Lineage of Amanda S. Adams

Samuel McClunny's third wife (Amanda S) in the 1920 Census, I believe is Amanda S Adams, the Daughter of Robert Adams and Mary S (Sophia?) Jett, of Mercer County, OH.

From Amanda's Obituary, Amanda was born near Celina, OH which is located in Mercer County, her approximate birth year is 1860 based on death year of 1923 and age at death of 63.....1923-63 = 1860. She lists her birthday as May 1861 in the 1900 Census, which would have made her age 62 (not 63) at the time of death.

Amanda's father, Robert Adams is listed in the 1850 Census in Morgan, Morgan County, Ohio with his first wife Charlotte and three sons:

John Adams 7
Evi Adams 4
Leason Adams 2
Margaret Kincaid 48 (Mother in-law?)

Robert Adams is listed in the   1860 Census in Washington, Mercer County, Ohio with his second wife Sophia and children:

Eva Adams (Evi) 13
Leson Adams 11
Mary Adams 9
Jett Adams 2
Henry Adams 6
Thomas Adams 10/12
Eliza Zensmaster 7 (Step daughter?)

Robert Adams is listed in the 1870 Census in Washington, Mercer County, Ohio with his third wife Elnora and children:

Leson Adams 22
Mary Adams 19
Henry Adams 17
Jett Adams 12
Thomas Adams 10
Amanda Adams 9
Martin Adams 6
Robert Adams 2

Robert Adams first wife, Charlotte Fisher Adams died in 1853, his third wife, Elenora Waltman Adams is listed as a stepmother in Amanda's Obit.  Based on this, I believe it must be Mary S Jett, who may have gone by Sophia (1860 Census), and may have also been previously been married to a Zensmaster, is the mother of Amanda. 

Additionally, from Samuel Mc Clunny and Amanda’s July 4th, 1917 Kentucky marriage record, Amanda's parents are listed as R. Adamson and Sophia Adamson.  Amanda is listed as Mandy Wilson and divorced.

Also from Amanda's obituary:

"The husband survives, with one son, Floyd Wilson, of Rio Grande California, and one daughter, Mrs. East, at whose home she died."

In the 1880 Census Amanda is married to John C Wilson and living in Worthington, Wells County, Indiana.

In the 1900 Census we find John and Amanda living in Chester, Wells County, Indiana with their two children Floyd and Nora.

In the 1910 Census we find Amanda, divorced from John and living in Chester, Wells County, Indiana with her daughter, now Nora East and her husband John as well as Amanda's son Floyd Wilson.

On July 4, 1917, Amanda and Samuel McClunny married and appear together in the 1920 Chester, Wells County, Indiana Census.

Interestingly, Amada's profession is listed as a waiter in a restaurant in the 1910 Census and Samuel McClunny is listed as in the restaurant business in the 1920 Census. (After having been a farmer all his life)  I like to imagine a widowed Samuel taking his morning coffee at the same restaurant where Amanda worked, and this how they met, fell in love, married and perhaps went into business together.

Obituary

Bluffton Evening News Friday September 28, 1923 page 1, col 3

MRS. SAMUEL MC CLUNNY DIES AT KEYSTONE

DEATH COMES AFTER ILLNESS OF 18 MONTHS - FUNERAL SUNDAY

Mrs. Amanda McClunny, 63, wife of Samuel McClunny, of Keystone, passed away this morning at 2:45 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nora East, at Keystone, after an illness extending over about a year and a half from dropsy and complications.

Mrs. McClunny was born near Celina, Ohio, but had made her home for many years at Keystone. The husband survives, with one son, Floyd Wilson, of Rio Grande California, and one daughter, Mrs. East, at whose home she died. Mrs. Elnora Adams, of Celina, Ohio, is the stepmother. Nine brothers and sisters and several stepchildren, also survive.

The funeral will be held at the M. P. Church at Keystone at 10:45 Sunday morning, in charge of Rev. Hale, of the Friends Church. Interment will be made at Swamp College cemetery, near Celina, and short services will also be held there.

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