1847 Birth:2871,2844,1637 Birth date of March 1848 taken from 1990 census enumeration. Birth place of Auglaize County, Ohio assumed because Melinda's family resided in the county in both 1840 and 1850.

1850 U.S. Census:1637 Melinda Sillin enumerated in the household of her father John P. Sillin in Moulton Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, as a female, age 3, born in Ohio. Others enumerated in the household were her mother Hannah Sillin as a female, age 41, born in Virginia, and siblings Sylvanus, age 18; Jane, age 14; (Sarah) Ann, age 14; Elizabeth, age 12; Luther, age 9; and Philip, age 7..

1860 U.S. Census:2842 Malinda Sillin enumerated in the household of her father John P. Sillin in Moulton Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, as a female, age 13, born in Ohio. Others enumerated in the household were her mother Hanna Sillin, a female, age 51, born in Virginia, and siblings Sylvanus, age 27; Amanda Jane, age 25; Sarah A., age 23; Elizabeth, age 22; Luther, age 19; Philip B., age 17; Louisa, age 8; and William, age 3.

1869 Marriage:2852 Malinda Sillen and Joseph A. Boyd married on 9 February 1869 in Auglaize County, Ohio.

1880 U.S. Census:2865 Malinda Boyd enumerated in the household of her husband Joseph A. Boyd in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio, as a white female, 32, wife, married, keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio. Others residing in the household were Malinda's sister Amanda, age 47; and son Joseph, age 1. Other household residents were Martha Sillin, age 9, and Cyrenius Sillin, age 24, exact relationship yet to be determined.

1900 U.S. Census:2871 Malinda Boyd enumerated in the household of her husband Joseph A. Boyd in Ullin Village, Pulaski County, Illinois as a wife, white, female, born March 1848, age 52, married 29 years, bore 9 children, 3 still living, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia, can read, can write, can speak English. Other residents of the household include son Joseph, age 21; his wife Elizada, age 21, and their two sons Ray, age 5, and Morriw, age 11 months. Malinda's children Mary F. age 17, and Guy M., age 10, also resided in the household, as did three boarders: L. N. Sharley, age 22; Josiah Hamilton, age 35; and Ed McIntire, age 58.

1910 U.S. Census:2872 Malinda Boyd enumerated in the household of her husband Joseph A. Boyd in Collinston Village, Morehouse County, Louisiana, as a wife, female, white, 60, married once, bore 10 children, 2 still living, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia, native tongue is English, can read, can write. Son Guy, age 20, also resided in the h

1920 U.S. Census:2873 Malinda Boyd enumerated in the household of her husband Joseph Boyd in Collinston, Morehouse County, Louisiana, as a wife, female, white, 70, married, can read, can write, born in Ohio, ather born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, can speak English. Others residing in the household were son Guy, age 30; his wife Bertha, age 27, and granddaughter Martha, age 5. The Boyd family were lodgers in the home of A. D. Brown.ousehold as did Bertha Colman, age 18, a friend, and George Berks, age 18, a servant. Son J. E. (Joseph E.) Boyd enumerated five families before Joseph and Malinda. J. E.'s family consisted of wife Ellen, three children, and a daughter-in-law.