Amanda Elizabeth (Smith) Jowers (1857 - 1925)

Born 26 Jul 1857 in Attala, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Wilson Jowers — married 7 Jan 1877 in Vernon Parish Louisiana

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1925 at age 67 in Grant, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

In the fall of 1907, the Jowers family loaded all their worldly goods in a wagon, hitched up the oxen, and moved to Verda, Louisiana. They crossed the Red River on a ferry barge at Colfax, and finally arrived near the Hargis Community in Grant Parish where they lived until their death.

Burial

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Hicks, Vernon Parish, Louisiana ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 January 2019), memorial page for Amanda Elizabeth “Mandy” Smith Jowers (25 Jul 1857–11 Feb 1925), Find A Grave: Memorial #27743995, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Hicks, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Duffie and Kathy (contributor 46950425) .

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP7-S34 : 26 July 2017), Elizabeth Smith in entry for William Smith, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDX2-LJG : accessed 27 August 2015), Elisabeth Jowers in household of Wilson Jowers, 6th Ward, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district 48, sheet 127D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0473; FHL microfilm 1,254,473.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPYM-5X7 : accessed 27 August 2015), Elizebeth Jowers in household of John W Jowers, Police Jury Ward 7, Grant, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 22A, family 399, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,528.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQ5-XQY : accessed 27 August 2015), Elizabeth Jowers in household of Wilson Jowers, Police Jury Ward 7, Grant, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 16B, family 261, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,613.