Amanda Bishir

1850 - 1916  (66 years)

• Name	Amanda Bishir  [1, 2]
  Born	7 Feb 1850	Ohio   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	Abt 1851	ohio   [5]
  Died	29 Sep 1916	Highland Co., Ohio   [4, 6]
  Buried	1 Oct 1916	Dodsonville Cem., Dodsonville, Ohio   [4, 7]
  Person ID	I1643	Bishir Family | Jonathan & Elizabeth Bishir
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Bishir,   b. Abt 1811, Newport, Campbell Co., Kentucky ,   d. 10 Jun 1887, Lynchburg, Highland Co., Ohio  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Spickard,   b. Abt 1814, Virginia ,   d. 1877, Ohio  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	29 Mar 1838	Highland Co., Ohio   [8]
  Family ID	F804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexander A. Shaffer,   b. 9 Nov 1852, Ohio ,   d. 10 Sep 1936, Lynchburg, Ohio  (Age 83 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1884	Highland Co., Ohio   [3, 9]
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  SHAFFER, Amanda (Bishir), headstone Contributed by Mark Lemon

  
  

• Notes

  Amanda was widowed and living with her brother George in 1880. She is married in 1900 but lists no children. She was found dead in the schoolhouse in which she was employed as janiteress (heart attack). [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S742] Censuses (1850, 1860, 1870, 1900) for Bishers, Taylors, and Pitzers, (EF#172, SN#268, 7 Dec 1977). [S446] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004). [S576] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004). [S1140] Death certificate for Amanda Shaffer. [S180] Census 1870 Jonathan & Elizabeth Bishir. [S304] Ohio Death Certificate Index. [S1170] Email correspondence with Mark Lemon, Mark Lemon. [S801] Marriage record for Jonathan Bishir and Elizabeth Spickart, (EF#227, SN#401, 25 Jan 1982). [S679] Highland County Marriages, 1880-1900 by Genevieve Breakfield.