I’m going to write about one of my ancestors, Amanda Barnes Smith. She was a faithful and kind person. She was born on February 22, 1809, in Becket Massachusetts. Her mother was Fanny Johnson and her father was Ezekiel Barnes. Her grandfather came to the United States from Scotland and served in the Revolutionary War, under George Washington, as a general. Amanda had three brothers and five sisters. Amanda was still young when her family moved to Amherst, Ohio. She spent the rest of her childhood there.
Amanda was married at the age of seventeen to Warren Smith. She and her husband where happy where they lived, but her oldest brother moved to New York to reside. Her sister married David Smith, who was Warren’s brother. Amanda became pregnant with her first son, William, and gave birth on May 9, 1827. She gave birth to her second son on September 26, 1828.
Amanda joined the church of Campbellism. Although her husband and father did not accept the religion, they were not against her going to that church. She was baptized into the church of Campbellisim by Sidney Rigdon. Around the time of her joining that church, another church was founded. This church was called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This religion made her feel like she had found the church she had longed to put her faith in. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by Simeon Carter on April 1, 1831.
After her baptism she had twins. Even with her health decreasing she had the children without problem. She was very happy with her family and later had more children. Her husband soon joined the church and they became a strong family.
Very few people accepted the church in her family. Her brother-in-laws were baptiz...
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... a well. No services could be performed in fear of their lives being in danger. They left for a members house two miles away. There Alma lay face down for five weeks. One day when Amanda got back she found Alma on the floor dancing and playing with the other kids. It was an amazing miracle of the Lord.
Later she found another husband name Warren Smith, no relation to the other Warren. They moved to Nauvoo and had three more children. She saw the Nauvoo temple be finished and received her endowments.
More mobs came to the village and pushed them out. They left for the Salt Lake Valley in July ,1847. They made it to the Salt Lake Valley September 18, 1850. They made it safe and well. She lived in Utah for a few months before she died. Becoming old then moving to Richmond, Cache County to live with her daughter. She had six children. She died age 77 on June 30, 1886.
helped support the struggling couple. They divorced in 1942. She lived in Carmel Valley, CA after and died February 8, 1983.
They ended up married to each other on May 14, 1815.For the next four years they lived in vicinity and soon became a merchant in Natchez, In 1816, when Jane was 18, she gave birth to her first child Ann on November 26. Later she had another daughter, Rebecca, on June 16, 1819. Twelve days after Rebecca was born, Jane wanted to join her husband in Nacogdoches, so she left with her two children and slave, Kian. She left them at the Calvit’s.
... A women’s dormitory, on the campus of the University of Wyoming, was named after her: Nellie Tayloe Ross Hall. In 1977, at the age of 101, Nellie died from a fall in her apartment near Washington D.C.. She was buried in Cheyenne, Wyoming (Scheer, 213-214). Her contributions to Wyoming helped pave the way for future generations of politicians as well as women and women’s rights.
She was to die twenty–one years later in 1879 after a prolonged and painful illness. She remained hidden in a convent about 300 miles from home, a refuge from the interrogations and the pilgrims that never ceased seeking her. At thirty–five, her strong–willed manner gave way to her frail body, and she finally entered into her eternal happiness.
Sarah Addams died on January 14, 1863, when Jane was only a girl. Her father remarried in 1867 to a widow named Anna Hostetter Haldeman, who had two sons that John Addams raised as if they were his own. The new couple fought a great deal over money and...
When the child was born, Dorothy decided to baptize her child and that meant that she had to be baptized as well. Dorothy did not have any catholic experience and Sister Aloysia kept ...
After the expedition, in 1809, she traveled to St. Louis to see Clark. She left Pompy in Clark’s care. Three years later she gave birth to her second child. A girl whom she named Lisette. A few months later after the birth, she died at Fort Manuel in what is now Kennel, South Dakota around 1812. After her death Clark looked after both children and ultimately took custody of both of them (Sacagawea:childhood).
Afterward her graduation from college, she returned to Arkansas to teach at Cotton Plant-Arkadelphia for one year then moved to teach at another college. She remained there until 1910, and then moved to Atlanta, Georgia to teach at Clark Atlanta in the music department until 1912. She lastly returned back to Little Rock, Arkansas where she married Thomas J. Price, a noted attorney. She gave birth to two children. One of the two children unfortunately died as an infant. The Prices moved away from Arkansas in 1927 after experiencing severe racial trauma due to a brutal lync...
Sojourner: Lucretia Mott was the greatest. She encouraged me to join the women’s rights movement. There was also Frances Dana Gage who gave me the line "Ar 'n 't I a Woman?" that made me famous and was really written to get it in people’s heads that just because I am black doesn’t mean I am not a woman also. Harriet Beecher Stowe also wrote an amazing essay about me that just touched my
Once she was of age to leave her home she did. Her mother was ok with her decision to join the sisterhood for she was very much into the church and believed in helping others. In 1928 she finally decided to leave her home to join the Sisters of Loreto, in Ireland, she was eighteen years old(“Mother”). Sisters of Loreto mission was in Ireland but had other missions in other parts of the world. W...
She continued to help others.After the civil war she would take care of sick people at her house.She continued with her good work as a caregiver for 48 years.In document E it says about how many people she would help.She would take care of 6 or 8 people at the same time.She would take care of people of all ages.From abondand babies,the epileptic,the blind,and the paralyzed.
One great story my family has told me is my family's history. My maternal grandmother's parents came to the United States from Ukraine by boat around 1906 or 1907. They initially settled in Export, PA, because they had relatives and friends living there. My grandmother was born in 1921 and was the seventh of eight children. A year after she was born, they moved to Warren, OH, where they stayed until my grandmother graduated from high school. The family's religion was Ukrainian Orthodox. My grandmother grew up speaking Ukrainian and English. Ukrainian was spoken in the home, and English was spoken at school. My grandmother started kindergarten at the age five knowing no English. She picked up the English language from her classmates. My grandmother's family did not own a car. Every Easter, they walked about seven miles to go to church. My grandmother grew up during the depression. She was the only girl in her family to own a doll from a store. All of her sister's dolls were homemade.
As time passed she grew older and wiser. She graduated high school and began working several jobs. Attending college was never a thought in her mind. She married young and moved on with her life. Eventually she became pregnant again, but this time she was ready. By now God had strengthened her life. She believed in him and sought is will. She had been given a second chance. To this day my mother is a strong and charismatic woman, full of God's love and joy for life.
Jesus didn’t have to say anything. He didn’t have to touch her. She was healed because of her strong faith and belief in him. This was a lesson to all that witnessed it as well as for others like me that have only heard or read about it. This tells me how powerful faith in Jesus really is for a...
It’s hard to imagine all the events that led up to ourselves coming into the world or at least it is hard to some people. When I think about all my ancestors that had to survive all the things I read about in textbooks it’s a miracle we are all here. Trying to learn about all the people in my family’s tree was interesting to know how my ancestors came about, what they did, and how long they lived. I learned mostly about my mother’s side of the family who have lived and flourished in andrews, texas where I am from. I haven’t done anything great yet but I am hoping when my grandchildren have to write about me they have something awesome to write about and will think I did something good with my life.