Individual Details
Amanda Popwell
(30 Mar 1854 - 23 Dec 1924)
Amanda married about 1871 to Ephraim Tolliver Downs, brother to Anna and Joyce Downs. So three siblings married three Downs siblings. Amanda and Ephraim are buried Cool Springs Cemetery, Faceville, Decatur, GA.
1880 Census. Cooper, Chilton, AL, Hh 373
Ephraim T. Downs, 27. Amanda, wife, 26
Nolar A., 8 dau
Josephene, 6, dau
Jasper W., 4, son
Dorah, 2, dau
McAdonar, one month old, b. Mar, son, has hupin cough
Lucindy Gafford, 26, Nurs
John B. Downs, 22, brother
1900 Census. Faveville, Decatur, GA, Hh 292
Ephraim Down, b. Aug 8152, age 47, married 29 years
Amanda, wife, b. Mar 1854, age 46, 6 children
Benjamin, son. b. Dec 1881, age 18
Social Security info shows Benjamin Lafayette Downs, son of Amanda Popwell & Ephraim Toliver Downs. He was born 31 Dec 1881.
1910 Census, Prec 10, Gadsden, FL (this census on Ancestry is totally messed up - links don't go to the proper pages - the one for E. T. Downs links to a page on the military base at Esacambia.)
From MyHeritage:
Precinct 10, Gadsden FL, Sheet 24-b, Family 145, Line 86
E. T. Downs, age 58, married 39 years, House Carpenter
Amanda, wife, 57
M. D., son, age 30, married 3 years, Operator, Sawmill
Gussie, dau-in-law, age 20, 2 children
Gladys, granddau, 2
Frank, grandson, age 1 month
next door:
J. N. Downs, age 34, married 9 years (Jasper), Farmer
Edna, wife, 26, 5 children - 4 are living
Harben, son 7. Erkin, son 5. Erma Mae, dau, 3. Sterling, son, age 2
1920 Census. Chattahoochee, Gadsden, FL, Hh 167
Ephraim Downs, 67, Carpenter, houses. Amanda, wife, 65.
Events
| Birth | 30 Mar 1854 | ||||
| Death | 23 Dec 1924 | Gadsden County, Florida | |||
| Burial | Cool Springs Cemetery, Faceville, Decatur County, Georgia |
Families
| Father | Reuben Popwell (1811 - 1873) |
| Mother | Sarah "Sally" Moore (1815 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Popwell (1832 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Martha Popwell (1834 - ) |
| Sibling | William Popwell (1836 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Jane Popwell (1838 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Catharine Popwell (1840 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Madison Popwell (1842 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Alfred Popwell (1844 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Sarah "Sallie" Popwell (1846 - 1912) |
| Sibling | John Popwell (1847 - 1982) |
| Sibling | James Popwell (1849 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Popwell (1851 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Moses Popwell (1852 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Joseph Popwell (1856 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Loney Popwell (1858 - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Popwell (1860 - 1884) |