Person:Amanda Owens (2)

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Amanda Owens
b.7 Mar 1853 Martin Co, Indiana
m. 5 Apr 1849
  1. William Greene Owens1850 - 1912
  2. George W. Owens1852 - 1898
  3. Amanda Owens1853 - 1946
  4. Robert Owens1855 -
  5. James F Owens1857 - 1945
  6. John Wesley Owens1859 - 1933
  7. Mary Ellen Owens1861 - 1863
  8. Jefferson Owens1863 - 1876
  9. Jane Owens1866 - 1947
  10. Martha Ann Owens1869 - 1869
  11. David J. Owens1869 -
m. 8 Mar 1870
  1. Rosa Hedrix
  2. William Franklin HedrixAbt 1875 -
Facts and Events
Name Amanda Owens
Gender Female
Birth? 7 Mar 1853 Martin Co, Indiana
Marriage 8 Mar 1870 Mill Grove, Mercer Co, Missourito Harvey J. Hedrix
Death? 1946 Kalispell, Montana


Info on this family based on LDS record for Nancy Ann Kinnick Per Richard Ross email, 11-8-98: death date and place; has 11 Mar 1853 rather than 7 Mar for birth date. Amanda and Harvey moved to Kentucky, then later to Topeka, Kansas. They had 2 children, a daughter, Rosa, who died at 2 1/2, and a son, William (called Willie). William married, and he and his wife had a son, Ernest Franklin Hedrix, but William deserted them, and his wife left the baby with Amanda and Harvey to raise. After Harvey died in 1903, Amanda and Ernest moved home to live with her mother, Nancy Kinnick Owens. In 1910, Amanda moved to Harlem, Montana, to live with her sister [Jane] and her husband, Tom Hendrickson, and lived with them until she died in 1946 in Kalispell, Montana. 1920 census on Ancestry.com: School Dist # 6, Fairview Twp, Blaine Co, Montana, age 66, bp IN - living in house alone, General Farming.