Amanda was born sometime after 14 July and before 29 October, based on her ages given and dates recorded in census records. Her father died just a few months after Amanda was born.
She moved with many of her siblings to Iowa, sometime between 1850 and 1860, per census records. Amanda likely moved to Greene County, Iowa, to live with her brother William Brown Mayes and his wife, Sarah Jane Cowan Mayes in the early 1870s where she met and then married James Forsyth on 16 May 1876.
It does not appear that Amanda and James had any children. He's listed as widowed, living with his brother on the 1880 census, shortly after Amanda died. No children are listed on the census with him.
Sources: 1850, 1860 and 1870 census records, Iowa marriage record, US Federal Census Mortality Schedule.
Contributor: Lisa Albert (49877611)
From iagenweb.org/cass:
Amanda O Forsythe, wife of J E Forsyth [no dates listed]
Iowa, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 (ancestry.com):
Name: James E Forsyth
Spouse: Amanda C Mayes
Marriage Date: 16 May 1876
County: Greene
U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885:
Name: Amanda C Forsyth
Marital Status: Married
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Age: 34
Death Date: May 1880
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Census year: 1880
Census Place: Cass and Pleasant, Cass, Iowa, USA
She moved with many of her siblings to Iowa, sometime between 1850 and 1860, per census records. Amanda likely moved to Greene County, Iowa, to live with her brother William Brown Mayes and his wife, Sarah Jane Cowan Mayes in the early 1870s where she met and then married James Forsyth on 16 May 1876.
It does not appear that Amanda and James had any children. He's listed as widowed, living with his brother on the 1880 census, shortly after Amanda died. No children are listed on the census with him.
Sources: 1850, 1860 and 1870 census records, Iowa marriage record, US Federal Census Mortality Schedule.
Contributor: Lisa Albert (49877611)
From iagenweb.org/cass:
Amanda O Forsythe, wife of J E Forsyth [no dates listed]
Iowa, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 (ancestry.com):
Name: James E Forsyth
Spouse: Amanda C Mayes
Marriage Date: 16 May 1876
County: Greene
U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885:
Name: Amanda C Forsyth
Marital Status: Married
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Age: 34
Death Date: May 1880
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Census year: 1880
Census Place: Cass and Pleasant, Cass, Iowa, USA
Amanda was born sometime after 14 July and before 29 October, based on her ages given and dates recorded in census records. Her father died just a few months after Amanda was born.
She moved with many of her siblings to Iowa, sometime between 1850 and 1860, per census records. Amanda likely moved to Greene County, Iowa, to live with her brother William Brown Mayes and his wife, Sarah Jane Cowan Mayes in the early 1870s where she met and then married James Forsyth on 16 May 1876.
It does not appear that Amanda and James had any children. He's listed as widowed, living with his brother on the 1880 census, shortly after Amanda died. No children are listed on the census with him.
Sources: 1850, 1860 and 1870 census records, Iowa marriage record, US Federal Census Mortality Schedule.
Contributor: Lisa Albert (49877611)
From iagenweb.org/cass:
Amanda O Forsythe, wife of J E Forsyth [no dates listed]
Iowa, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 (ancestry.com):
Name: James E Forsyth
Spouse: Amanda C Mayes
Marriage Date: 16 May 1876
County: Greene
U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885:
Name: Amanda C Forsyth
Marital Status: Married
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Age: 34
Death Date: May 1880
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Census year: 1880
Census Place: Cass and Pleasant, Cass, Iowa, USA
She moved with many of her siblings to Iowa, sometime between 1850 and 1860, per census records. Amanda likely moved to Greene County, Iowa, to live with her brother William Brown Mayes and his wife, Sarah Jane Cowan Mayes in the early 1870s where she met and then married James Forsyth on 16 May 1876.
It does not appear that Amanda and James had any children. He's listed as widowed, living with his brother on the 1880 census, shortly after Amanda died. No children are listed on the census with him.
Sources: 1850, 1860 and 1870 census records, Iowa marriage record, US Federal Census Mortality Schedule.
Contributor: Lisa Albert (49877611)
From iagenweb.org/cass:
Amanda O Forsythe, wife of J E Forsyth [no dates listed]
Iowa, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 (ancestry.com):
Name: James E Forsyth
Spouse: Amanda C Mayes
Marriage Date: 16 May 1876
County: Greene
U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885:
Name: Amanda C Forsyth
Marital Status: Married
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Age: 34
Death Date: May 1880
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Census year: 1880
Census Place: Cass and Pleasant, Cass, Iowa, USA
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