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Benjamin Sidney AMOS

Benjamin Sidney AMOS

Male 1844 - 1901  (~ 57 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Sidney AMOS 
    Born Jun 1844  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 47 in his 1885 marriage record would put his birth in about 1838. But all other records indicate about 1844 or 1845. He was age 6 in the 1850 Census, and the 1900 Census states his birth as June 1844.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 2 Apr 1862 to 6 May 1865 
    Pvt, Co G, 10th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    Residence 1868  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870  Glenville District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [3] 
    farm laborer 
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 19 1880:
      William Floyd, 22, occupation logging saw mill; wife Alvaretta, 23; son Oran L, 2; dau Rebecca E, 5 months; boarder Sidney Amos, 35, married, occupation working on saw mill; boarder Luther Amos, 28, single, occupation working on saw mill.
    Occupation 1880  [4] 
    saw mill worker 
    Residence 1885  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1890  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Occupation 7 May 1894  [7] 
    appointed Postmaster at Nina, Doddridge County 
    Census 1900  Collins Settlement District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation physician  [1] 
    Died Oct 1901  [8] 
    Person ID I123749  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2021 

    Father Rawley Watson AMOS,   b. 21 Nov 1824,   d. 10 Feb 1904  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth FLOYD,   b. 22 Aug 1825,   d. 9 Aug 1903  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F58560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucinda MILLER,   b. 22 May 1849, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1928, Cutlips, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 6 Feb 1868  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F58559  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary A. CARTER,   b. 16 Nov 1857, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1928, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1885  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. James Truman AMOS,   b. 8 Oct 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1937, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F53504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2150] 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    2. [S1889] Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, MR p. 14, Line 3 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12387&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2129] 1870 Census, Gilmer County, WV.

    4. [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789957&Type=Marriage.

    6. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    7. [S2693] Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    8. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    9. [S1889] Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, MR p. 14, Line 3 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12387&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as B. S. Amos, 23, b. Marion Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Lucinda Miller, 19, b. Barbour Co, res. Gilmer Co. Married Feb 6 1868 in Gilmer County, officiated by J. M. Cain.