David and Elva (LITTLE) MALOY, for whom Maloy was named, came to Iowa from Indiana in 1863. On May 23 of that year, they purchased from the sheriff of Ringgold County 80 acres in Section 35, two miles north of the town of Redding. This land, known as the Oscar WATSON place was the MALOY's home for serveral years. In October of 1863, David purchased another parcel of land locted in Section 1 of Clinton Township. David made subsequent purchased in Benton, Clinton, and Middle Fork Townships.

Upon his death on February 8, 1885 in Benton Township, David's land was divided among his six surviving children: Clarence Lincoln "Link" MALOY (1866-1938), Perry Dixon MALOY (1868-1914), John Thompson MALOY (1871-1934), Alfred David MALOY (1873-1950), Elva A., and Mayme A.. Of these children, John T. and Eva made their homes in Benton Township. John T. MALOY became a physician, practicing medicine in Blockton of Taylor County for many years. His son, also a physician, later practiced medicine in Shenandoah of Page County, Iowa.

Eva married Newton RICH who owned land about a mile east and south of Maloy. They were the parents of one daughter, Emma HARRIES who later made her home in Louisiana.

The MALOY's eldest son, Lincoln "Link" married Alice BAIRD and made their home in Middle Fork Township on the land formerly owned by her father, Absolam BAIRD. Link and Alice were the parents of four children: a son who was born and died in infancy in 1866, a daughter Elva who was born in 1888 and died at the age of four, Flavel Baird MALOY who was born in 1892, and Bernice MALOY who was born in 1895.

Flavel Baird MALOY married in 1912 to Irene WILKINSON. They farmed in Middle Fork Township unil a tornado demolished their home and most of the farm buildings in 1926. Flavel and Irene moved into the town of Redding where he was in the oil business with Grover WRIGHT. In 1940, Flavel and Irene moved again to Mount Ayr where Flavel operated a livestock auction barn in partnership with Glen DIXON. Irene died in 1984. Flavel, at the age of 94, remained in his own home in Mount Ayr.

Flavel and Irene were the parents of a son who died in infancy, Marian Alice MALOY, and Flavel B. "Bill" MALOY. In 1941, Bill enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was assigned to a submarine, the "U.S.S. Grayling" and saw action in the South Pacific. The "Grayling" was lost sometime between August 19th and September 30th of 1943 in the Lingayen Gulf with no survivors.

Marian Alice MALOY married Edward J. CARR in 1946, Maloy, Ringgold County, Iowa. They were the parents of three sons: Patrick CARR, an attorney in Spencer, Iowa; Michael Edward CARR, a CPA residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Joseph Baird CARR, a coach and teacher in Fairfield, Iowa. Patrick is the father of two sons, Edward and David who was baptized at the Imaculate Conception Church in Maloy, 1983.

Edward J. CARR died in 1959. Marion Alice married 2nd to Judge James E. HUGHES of Lenox, Iowa where they reside.

Bernice MALOY married Glen THOMAS in 1914 and the couple became the parents of two daughters: Kathleen who married Esse FREED, and Barbara who married Henry M. "Hank" SEIFFERT. Bernice married 2nd in 1935 to Eddie LYNCH of Redding, Iowa. They lived on the "home place" in Middle Fork Township, Ringgold County, Iowa. Bernice moved to Blockton where she resided until her death in 1985.

Kathleen (THOMAS) and Esse FREED were the parents of one son, David Eric who was born in 1961. David Eric FREED and his wife Robin reside in Emporia, Kansas. Kathleen resides in a little school house which is located across the road from the "home place."

Barbara (THOMAS) and Henry M. "Hank" SIEFFERT reside on the "home place." They became the parents of two children: Ila Kathleen who married Steve THUMMEL of Lawson, Missouri; and, Thomas SIEFFERT who resides in Boulder, Colorado.

David MALOY wrote a letter to his children four years before his death:

"March 12, 1881

"I am writing what I want my children to do. Now children, I don't want you to ever be caught in any saloon. Don't drink any spirits of any kind. Don't keep company with any drunkard more than you can help, for he might get you to drink with him. Don't run around at night much, and take the advice of your good neighbors and they will give you the best of advice. When you want to know anything about faring you ask some good farmer and he will tell you, and when you are all together, just try to be good boys and be very particular to do what you promise and don't promise anything that you can't do. If I should leave any money for you I don't want you to fuss about it. I want you to take good care of the timber and don't sell any nor allow anybody to destroy any. I don't want you to fail to pay the taxes. The administrtor better rent out some of the farm for cash rent to pay the taxes, and haul out all the manure and spread it all over the farm and don't let it wash in the gullies.

"Now boys, don't contrary your mother, try to please her and try to keep the children together and try to get all the schooling you can. Now, Lincoln, you and Perry ought to make a good deal of grain if you would do right, you must try to raise all of the stock you can and if you have good crops of course you can raise a good many hogs. You get all th eears. You can raise cattle, you will have a good deal of grass and you must try to cut all you can of it. You must get someone to tell you when to commence cutting the grass. You will have a good deal of fall pasture. You can keep all your horses and cattle on it. Maybe you can get cattle to pasture for somebody if you ain't got enough stock to eat the fall pasture. But don't pasture meadow too close or you will set it back. Put out all the manure you can. Move old wet straw on your meadows. Cut out the sand burs (sic) (and all burs). If you have more apples than you can use you gather them and sell them in the winter.

"Now I will tell you how I want my business carried out. I don't want my property sold til fall and then I want it sold on 12 mo. time and notes to be drawn to pay 10% interest from maturity till paid. But be sure that you get good notes and keep everything on interest that you can. Don't let it lay idle if possible.

David and Elva Jane (LITTLE) MALOY were interred at Forrest Home Cemetery near Redding, Ringgold County, Iowa.