Amanda Lutisha Breeden

Brief Life History of Amanda Lutisha

When Amanda Lutisha Breeden was born on 9 May 1874, in Greene, Missouri, United States, her father, Squire Preston Breeden, was 35 and her mother, Mary Ann Dean, was 27. She married James Franklin Brooks on 19 May 1895, in Lawrence, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. She lived in Ozark Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Walnut Grove, Greene, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 23 April 1933, in Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Johns Chapel Cemetery, Boone Township, Greene, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Franklin Brooks
1869–1927
Amanda Lutisha Breeden
1874–1933
Marriage: 19 May 1895
Dollie Brooks
1898–
Daisy C Brooks
1903–1993
Laura J. Brooks
1911–
Ada Mable Brooks
1913–2003
Jennie B. Brooks
1916–
Mattie Marie Brooks
1919–2008

Sources (10)

  • Tishia Brooks, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Missouri marriage record for Amanda L. Breeden and James F. Brooks
  • Tishie Breeden Brooks, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Bredon in Worcestershire or from Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire, both of which are named from an unattested Celtic word brez ‘hill’ + the tautologous addition of Old English dūn ‘hill’.

English: variant of Braden 2 or 3.

Americanized form of German Breden .

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

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