BIO: Amanda Molvina CARPENTER, Native of Ephrata Township, Lancaster Co., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Bill Walters wdwalte@aol.com August 5, 2007, 6:06 pm Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/ _______________________________________________ Written by Bill Walters Amanda Molvina Carpenter was born Ephrata Township, Lancaster County. The eldest daughter of a millwright, Giles Carpenter (1800-1857) and Jane McClintock (1809-1879). On 4 April 1854, in Ephrata Township, Amanda married Solomon H. Weaver (ca 1827- 1865), with Rev. J. J. Strine presiding. The couple moved first of Seneca County, Ohio, and then, in 1862, settled in New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana. In 1864 Solomon joined as a substitute, Company K, 35th Indiana Volunteers; he died in Nashville, Tennessee, of Malarial typhoid feaver. On 9 March 1868 Amanda married Jesse L. Manahan; they were living appart in 1870 and divorced in 1873. In 1876, she married Nathaniel Moorehouse, a cooper. Amanda died in 1894 and is burried in Violett Cemetery, Elkhart County, Indiana. Solomon and Amanda had the following children; Lydia Ann Weaver (1854-1862); Hnery Albert Weaver (1856-1912); Sarah Jane Weaver (1858- 1844; Almira Rachael Weaver (1861-?); Milton A. Weaver (1862-1946; and Solomon Weaver (1865-1935. Amanda and Jesse Mamahan had one son Melvin Charles Manahan (1868-?) who is sometimes listed with the last name Weaver. Sources: Federal Censuses: Lancaster County 1850; Seneca County, Ohio 1860; Elkhart County, Indiana 1870 and 1880. Amanda’s first marriage, Solomon Weaver, and the birth of each of their children: Pension File “Solomon Weaver” United States Army Historical Records Center. Amanda’s ancestors: Seymour D. Carpenter, Genealogical Notes of the Carpenter Family (Springfield: Illinois State Journal, 1907) p. 184-185. Amanda’s second and third marriages, Elkhart County Marriages, available online. Amanda’s divorce (index only): Elkhart County Historical Society, Bristol, Indiana. Amanda’s death and burial, “Violett Cemetery”, Elkhart County Historical Society, Bristol Indiana.