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Aaron Arnsparger
(1808-1885)
Matilda Simpson
(1813-1885)
Benjamin Hardesty
(Abt 1835-After 1876)
Mary E. Arnsparger
(1840-1924)
Amanda Hardesty
(1860-After 1880)

 

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Amanda Hardesty 1

  • Born: 1860, Kentucky, United States 1 2
  • Died: After 1 June 1880

bullet   Another name for Amanda was Amanda Arnsparger.2

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1870 US Census, 2 July 1870, New Castle Precinct, Henry, Kentucky, United States. 2 1870 US Census
Page 24, Roll 470, Dwelling 166, Family 207
New Castle Precinct, Henry County, Kentucky
Amanda Arnsparger..9..KY

(Living with maternal grandparents.)

NOTE - Although she appears on the 1870 US Census with an Arnsparger surname, she was actually Amanda Hardesty, daughter of Mary E. Arnsparger and Benjamin Hardesty.

Her mother was recently divorced from Amanda's father, Benjamin Hardesty, and Amanda was living with her maternal grandparents, Aaron Arnsparger and Matilda Simpson. The whereabouts of Amanda's mother and father are unknown in 1870 but in 1880 the US Census shows both the mother and her daughter living with Aaron and Matilda Arnsparger.

It appears that her grandparents probably reared Amanda Hardesty thus the reason that her surname on the 1870 appears as Arnsparger. When her mother joins them for the 1880 US Census, both are shown with the Hardesty surname.
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2. 1880 US Census, 2 June 1880, New Castle District, Henry, Kentucky, United States. 1 1880 US Census
Page 2D, District 92, Dwelling 26, Family 27, Roll 0420
New Castle District, Henry County, Kentucky
Amanda Hardisty..Granddaughter..20...KY..Without Occupation
(Living with her mother at the home of her maternal grandparents.)
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Sources

1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, New Castle District, Henry County, Kentucky, enumeration district (ED) 92, p. 2D, dwelling 26, family 27, Aaron Arnsparger and Matilda Simpson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 19 Mar 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0420.

2 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, New Castle Precinct, Henry County, Kentucky, p. 24, dwelling 166, family 207; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1438024 : accessed 16 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 470.

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