Amanda (Beller) DeShazo (1839 - 1923)

Born 7 Mar 1839 in Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Jan 1923 at age 83 in Eastland, Eastland, Texas, United States

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Biography

Amanda was born Jan 1839 to William Beller and his wife in Carroll County, Arkansas. Both of her parents die prior to 1850 and she then resides with her elder sister Martha and brother-in-law Garret Greer. A question surrounds her mother as it is not clear if Martha (Wilburn) Beller who married William Beller ca 1821 in Alabama is the same person as Lovina Beller, the recorded spouse of William who died 1850 in Arkansas (see Martha's profile for details).

Amanda married twice:

1. Silas M Baker 1840–1860, married about 1857, who died April 1860 of a gun shot wound. His death was recorded on the 1860 Carroll County, Arkansas Mortality Schedule. It says he was 19 years old, b. Alabama, married, a farmer and died after being ill for 12 days due to being shot. Amanda and her children are then listed on the 1860 Carroll County, Arkansas census living next door to her widowed mother-in-law (Mary Baker). Children of Amanda and Silas:
   1. Sariah A. Baker 1858–1860
   2. John G. Baker 1860–?
   3. Silas Baker Jr (Unconfirmed)
2. William Byrd DeShazo1843–1889 ​​married about 1865 Carroll, Arkansas. Their life in Arkansas from 1865 to the end of the 1870s is found using Boone County, Arkansas land records. They then moved to Texas about 1880 where the census records resume in 1900. Children of Amanda and William:
   1. William T. DeShazo 1868–1913
   2. Mildred Ann DeShazo 1869–1960
   3. Nancy L DeShazo 1871–1949
   4. Lula Victoria DeShazo 1872–1953
   5. Dama or Damie DeShazo 1880–1945
   6. Amanda Melvina DeShazo 1882–1952

Amanda DeShazo died 28 Jan 1923 in Eastland, Eastland County, Texas.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67H-CHF : 20 December 2020), Amanda M Beller in household of Garret Greer, Crooked Creek Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87T-L5T : 18 February 2021), Amanda M Baker, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35Z-2DB : accessed 5 September 2021), Amanda Deshazo, Justice Precinct 5, Stephens, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 144, sheet 13B, family 229, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,670.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2M7-7HZ : accessed 5 September 2021), Amanda M Deshazo, Justice Precinct 2, Eastland, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 7A, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1547; FHL microfilm 1,375,560.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCMW-4ZL : 3 February 2021), A M Deshazo, 1920.

See Also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #49976833