Amanda E. Howard

Female21 October 1830–5 April 1897

Brief Life History of Amanda E.

When Amanda E. Howard was born on 21 October 1830, in Sweden Center, Monroe, New York, United States, her father, Sampson Howard, was 35 and her mother, Amanda S. Salisbury, was 31. She married Henry R. Root after 1852, in Monroe, New York, United States. She lived in Sweden, Monroe, New York, United States for about 30 years. She died on 5 April 1897, in Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Beach Ridge Cemetery, Brockport, Monroe, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry R. Root
1817–1898
Amanda E. Howard
1830–1897
Marriage: after 1852

Sources (9)

  • Amanda E Root in household of Henry Root, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Amanda Root, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Amanda Root in household of Henry Root, "United States Census, 1860"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    after 1852Monroe, New York, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1832 · The Black Hawk War

    Age 2

    Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 6

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1863

    Age 33

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .

    English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .

    English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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