Born in Braxton, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William J. (Coger) Cogar Jr
and Mary Martha Eva (Bender) Cogar
Sister of
Tobias C. Cogar, Sarah Jane (Cogar) Baldwin, Asa C. Cogar, Martha J. (Cogar) Clifton, Lucy (Cogar) Gregory, Christopher Thomas Coger, Phoebe Katherine (Cogar) Smith, Isaac M. Cogar, William Robert Cogar, John Wesley Cogar and Leola Cogar
Wife of
Zachariah Taylor Sizemore
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Lydia E. (Sizemore) Whaling, Tobias William Sizemore, John H. Sizemore, Henry Thomas Sizemore, Edward Sizemore, Drury Harmon Sizemore and Mary Margaret (Sizemore) Whaling
Died
at age 83
in Fenwick, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jul 2017
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Biography
Amanda (Cogar) Sizemore was born in Appalachia, in Virginia (now West Virginia). See Appalachia Project.
Native Virginian (Born in Virginia, Now West Virginia as of June 20, 1863)
Amanda was born on 15 February 1845 in Braxton, West Virginia, USA. She was the daughter of William J. (Coger) Cogar Jr and Mary Martha Eva (Bender) Cogar.[1]
In the 1850 census Amanda (age 5) was living in District 4, Braxton, Virginia, USA.[1]
In the 1860 census Amanda (age 15) was living in Webster, Virginia, USA.[2]
In the 1870 census Amanda (age 25) was living in Holly, Webster, West Virginia, United States.[3]
In the 1880 census Amanda (age 35) was living in Holly, Webster, West Virginia, USA. Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife.[4]
In the 1910 census Amanda (age 65) was living in Otter, Braxton, West Virginia, USA. Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law.[5]
In the 1920 census Amanda (age 74) was living in Glade, Webster, West Virginia, USA. Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law.[6]
Amanda died at the age of 83 on 5 August 1928 in Fenwick, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA and was buried in United States.[7]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
1850 Census: 1850 United States Federal Census,
Year: 1850; Census Place: District 4, Braxton, Virginia; Roll: M432_937; Page: 195B; Image: 51. - ↑
1860 Census: 1860 United States Federal Census,
Year: 1860; Census Place: Webster, Virginia; Roll: M653_1383; Page: 907; Image: 549; Family History Library Film: 805383. - ↑
1870 Census: 1870 United States Federal Census,
Year: 1870; Census Place: Holly, Webster, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1701; Page: 121A; Image: 247; Family History Library Film: 553200. - ↑
1880 Census: 1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010,
Year: 1880; Census Place: Holly, Webster, West Virginia; Roll: 1415; Family History Film: 1255415; Page: 420D; Enumeration District: 152. - ↑
1910 Census: 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006,
Year: 1910; Census Place: Otter, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1677; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1375690. - ↑
1920 Census: 1920 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010,
Year: 1920; Census Place: Glade, Webster, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1969; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 146; Image: 429. - ↑ Burial: West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973.
See also:
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88R-3XW : 9 November 2014), Amanda Coger in household of William Coger, Braxton county, Braxton, Virginia, United States; citing family 299, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
- ---- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q243-N7XF : 19 September 2016), Amanda Cogar Sizemore, ; Burial, , Braxton, West Virginia, United States of America, Birch River Cemetery; citing record ID 166200194, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
- ---- "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1YL-3H2 : 4 December 2014), Amanda J. Sizemore, 05 Aug 1928; citing Nicholas, West Virginia, County Records, 16686, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,953,469
- ---- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPNW-QW4 : accessed 11 December 2016), Amanda Sizemore in household of Charles O Whaling, Otter, Braxton, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 7A, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1677; FHL microfilm 1,375,690
- ---- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNKP-93S : accessed 11 December 2016), Amanda Sizemore in household of Charles O Whaling, Glade, Webster, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 146, sheet 28B, line 75, family 424, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1969; FHL microfilm 1,821,969
- ---- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M411-Z78 : 30 December 2015), Amanda Cogar in entry for William Cogar, 1860
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