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Amanda Melvina <I>Fenwick</I> Bonham

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Amanda Melvina Fenwick Bonham

Birth
Sugartree, Carroll County, Missouri, USA
Death
21 Feb 1865 (aged 27)
Ione, Amador County, California, USA
Burial
Ione, Amador County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 6 Row A Plot 13-B
Memorial ID
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Daughter of Alexander Fenwick from Kentucky. 1810-1883
Daughter of Nancy Ann Long Fenwick 1812-1858

Married James Harlan Bonham in 1856 in California.

Additional children:

* Alexander Daniel Bonham 1857–-1940
* Mary Ellen "Minnie" Bonham, Mrs. Anderson Salomonson 1859--1897
* Margaret Jane "Genervia", Mrs Theodore Gebhardt 1861-–1923
* Andrew Jasper Bonham 1863--1928
* Caleb H Bonham 1865-aft 1920

Amanda died at a very young age (27) of injuries she sustained when her clothing caught fire from a wood stove or fireplace. I was told she placed baby Caleb on a bed and ran outside the house trying to put out her burning clothing.
Daughter of Alexander Fenwick from Kentucky. 1810-1883
Daughter of Nancy Ann Long Fenwick 1812-1858

Married James Harlan Bonham in 1856 in California.

Additional children:

* Alexander Daniel Bonham 1857–-1940
* Mary Ellen "Minnie" Bonham, Mrs. Anderson Salomonson 1859--1897
* Margaret Jane "Genervia", Mrs Theodore Gebhardt 1861-–1923
* Andrew Jasper Bonham 1863--1928
* Caleb H Bonham 1865-aft 1920

Amanda died at a very young age (27) of injuries she sustained when her clothing caught fire from a wood stove or fireplace. I was told she placed baby Caleb on a bed and ran outside the house trying to put out her burning clothing.


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