Re: Amanda Bevis from Florence, AL
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Re: Amanda Bevis from Florence, AL
Chris Katscher 7/04/11
Chris -
Loved the last line.Okay, here's my story on AMANDA BEVIS.
The JOHN BEVIS(b 1815 d 1886) and the JOHN BEVIS(b 1826 d 1899) I think are the same person.I think the 1815-1886 dates are correct because:
1) If you look at the 1840 Census for John's dad, Thomas L Bevis, the people alloted to the various age brackets work if John was born in 1815.
2) John & Catherine marry in 1842 and their first child, Mary J, is born in 1843. That makes John 28 yrs old when his first child is born if he's born in 1815.He's only 17 yrs old if he's born in 1826.I vote for him being older since he falls in the 20-29 age bracket on the 1840 Census.
3)On two out of the three Census he comes closer to the 1815 birthdate than the 1826 one.
4)Lauderdale County, AL cemeteries have been extremely well mapped.I'm attaching a link (hope it works) that shows John with the 1815-1886 dates. http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/cem-pleasanthill.htmhttp://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/cem-pleasanthill.htm
Just keep scrolling until you come to John & Catherine.I ultimately came up with John & Catherine having 12 kids.Their daughter AMANDA (couldn't find an indication of middle initial) married FRANKLIN PIERCE DOWDY.They eventually move to Kansas and die there. I have Amanda with dates of b.2 Dec 1858, d.9 Feb 1920.The dates are unverified.
I also have AMANDA M BEVIS, daughter of WM & ZILLA HAMES.I show the same dates, 1850-1913, in Union County, SC.She was married to John McNeace.
So there are two Amanda Bevises - and that doesn't count the Amanda M Bevis I found but she married into the Bevis name.I have two Laura Jane Bevises as well, one in Georgia and one in Alabama. So this is my story and I'm sticking to it!Hope it helps!
Signed -
Lost in Bevisville,
Carol Cotton
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