Amanda Bradshaw
Amanda Bradshaw was born in 1838 in Tennessee (probably Hawkins County) to William Bradshaw and Nancy Haynes. She married Alexander "Elic" Bradshaw on May 3, 1863 in Hawkins County, TN (2). They had one child:
1. Lillie Belle Bradshaw, b. July 4, 1866.
Alexander Bradshaw died between October 1865 and July 1866 (source: Lillie's obituary).
1870 Federal Census has Amanda living with her parents in Scott County, Virginia along with three-year-old Lillie Belle.
On September 9, 1873, Amanda remarried James Fletcher in Scott County, Virginia. Her marital status was listed as "widowed."
In the 1880 Federal Census for Scott County, VA, Amanda is shown as the wife of James Dougherty, with 14 year old Lillie B "Step dau" of head of household. They were living next door to John Bradshaw (Amanda's brother) with his wife Virginia, children Andrew J, William, and Nancy, as well as Amanda and John's parents William and Nancy and Amanda and John's brother Robert.
Amanda died about 1882 (source: Lillie's obituary).
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Lillie's obituary includes the following information: "Lillie Belle Bradshaw was born not long after the closing of the Civil War, on the boundary line between Tennessee and Virginia. Her parents were Elic and Amanda Bradshaw. Her father died before her birth and her mother, when she was 16. She made her home with an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Bradshaw, until her marriage in their home on January 1, 1888 to Noah Long. Mr Long's home was in Sturgonsville, Tennessee, a town 90 miles from Washington D.C."
1. 1860 Hawkins County, TN Census; New Canton M653, Roll 1255, pg. 56.
2. TN County Marriages 1790 - 1950
Timeline for Amanda Bradshaw
1838 (abt)..............................Birth
1850......................................Federal Census, living in Hawkins Co, TN
1860......................................Federal Census, living in Hawkins Co, TN
1860, Nov 6..........................Election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th President of the United States
1861, Apr 12.........................Civil War begins
1863, May 3..........................Marriage to Alexander Bradshaw in Hawkins Co, TN at age 25
1864, Nov 8...........................Abraham Lincoln is re-elected as POTUS
1865, Apr 9...........................Civil War ends
1865, Apr 14.........................Abraham Lincoln assassinated
1865, Oct - 1866, July...........Death of husband Alexander Bradshaw
1866, July 4............................Birth of daughter Lillie Belle Bradshaw at age 28
1870....................................... Federal Census, living with parents in Scott Co, VA
1873, Sept 9...........................Marriage to James Fletcher in Scott Co, VA.
1880........................................Federal Census, living with husband James Doughtery in Scott Co., VA
1882 (abt)...............................Death at age 44 or 45
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan R comp.. Tennessee, Marriages, 1851-1900. See extended description for original data sources listed by county.
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Amanda Bradshaw
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abt 1838
Tennessee
District 6, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Female
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