Amanda Melvina (Tate) Wooters (1838 - 1918)

Born 31 Jan 1838 in Marion County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Raymond Wooters — married 6 Jun 1856 in Marion, Illinois

Died 27 Sep 1918 at age 80 in Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska

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Biography

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Name

Amanda Melvina /Tate/ 1880 Census Place: La Clede, Fayette, Illinois.

Birth

abt. 1838 Illinois Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: La Clede, Fayette, Illinois.

Residence

Age: 42, Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife, 1880 Census Place: La Clede, Fayette, Illinois.

Marriage

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, Amanda M. Stater, female, spouse's name: John B. Wooters, married on 06/06/1855 in Marion County, Illinois.

Census

1850 United States Census, Saline, Saline, Illinois, Melvina Tate, female, age 12, birth year 1838, birthplace Illinois, household members; James Tate age 38, Elizabeth Tate age 27, Melvina Tate age 12, Elizabeth Tate age 10, Mary J. Tate age 8, Sarah A. Tate age 6, Eliza Tate age 5, Narcissa Tate age 2.

1860 United States Census, Township 1 Range 2, Marion, Illinois, Amanda Wooters, age 20, birth year 1840, female, birthplace Illinois, household members: John R. Wooters age 24, Amanda Wooters age 20, Franklin Wooters age 4, Nancy J. Wooters age 3, Henry C. Wooters age 1.

1880 United States Census, La Clede, Fayette, Illinois, Amanda Wooters, age 42, birth date abt. 1838, birthplace Illinois, white, female, wife, married, spouse's name: J.R. Wooters, Father's birthplace Virginia, Mother's birthplace Illinois, occupation; keeping house, household members: J.R. Wooters age 45, Amanda Wooters age 42, F.P. Wooters age 24, H.C. Wooters age 20, Esther A. Wooters age 15, John B. Wooters age 12, Walter Wooters age 3, Orville Wooters age 5 mos.

1900 United States Census, Berwyn, Custer, Nebraska, Maudy M. Wooters, age 52, birth date 01/1838, birthplace Illinois, white, female, wife, married, spouse's name: John R. Wooters, marriage year 1856, years married 44, Father's birthplace Tennessee, Mother's birthplace Illinois, household members: John R. Wooters age 65, Maudy (Mandy) M. Wooters age 52, Frank Haines age 44, Walter E. Wooters age 23.

Death

Nebraska, U.S., Index to Deaths, 1904-1968, Amanda M. Wooters, death date 1918, death place: Custer, Nebraska.

Obituary

From Ancestry.com: The Custer County Chief newspaper, Custer County, Nebraska. Mrs. John R. Wooters died September 27, 1918, at her home near Broken Bow, Nebraska, aged 80 years, 7 months, and 27 days. She was one of Custer County's old-time residents. Amanda was born in Marion County, Illinois in 1838. In 1855, she married John R. Wooters. Ten children were born to them, three dying in infancy, and one daughter, Mrs. Esther Walter, died at Broken Bow, on August 6, 1906. The family came to Nebraska in 1887, and she make her home here in this state ever since. Mrs. Wooters died 07/27/1915. She is survived by five sons, and a daughter, 25 grandchildren, and 36 great-grandchildren. When she was 16 years of age, she united with the Christian Church, and has been a faithful member until the time of her death.

Burial

Buried at Broken Bow Cemetery, Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska.

Sources

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-5SH1), John B Wooten and Amanda M Tate, 06 Jun 1855; citing Marion, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,010,515.

• "United States Census, 1850," (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85C-PBH), Amanda Tate in household of Owen D Tate, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHC-44B), Amanda Wooters in entry for John R Wooters, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJF-HYW), Amanda Wooters in household of J R Wooters, La Clede, Fayette, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 107, sheet 248B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,206.

• "United States Census, 1900," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3Y2-CPT), Maudy M Wooters in household of John R Wooters, Berwyn Township Berwyn village, Custer, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 6B, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,921.

• Find A Grave Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42376975/

Children

Franklin Pierce Wooters 1856–1938 Henry Clay Wooters 1860–1942 Esther A Wooters 1865-???? John Boyd Wooters 1868–1940 Walter Eldon Wooters 1877–1968 Orville J. Wooters 1879–1970

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