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Amanda DAWSON

Amanda DAWSON

Female 1816 - 1855  (~ 39 years)

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  • Name Amanda DAWSON 
    Born CA 1816  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 Apr 1855  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cause: consumption 
    Person ID I99494  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2015 

    Father Noah Hillary DAWSON,   b. 17 Jul 1795, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1829, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Mother Charlotte POTTER,   b. 11 Jun 1797, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1880  (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F7596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Upton Benton MYERS,   b. CA 1815, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Married 10 Jan 1837  Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • 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.)
    Children 
     1. Maria MYERS,   b. CA 1840, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Lloyd MYERS,   b. CA 1842, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Oliver Benton MYERS,   b. CA 1844, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Luvena MYERS,   b. 2 Feb 1845, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)
     5. Margaret MYERS,   b. CA 1848, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F31752  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S184] 1850 Census.

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 3 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046377&Type=Death.
      Identified as Amanda Myres (sic), white female, 40, b. Maryland, dau of (blank), married; died Apr 3 1855 at Dotsons Run, cause of death consumption. Informant: Upton B. Myers (sic), consort.

    4. [S2725] Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).