Amanda Hester Ann
RIDGEWAY
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Born: 9 August 1830 in Howard, Missouri, USA
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Amanda Hester Ann married Sampson W ELLIOTT 30 November 1849 in Howard, Missouri, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sampson W ELLIOTT was born 25 January 1823 in Boone, Missouri, USA. Sampson W died 7 January 1883 in Linn, Missouri, USA.
Amanda Hester Ann RIDGEWAY died 22 August 1876 in Linn, Missouri, USA.
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Spouse & Children of Amanda Hester Ann RIDGEWAY
Sampson W ELLIOTTMarriage date: 30 November 1849
Marriage place: Howard, Missouri, USA
Children of Sampson W ELLIOTT and Amanda Hester Ann RIDGEWAY
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Birth — 18309 August 1830
Howard, Missouri, USA
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1849 Marriage / PartnerAmanda Hester Ann RIDGEWAY and Sampson W ELLIOTT 30 November 1849, Howard, Missouri, USA
She was 19 years old.
1851 Birth of ChildGeorge Newton ELLIOTT was born 26 January 1851, , Missouri, USA
Amanda Hester Ann was 20 years old.
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Death — 187622 August 1876
Linn, Missouri, USA
She died at the age of 46.
Record added: 10/11/2025 10:47:15 PM
Last updated: 10/11/2025 10:47:31 PM
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