Melissa Jane Koontz Amick (Missouri)
There has been a mystery for years about Melissa Jane Koontz who married James Anderson Amick in Cooper Co., MO on April 1, 1862. Her marriage record says "Mrs." indicating that Koontz is her married name but no other marriage has been found and she was only 17 at the time of the Amick marriage. So it has been suspected that she was born a Koontz and there have been various suggestions as to which Cooper County Koontz family she belongs.
I have been playing with the
Death Certificate is available from Missouri State Board of Health, County Pettis,Registration District 668, File no. 30577, Primary Reg district 3032, Registered 214,City of Sedalia, says:
Melissa Jane Amick
Female
White
widow
DoB: June 11, 1845
age 68 years, 3 mo
Occupation: housekeeper, boardinghouse
Birthplace:Cooper Co., MO
Name of Father: Benj. F. Koontz
Birthplace: Virginia
Maiden Name of Mother: Martha E. Steele
Birthplace: Cooper Co., MO
The above is true to my knowledge
Nannie A. Adams, Otterville, MO (sister)
Date of Death:Sept 10, 1913
CoD: Bright's disease
Contributory:
SIgned by ? of Sedalia
Place of Burial:Crown Hill
Date of Burial: Sept 13, 1913
Undertaker:McLaughlin, Sedalia, MO
With that information I found this 1850 Census record which shows her living with her family at age 5. I think it is clear that she is in fact the daughter of Benjamin and there is no prior marriage.
1850 Cooper County Census - District 23 - Page 290
Inhabitants in District 23 in the County of Cooper, Page 290
State of Missouri ennumerated by me, on the 14th day of October 1850
4210581058KoontzBenjamin T.35MFarmer$1,200Virginia
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110581058KoontzMartha E.22FMissouri
210581058KoontzMelissa5FMissouri
310581058KoontzMary3FMissouri
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