Person:Hiram Amiss (1)

1850 census-VA-Culpeper-Jeffersonton-18 Oct 1850-lines 31-42-dwelling 818-family 820-Hiram L Amiss; 43; shoemaker; Emily; 36; Benjamin F; 21; shoemaker; Mary L; 19; Mahala; 17; Martha; 14; Carroll; 13; Lyttleton; 11; Brookover T; 9; Shylvannie [possibly Solomon]; 7; Melvilla F; female; 4

1860 census-VA-Culpeper-PO Homeland Culp Co VA-21[27?] Jul 1860-pg 35-line 11-17 is the Geo Fletcher family; Geo is 40 and a shoemaker; real estate $100; personal estate $50; Georgianna is 4; lines 21-28 is Hiram b Amiss; 54; shoemaker; personal estate $50; Emily; 49; Carroll; 22; farm hand; Littleton; 20; shoemaker; Solomine [indexed Schames]; 18; shoemaker; Samuel; 10; Melsil W [indexed Melville]; female; 16; Mary Young; indexed 90; real estate $350

1870 census-VA-Culpeper-Jeffersonton-PO Culpeper Court House-pg 66-26 Aug 1870-lines 5-11-dwelling 457-family 472-Hiram L Amiss; 62; shoemaker; real estate $1,500; personal estate $239; Emily; 58; Samuel R; 17; at capenter trade; Maheala Montgomery; 31; Charles P Montgomery; 9; Grace C Montgomery; 6; Joseph Montgomery; 1; all b VA except Joseph is b DC; next household line 12-16 is William L Amiss; 30; shoemaker; personal estate $100; Jane; 21; Lorena; 3; Alice; 2; no name female is 1 mo; all b VA; on the same page line 35 is Georgeana Fletcher; age 14 - I wonder if this is the future Mrs Samuel R Amiss aka Georgia Amiss? Georgeana's father, George Fletcher is also a shoemaker.

1880 census-VA-Culpeper-Jeffersonton-pg 31-ED 34-23 Jun 1880-lines 9-16-dwelling 231-family 234-Hiram Amiss; 72; farmer; Emily; 68; Samuel; 27; farmer; Georgia; daughter-in-law; 21; Oceola; granddaughter; 4; James; grandson; 3; Eva; granddaughter; 2; baby female; 6 mos; b Nov 1879; all b VA

1900 census-District of Columbia-2 Jun 1900-ED 80-sheet 4A-line 31-34-1116 G Street-dwelling 28-family 38-George Stranahan; Apr 1836; 64; m 23 yrs; NY; NY; NY; gov't clerk; rents house; Nellie J [Melvilla F]; Apr 1845; 55; m 23 yrs; mother of 1/1; VA; VA; VA; Gertrude; May 1875; 25; DC; NY; VA; milliner; Hiram Amiss; father-in-law; Dec 1808; 91; widowed; VA; VA; VA

1900 census-VA-Fairfax-Falls Church-23 Jun 1900-ED 17-sheet 15B-lines 95-100 and line 1 next pg-CP Montgomery; Dec 1861; 39; m 4 yrs; VA; VA; VA; government clerk; rents house; Alice D; May 1876; 24; m 4 yrs; mother of 2/2; Ruth; Jul 1897; 3; VA; VA; VA; Virgini; Apr 1900; 2 mos; DC; Hiram L Amiss; grandfather; Dec 1807; 93; widow; VA; VA; VA; William Mabin; servant; white; male; Apr 1884; 16; MI; MI; MI; farm laborer; Ida Edward; servant; black; female; Apr 1876; 23; VA; VA; VA; cook

2014-SAR application #72615-Hiram Lorenzo Amiss; 4 Dec 1807-2 Apr 1906; narrative in the papers state that the applicant, John Newton Yeatman, remembers Hiram as a very old man telling stories about his wife's grandfather.

The genealogy given in the papers: William Williams (1749-1783) m 1768 Jeminia Reeves Sullivan; their daughter Mary Elizabeth Williams (22 Oct 1769-23 Sep 1868) m 20 Mar 1809 Benjamin F Young (1771-1854); their daughter Emily Elizabeth Young (28 Jul 1811-27 Jun 1885) m 17 Nov 1827 Hiram Lorenzo Amiss (4 Dec 1807-2 Apr 1906); their daughter Martha Elizabeth Amiss (22 Feb 1836-31 Aug 1913) m 10 Sep 1857 Newton James Cox (9 Jun 1830-1884); their daughter Lizzie Newton Cox (11 Jun 1858-13 Aug 1913) m 30 Apr 1878 George Washington Collison (23 Mar 1844-1 Jul 1918)

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Hiram Lorenzo Dow Amiss, in Find A Grave.