0-1-3-3 Josephine Plymale was born in Cabell
County, Virginia (now Wayne county, West Virginia), on November 5th, 1824. She was
the first woman to marry in Wayne County after it was organized in 1842. She married
Joseph Blaine Malcolm on April 21st, 1842. He was born on March 4th, 1810.Her father 0-1-3 John Plymale, gave them 175 acres on Buffalo Creek where they
built a log house. Here they raised a family of six children.
Josephine died November 10th, 1874. Joseph Blaine Malcolm died
March 14th, 1876. They are both buried in the 0-1-3 John Plymale cemetery.
After their deaths, their son 0-1-3-3-2 Joseph Ryan Malcolm took over
the old farm and lived there all his life raising his own family of eight children.
When he died in 1917, his son Edward Malcolm took over the home and lived there until his
death in 1956.
