been made white in the blood of the Lamb." The floral offerings of friends were nature's choicest products and greatly appreciated by the family, but none were rich enough to symbolize the beautiful character of the deceased.
Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church by Rev. A. N. Lindsey, assisted by Rev. J. M. Shockley, of the M. E. Church South, at 3 p.m., Tuesday, October 15. Interment at Englewood. The pallbearers were: J. L. Goss, Eugene Brandenburg, C. J. Keil, Arthur Lee, John Lorenz and Ray Dooley
Nathaniel Madison Ragland's younger brother was named John Taliaferro Ragland, not William Taliaferro Ragland. John Taliaferro Ragland married Evaline Pettis Williams (1824-1904) in 1840 in Monroe County, Missouri. They were the parents of John Taliaferro Ragland, Jr. (1843-1875). On J. T. Jr.'s tombstone in St. Jude's Cemetery, his middle name is spelled "Toliver". John Toliver Ragland's son was William Tolliver Ragland (1866-1952), a justice on the Missouri Supreme Court. As you can see, Nathaniel Madison Ragland was the great-uncle, not uncle, of William T. Ragland; and William T. Ragland was not a Jr., as his father had a different first name.
OBITUARY
BLAKEMORE, Malinda Frances RAGLAND - 1844 - 1929
Seventy-five years a resident of Clinton, seventy-one years a faithful, active, consecrated member of the Christian church. That is a part of the record of Mrs. Malinda Frances Blakemore. She was born Malinda Frances Ragland in Paris, Monroe county, Missouri, February 9, 1844. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Madison Ragland, who in 1832, with a brother, William Taliaferro Ragland, came from Winchester, Kentucky, and settled first at Fayette, Mo. In 1834 they moved to Monroe county. William T. Ragland remained and reared his family there; one son, William T. Ragland, Jr., now a member of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Nathaniel removed to Cooper county in 1847, and during the Christmas week of 1854, he came to Clinton, where the daughter, Malinda Frances had ever since resided with the exception of a few years when the family lived on the farm two miles north of Clinton on Highway 13, where Mr. Riffel now lives. But even then Clinton was her home, as she attended school, Sunday School and church in Clinton. During a meeting conducted by Rev. Henry J. Speed, of Osceola, in 1858, she was converted and joined the Christian church at the tender age of fourteen. She sacredly kept the faith all these seventy-one years and changed her membership only when on October 12th, 1929, she was promoted from the church militant to the church triumphant.
According to the records searched and the memory of her brother Rev. N. M. Ragland, of Fayetteville, Ark., there is no person now living in Clinton or elsewhere who lived here when her father came here in 1854. The next year Judge J. G. Dorman came, and his four sons and one daughter, who were born here, now live in Clinton. After Malinda Frances Ragland had completed the courses taught in the schools, she entered the academy then conducted by Prof. James M. Byler, a brother of the late David L. Byler. Prof. Byler was assisted in the academy by his sister, Miss Pauline and Miss Emma Shumway, who afterwards married Prof. Byler and moved with him to Georgetown, Missouri, where they both died.
On January 15th, 1861, she was married to Geo. H. Blakemore who had come to Missouri from Harrisburg, Va. Of this union, one son, James N., and two daughters, Olive, who married E. A. Gracey; and Jean Audree, now Mrs. W. M. Godwin, were born. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Blakemore was always a community home. They were always happiest when surrounded in their home by relatives and friends. They never had guests. All comers were home folks. Even mendicants never went away empty. Of the immediate family Mrs. Gracey was the first to be called to that Better Land in 1899. Three years later the Master said to Mr. Blakemore: "It is enough, come up higher." The widow was left with two of her grandchildren, Wayman and Fannie Gracey, in her home. In 1917, Wayman married and made his own home and Fannie remained with her grandmother. Nearly seven years ago a slight stroke of apoplexy came to Mrs. Blakemore, since which time she had been the constant care of her granddaughter, Fannie Gracey, and her daughter, Mrs. Godwin, in whose home she spent her winters subsequent to that first attack. In all those years no word of complaint nor look of dissatisfaction came from her. In fact, in more than forty years of daily, intimate acquaintance with her, no word of disparagement of any other person and no intimation of vexation ever came from her. If there be human perfection, she was its personification. More than a year ago the attacking malady had made such inroads on her strength that she became helpless, but willing hands of daughter and granddaughter rendered loving service. The best of medical attendance, aided by the services of a trained nurse could not stay the onward march of age and devastation of disease; keeping up what they knew was a losing warfare they faltered not. The daily ministrations of friends helped them to keep up their courage. It had been so hard to look up into the Father's face and say, "Thy will be done." At 3:30, Saturday afternoon, the 12th, He said, "Daughter, I have need of thee," and the sweetest of spirits went to join those whose "robes had been made white in the blood of the Lamb." The floral offerings of friends were nature's choicest products and greatly appreciated by the family, but none were rich enough to symbolize the beautiful character of the deceased.
Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church by Rev. A. N. Lindsey, assisted by Rev. J. M. Shockley, of the M. E. Church South, at 3 p.m., Tuesday, October 15. Interment at Englewood. The pallbearers were: J. L. Goss, Eugene Brandenburg, C. J. Keil, Arthur Lee, John Lorenz and Ray Dooley
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