Malinda Kelley was born 16 October 1815 in Bracken County, Kentucky to Isaac M. Allison (1779-1845) and Jane Hunt (1782-1831) and died 18 November 1881 Circleville, Piute County, Utah Territory of unspecified causes. She married Milton Kelley (1807-1846) 10 January 1836 in Albion, Edwards County, Illinois. She married Robert Dockery Covington (1815-1902) 28 September 1848 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Biography
Malinda Allison Kelley joined her husband with Company A of the Soldiers of the Mormon Battalion. Her husband died with the Sick Detachment in Nov 1846, and then in Feb 1847 she gave birth to their daughter at the Sick Detachment campsite in Pueblo Colorado.
It appears that both her and her husband were distant cousins to Jefferson Hunt (1803-1879), captain of Company A.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Martha Jane Kelley (1836-1842) | |||
| Kelley (1838-) | |||
| Catherine Malinda Kelley (1847-1899) | 7 February 1847 Pueblo, Edwards County, Colorado, United States | 17 February 1899 Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, United States | Benjamin Lamoni Alexander (1840-1913) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mary Ellen Covington (1849-1881) | 30 December 1849 Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | 25 October 1881 Washington, Washington County, Utah, United States | James Horten Thompson (1849-1873) |
| Alice Covington (1854-1869) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| John Allison (1809-1865) | |||
| James C Allison (1810-1868) | |||
| William Henry Harrison Allison (1810-1892) | |||
| Samuel Allison (1811-1882) | |||
| Male Allison (1813-) | |||
| Malinda Allison (1815-1881) | 16 October 1815 Bracken County, Kentucky | 18 November 1881 Circleville, Piute County, Utah Territory | Milton Kelley (1807-1846) Robert Dockery Covington (1815-1902) |
| Phebe Allison (1816-1849) | |||
| Diana Allison (1817-1877) | |||
| Martha J Allison (1817-1872) | |||
| Isaac Allison (1820-1864) | |||
| Ezra Allison (1820-) | |||
| David Allison (1822-1852) | |||
| Joseph Allison (-1877) | |||