Notes for: Amanda Dawson

1850 Census, Allegany Co, Maryland, enumerated in October 1850:
Upton B. Myers, 35, laborer; Amanda, 34; Maria, 10; Jno Lloyd, 8; La..a, 4 (could be read as Laura or Laina or Lavia, but this is the child later identified as Luvena, who died in 1856 in a house fire at the home of her uncle Jackson Dawson in Doddridge County WVa); Margaret, 2; Oliver B, 6. Birthplaces not indicated.
(NOTE: It is assumed that Oliver is a son of Upton and Amanda, despite his out-of-sequence position in the enumeration. We have found no evidence either confirming or refuting this assumption. If any reader of this genealogy can shed light on this issue, please contact us.)