Amanda E (Byrd) Barnes (1877 - abt. 1910)

Born 10 Sep 1877 in Accomack, Virginia, United States

Wife of Oscar Littleton Barnes — married 28 Sep 1905 (to about 1910) in Accomack, Virginia, United States

Died about 1910 at about age 32 in Accomack, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Amanda (Byrd) Barnes was born in Accomack County

Amanda^[1][2] was born in 1877. She was the daughter of John Osburn Byrd and Arinthia Elizabeth Bloxom. Amanda married Oscar Littleton Barnes in 1905. She passed away about 1910.

From "Miles Files V22.1"

Amanda was born on 10 September 1877 at Accomack Co, VA.^[1]

She married Oscar Littleton Barnes, son of Thomas H. Barnes and Nancy E. Wessells, in 1905.^[3]

As of 1905,her married name was Barnes.

Amanda was listed with her husband in the census of 1910 at Road Leading from Fox to Bloxom, Metompkin, Accomack Co, VA. The household was headed by Oscar L. Barnes, a 35 year old farmer. Listed with him were Mandy Barnes, a 33 year old wife and Ira Barnes, a 3 year old daughter.^[2]

Amanda died in 1910.^[3]

End "Miles Files"

Sources

• Birth: "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  citing Record number: 11;
  FamilySearch Record: 6ZL9-6VZF (accessed 6 November 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 3QHN-T3YN-TH7G Image number 00238
  Amanda E Byrd born on 10 Sep 1877, daughter of Jno O Byrd & Avinthia E Byrd, in Accomack Parish, Accomack, Virginia, United States.
• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing enumeration district ED 6, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  FamilySearch Record: MCPD-JKP (accessed 6 November 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBP-67T Image number 00347
  Amanda Bird (3), single daughter, in household of John O. Bird (33) in Metompkin District, Accomack, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia, United States.
• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
  citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 31; FHL microfilm: 1241697; Record number: 9142;
  FamilySearch Record: MMFF-38G (accessed 6 November 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-XX84-LS Image number 00189
  Amanda E Byrd (22), single daughter, in household of Jno O Byrd (54) in Metompkin District, Accomack, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia.
• Marriage: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  citing FHL microfilm: 30135; Record number: 165;
  FamilySearch Record: XRST-ZW2 (accessed 6 November 2022)
  Amanda Byrd (25) marriage to Oscar L. Barnes (30) on 28 Sep 1905 in Accomack, Virginia, United States.
• Marriage: Newspapers.com
  https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15855189/
  Peninsula Enterprise - Sat, Oct 14, 1905 - Page 3
• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
  citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 14B, family 292, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1619; FHL microfilm 1,375,632.
  FamilySearch Record: MP21-K7P (accessed 6 November 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBW-SMZ Image number 00558
  Mandy Barnes (33), wife, in household of Oscar E Barnes (35) in Metompkin, Accomack, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia.
• Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #114201066 (accessed 6 November 2022)
  Memorial page for Amanda E Byrd Barnes (1877-1910), citing Barnes Cemetery, Nelsonia, Accomack County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by David Hargis (contributor 47543092).

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Virginia Accomack County, Birth Register(s), 1853-1896.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Ancestry.com web page, Ancestry.com, 1910 Federal Census, Accomack Co, VA.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Mary Frances Carey, John Bird of Muddy Creek.