Malinda E. Churchman

• Sex: F
• Born: 1844 in Arkansas
• Died: 1898 in Arkansas
• Buried:
• Notes: Malinda married Joseph Carter in 1861. Joe was born in England about 1839, and came to America as a 16-year old stowaway on an old sailing ship. He had reached Johnson County prior to 1861, and met the Churchman family. Joseph and Malinda Carter were living about a mile north of Cherokee Springs when their son was born in 1862. In the spring of 1863, Joe enlisted in the Union Army. He died of a fever during the army's march to Springfield, Missouri, and was buried in a military cemetery near Springfield, MO. During the Civil War, Malinda and her son Will were refugees in Dardanelle and stayed with friends named Witt. Later she returned to her home at Cherokee Springs and worked on the farm until she remarried. After Malinda married W. Y. Corley, they continued to live in the Paris/Subiaco area.

  According to Joe Carter: In 1871, Malinda Carter bought a 120 acre farm from Mr. and Mrs. San Lee. This place was about two miles northwest of the springs and joined the Lee and Copeland land. Will was almost nine when his mother bought it; it was his home for 75 years. He died there in 1946. Eighty acres of this place still belongs to Will Carter's grandsons.

Father: James L. Churchman, b. 1810 in Tennessee

Mother: Abigail "Abbie" Jane Coker, b. 1819 in the White River country (now Marion County, Arkansas) -- d. ca 1869 in Arkansas -- daughter of William Coker

Family 1: Joseph Carter, b. 1839 in England -- d. May 2, 1863

• Married: November 15, 1861

1. William Joseph "Will" Carter, b. August 18, 1862 in Arkansas

Family 2: W. Y. Corley

• Married: December 12, 1880 in Logan County, Arkansas

Sources:

1. Article, "John Churchman of Cherokee Spring, Virginia, Arkansas", by Joe Carter from Wagon Wheels published by The Society of Paris, Ark, 1980-, Fall, 1995, pages 30-34
2. Research by Don A. Gibson
3. Research by Don A. Gibson