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Amanda OVERFIELD

Amanda OVERFIELD

Female 1827 -


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  • Name Amanda OVERFIELD
    Birth CA 1827  [1] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1872, 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Census 1880  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I41889  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2016

    Father Martin OVERFIELD,   b. CA 1805, Loudoun Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1883, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
    Mother Julia Ann "Judy" NUTTER,   b. CA 1805   d. Feb 1880, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
    Family ID F3097  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jonathan STOUT,   b. CA 1819, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years)  [4]
    Marriage 28 Jan 1845  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Jonathan Stout, 31, farmer; Amanda, 23; Amaretta, 4; Malissa, 1.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Jonathan Stout, 42, farmer; Amanda, 28; A. (female), 12; Melissa, 12; C. (female), 9; Julia, 4; Martin, 2.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Aug 5 1870:
      Jonathan Stout, 51, farmer, value of real estate $498, value of personal estate $150, cannot read/write; Amanda, 44, cannot read/write; Amaretta, 23; Melissa, 21; Julian (female), 14; Martin, 11; Amanda C, 9; Indian (female), 6; Ulisses G, 4; Ledrew E, 2; Jonathan M, 3 months, born in February. All born in Virginia/West Virginia except the elder Amanda, born in Ohio.
    Children 
     1. Amaretta STOUT,   b. CA 1846
    +2. Melissa Launa STOUT,   b. CA 1849   d. 4 Mar 1884, Horn Creek, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 35 years)
     3. C. STOUT,   b. CA 1851
     4. Julia STOUT,   b. CA 1856
     5. Martin STOUT,   b. CA 1858
     6. Amanda Columbia STOUT,   b. CA 1861   d. 19 May 1939, Hur, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
    >7. Indiana STOUT,   b. 27 Jul 1863, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1942, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >8. Ulysses Grant STOUT,   b. 20 Oct 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1929, Rocksdale, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    >9. Ledru Ellsworth STOUT,   b. Apr 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >10. Jonathan M. STOUT,   b. Feb 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F16841  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lemuel E. SHEETS,   b. CA 1821, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 30 May 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Lemuel E. Sheets, 39, toll gatherer, value of real estate $1,000, value of personal estate $250; Mary M. S. R., 35; William M, 14; Jacob H, 12; Marcellus, 6; Leonora, 5 months.

      1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District, West Milford post office), enumerated on Sep 1 1870:
      Lemuel E. Sheets, 49, retired merchant, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $243; Mary S, 44; Jacob H, 22, farm laborer; Marcellus, 16; Leonia, 10; Charles, 7; Earnest, 5.

      1880 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jun 19 1880:
      Lemuel E. Sheets, 59, farmer; wife Amanda Sheets, 55; stepdau Columbia Stout, 18, single; stepdau Indiana Stout, 17; stepson Ulysses G. Stout, 16; stepson Ledru E. Stout, 12; stepson Jonathan M. Stout, 9.
    Family ID F12676  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    5. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 212, line 29 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792276&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Lemuel E. Sheets, widowed, age 55, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jacob & Nancy Sheets; and Amanda Stout, widowed, age 45, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Martin & Julia Overfield. Married May 30 1876 in Doddridge County.