Amanda Smith

Amanda married John W Steele on 21 May 1858 in Yellow Creek, Bedford, Pennsyvania, U.S.A. John was born on 4 Apr 1831 in US; died on 11 Sep 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence;
1844 Muskingum County, Ohio, U.S.A, Later returning to Bedford County, Pa.
1847 Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania.
Census Listings;
1850 Mount Sterling, Muskingum County. age 40, Farmer.

John married Maria Margaret Eachus on 1 Jul 1833 in Procidence Township, Bedford County.. Maria (daughter of Rufus Homer Eachus and Mary Crunkleton) was born on 2 Mar 1817 in Franklin County. Pennsylvania, U.S.A; died on 10 Sep 1895 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.; was buried on 11 Sep 1896 in Piper Cemetery, Cypher, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence;
1833 Franklin County, Pennsylvania. U.S.A
1840 Mount Sterling, Muskingum County, Ohio.
Census Listings;
1841 Mount Sterling, Muskingum, County, Ohio.
1850 Mount Sterling, Muskingum County, Ohio. age 33, Farmers Wife.
1880, Now a widow age 63.
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Obituary;
Mrs Maria M Smith.
Died at the residence of her daughter Mrs Anna P Ritchey on the morning of the 10th September 1896, Mrs Maria M Smith aged 79 years. 6 months and 8 days, was buried on Friday afternoon, september 11th, at the Piper Cemetery along side her husband John P Smith who died on the 4th April 1862. Rev Schuyler conducted the funeral service assisted by Rev Stonebraker, Mrs Smith's maiden name was Maria M Eachus. She was born in Franklin county, Pa, and has many re;atives in tyhat county, the Eachus, Crunkletons, Hollars and others. Her children are Mrs Mary E Kay of Kansas, who was with her during part of her sickness and who along with Mrs Anna P Ritchey attended her devotedly untill she past away, Mrs Amanda M Steele, of Yellow Creek, John W Smith of Yellow Creek, Mrs Eliza Taylor, who died in Nebraska about eleven years ago, Rufus E Smith, of Yellow Creek Pa, Mrs Anna P Ritchey, William P Smith of Yellow Creek, and James V Smith of Everett. Mother Smith has been a consistant member of the Presbyterian church for Many years. Through her marriage to John P Smith she has many relatives in this county. The Pipers, one branch of the Barndollars, one of the Ashcoms and the Henrys. All her living children and most of her grandchildren followed her to the tomb. She was a good mother and a good woman.
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Birth:
Place of birth came from Mariah's Obituary

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The descendants from Rufus and Mary changed the spelling of their name to Eaches.
Rufus is mentioned in a newspaper article, stating that he was a) an 1812 War Veteran, and b) is buried in Patriot Cemetery in Gallia County.
Public Ledger 30th June 1838: Counterfeit Notes: Three Men, named Rufus Eaches, David Wilson & John Neblin, were arrested in Baltimore about to months ago, supposed to be counterfeiters, Eaches was admitted to bail, Nebling was discharged and Wilson remained in Jail. Nebling after his release called at a public house where Wilson had left a pair of Saddle Bags, and demanded them. The Occupant of the house ascertained that this person had just come from prison, had the saddlebags and Nebling brought before the city court on Wednesday last, On Being examined a large amount of counterfit notes and shinplasters (1) were found. Neblings saddlebags were also brought before the court contain a quantity of the same kind of money. He was sent back to prison, The whole amount thus captured is between two & three thousand dollars. The Article does not mention Rufus again, but it is thought he fled bail and arrived in Gallia County, Ohio, where he lived the rest of his life.
(1) Shinplaster was a common name for paper money of low denominations circulating widely in the frontier economies of the 19th century. The Oxford English Dictionery give the words origins from the quality of the paper, which was so cheap that with a bit of starch it could be used to make paper-m?ach?e-like plasters to go under socks and warm shins.

Rufus married Mary Crunkleton on 26 Dec 1815 in Washington County, USA. Mary was born in 1796 in Franklin, Gailla County, Ohio; died in 1838 in Perry Township, Gallia, Ohio, North America; was buried in 1838 in Patriot Cemetery, Perry Township, Gallia, Ohio, North America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alternate name Mary Cruncklton.

Buried:
Grave Stone in Patriot Cemetery

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Goshen Minutes: 9.4.1784 Benjamin Eachus disowned-mustering
Census Listings;
1810 Honey Brook, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Benjamin married Mary Huston. Mary was born about 1762 in (in/of)Chester County, Pa. US. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Possible name Mary Houston