Amanda Melissa (Harmon) Stepp (aft. 1854)

Born after 1854 in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Frank Stepp — married 21 Nov 1888 in Union, Jones, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Van Zandt, Texas, United States

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Biography

When Amanda Melissa "Mandy" Harmon was born in 1854, her father, Matthew, was 48, and her mother, Mary, was 39. She married Richard Franklin Stepp in 1870. They had four children in 17 years. She died in Van Zandt, Texas.

Census

Name: Amanda Harmon
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Lafayette, Mississippi, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Birthplace: Mississippi

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
M S Harmon M 57 South Carolina
Mary Harmon F 49 South Carolina
David Harmon M 33 South Carolina
Albany Harmon F 21 Georgia
Pauley Harmon F 19 Georgia
Frances Harmon F 17 Georgia
Jethro Harmon M 15 Georgia
Edney Harmon F 13 Mississippi
Mathew Harmon M 11 Mississippi
Wesley Harmon M 8 Mississippi
Amanda Harmon F 6 Mississippi^[1]

Name: Amanda M Wells
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Beat 3, Lee, Mississippi, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Keeping House
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Birthplace: Mississippi, United States
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
John W Wells Self M 30 Georgia, United States
Amanda M Wells Wife F 25 Mississippi, United States^[2]

Name: Amanda Stepp
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Justice Precinct 1, Van Zandt, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 55
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Birthplace: Mississippi
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Richard F Stepp Head M 61 Alabama
Amanda Stepp Wife F 55 Mississippi
Arnold Stepp Son M 13 Mississippi
Emma Wells Daughter F 30 Mississippi
Lizzie Wells Granddaughter F 7 Mississippi
Macy Wells Granddaughter F 4 Texas
Buford Wells Grandson M 2 Texas^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GZ-HJJ : 14 December 2017), Amanda Harmon in entry for [illegible] Harmon, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GV-RTW : 26 August 2017), Amanda M Wells in household of John W Wells, Beat 3, Lee, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 89, sheet 110A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,654.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MRQS-DKK : accessed 17 November 2019), Buford Wells in household of Richard F Stepp, Justice Precinct 1, Van Zandt, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 103, sheet 7A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1596; FHL microfilm 1,375,609.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Willis Wells for creating Unknown-217734 on 13 Nov 13.