Amanda L. Squires b. 18 Oct 1857 Salt Lick Creek, Braxton Co., VA d. 21 Mar 1887 Otter District, Braxton Co., WV: Meadow Bluff Meanderings

1857 - 1887 (29 years)

Name	Amanda L. Squires
Birth	18 Oct 1857	Salt Lick Creek, Braxton Co., VA [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Death	21 Mar 1887	Otter District, Braxton Co., WV [2]
	Cause: pneumonia
Burial	Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Chapel, Braxton Co., WV [3]
Person ID	I6481	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
Last Modified	7 Sep 2025

Father	William Granville Squires, b. 25 May 1825, Salt Lick, Lewis Co., VA d. 24 Mar 1901, Salt Lick Bridge, Braxton Co., WV (Age 75 years)
Mother	Mariah Jane Morrison, b. 17 Apr 1827, Nicholas Co., VA d. 19 May 1904, Braxton Co., WV (Age 77 years)
Marriage	20 Aug 1845	Braxton Co., VA [4]
Family ID	F2655	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family William K. Bender, b. 28 Mar 1854, Steer Creek, Braxton Co., VA d. 22 Sep 1931, Chapel, Braxton Co., WV (Age 77 years)

Marriage 8 Jun 1876 Salt Lick Creek, Braxton Co., WV [5, 6]

Children

	1. Infant Bender, b. 30 Mar 1877, Braxton Co., WV d. 31 Mar 1877, Braxton Co., WV (Age 0 years)
	2. Anna Maria Bender, b. 8 Aug 1878, Braxton Co., WV d. 21 Jan 1931, Callahan, Nassau Co., FL (Age 52 years)
	3. Maggie Susan Bender, b. 11 Oct 1880, Braxton Co., WV d. 12 Apr 1894, Braxton Co., WV (Age 13 years)
	4. Ora Maude Bender, b. 26 Jan 1883, Braxton Co., WV d. 13 May 1962, Gassaway, Braxton Co., WV (Age 79 years)
	5. Eva Jeanette Bender, b. 24 Feb 1885, Braxton Co., WV d. 11 Jan 1958, Jane Lew, Lewis Co., WV (Age 72 years)
	6. Infant Bender, b. 7 Mar 1887, Otter District, Braxton Co., WV d. 23 Mar 1887, Otter District, Braxton Co., WV (Age 0 years)
	7. Infant Bender, b. 7 Mar 1887, Otter District, Braxton Co., WV d. 18 Mar 1887, Otter District, Braxton Co., WV (Age 0 years)

Family ID F2660 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 7 Sep 2025

[S1035] Comstock, James, The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, (Richwood, WV: 1974), Volume 3, page 118 (Reliability: 3).
[S1341] West Virginia . Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Death Register, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :n.d.), 1887, Amanda L. Bender, accessed 29 Aug 2010. (Reliability: 3).
[S1241] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, ((http://www.findagrave.com/)), accessed 7 Sep 2025), memorial page for Amanda L Squires Bender (18 Oct 1858–21 Mar 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127026274; citing Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Chapel, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Cheryl (Frame) Brown (contributor 47191868). (Reliability: 3).
[S2390] John Davison Sutton, History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia, (1919; reprint, Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company, 1997.), p. 440. (Reliability: 3).
[S2389] Jim Comstock, editor, The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, (Richwood, West Virginia: Jim Comstock, 1974.), 3: 118. (Reliability: 3).
[S1256] West Virginia. Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register, 2: 22, line 34, Bender-Squires, 1876; accessed 7 Sep 2025. (Reliability: 3).