1860 Census has this entry:
Name John Maley
Age 19
Birth Year abt 1841
[abt 1841]
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Place Missouri
Home in 1860 Carthage, Jasper, Missouri
Post Office Carthage
Dwelling Number 464
Family Number 449
Occupation Student
Attended School Y

and Find-A-Gravehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84994436/john-maloy lists 2 obits:
The Emporia [KS] Gazette, 24 Sep 1880, Friday

Capt. T. J. Bradley and John Maloy, Esq., of Council Grove, were passengers on the northbound train Tuesday to Junction City, and during the trip it was learned that Mr. Bradley was fighting in the Union ranks while Mr. Maloy was actively engaged in the Confederate service. During the many campaigns Mr. Bradley made a prisoner of Mr. Maloy; after his release Mr. Maloy had the satisfaction of capturing Mr. Bradley. After the war they both located in Council Grove and practiced the same profession, the law. They are warm personal friends, which goes to show that no ill feeling exists between the common soldiers for the party they took in the great rebellion. It is a very funny coincidence, to say the least. We are under obligation to W. H. Foss, the public's favorite conductor, for this piece of news.
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The Lyon County News and The Emporia Times [KS] 06 Jun 1912, Thursday

DEATH OF JOHN MALOY.

John Maloy, representative of Morris county, died at his home in Council Grove Monday evening after a long illness. Maloy enlisted in the Confederate army in '61 and served until the close of the war when he came to Kansas and located in Topeka, where he associated with the Topeka Commonwealth, he later went to Council Grove, where he edited the Council Grove Democrat from '70 until '77 and also the Council Grove Advance in 1904. He was one of Morris county's most prominent lawyers and a strong worker in the Democratic party. He was a United States Commissioner for twelve years, mayor of that city five times and is present state representative of Morris county, and the city attorney.

Mr. Maloy was self made and a self educated man, having had but twenty-four months schooling in his youth, but spent every spare moment studying and was admitted to the bar in 1868. He was one of the best historians in the state. He leaves a wife and two children.

His Civil War history indicates

Service in Co B 5th Inf Regt Missouri State Guard, Captured Jasper County March 20, 1862, sent to Gratiot then Alton prisons, exchanged April 1 1863. On exchange was mustered into Co A 11th Regt Missouri Infantry CSA for duration.

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