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Alfred A. Amos
1 Oct 1851 – 10 Dec 1933
| Birth | 1 Oct 1851 |
| Death | 10 Dec 1933 |
| Cemetery | Dry Valley Cemetery Custer County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Walking the Past on 14 Jan 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19018220 |
Bio
Son of John Mordecai Amos of Harrison County, Ohio and Catherine Thompson of New Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio. Husband of Caroline N. Carnall of Iowa; married on 01 March 1883 in Fayette, Fayette County, Iowa. ____________ Alfred Amos is a member of a representative family of Custer county, Nebraska, one whose members have identified themselves with various measures for advancing the public welfare and prosperity. They are prominent in social circles and held in high respect and esteem. Mr. Amos was one of the very early settlers of the county and in his first years there met and overcame various discouragements and trials incident to pioneer life. He was born in Carroll county, Ohio, the eldest of seven children of John Mordecai and Catherine (Thompson) Amos. A sketch of the father also appears in this work. Mr. Amos first saw the light of day October 1, 1851, and grew to manhood on the farm in Ohio, being educated in nearby schools. He engaged in farming as a young man and has since followed that occupation. In 1882 he came west looking for a suitable place to locate permanently, and settled in Custer county, homesteading one hundred and sixty acres of land on section twenty-one, township eighteen, range eighteen. Mr. Amos then returned to Iowa and on March 1, 1883, was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Carnall, who was born in Iowa. She is a daughter of James and Caroline (Nicholson) Carnall, natives of England, the father born in Lincolnshire and the mother in Essex. Mr. Carnall was educated in his native country and married in London, he and his wife coming to America in 1851 and locating in Fayette county, Iowa. He died in Arlington, Iowa, February 11, 1911, at the age of eighty-six years, and his widow now lives in the old home in Arlington, being now (1911) eighty-two years of age. Mrs. Amos has two brothers and a sister in Iowa; one brother in Mansfield, Missouri; one brother in California, and one brother in Colorado Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Amos established their first home on the Custer county homestead, soon after marriage, remaining there twenty years. He and his wife each served several years as director of the school board of district number ten, she filling the office ten years. In 1903 they purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land on section twenty-one, township eighteen, range eighteen, which is still the home place. They have a well improved and equipped stock and grain farm and are successful and prosperous to a gratifying degree. They have eight children: Wayne L., of Custer county, married Esther Wooters, and they have one child; James Leland, also of Custer county, married Ida L. Bruner, who died March 30, 1911; Anna S., wife of Milton Copsey, lives near Westerville and has three children; Glenn A., Bert S., Catherine, Caroline and Edith Mildred, all at home. Catherine and Caroline are twins. Source: Compendium of history, reminiscence, and biography of Nebraska, Chicago: Alden Publishing Company, 1912, page 571
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Siblings
- Lycurgus Amos 1853–1931
- Mary M. Amos 1856–1858
- Angeline Amos Slates 1858–1888
- Zachariah Amos 1861–1954
- Laura Belle Amos Westervelt 1863–1950
- Emma Ruth Amos McEwen 1865–1953
- Nora Viola Amos Armstrong 1868–1962
- William Riley "Will" Amos 1871–1954
Children
- Wayne Leroy Amos 1884–1977
- James Leland Amos 1886–1974
- Anna Saloma Amos Copsey 1888–1975
- Alfred Glenn Amos 1891–1976
- Bert Sanford Amos 1893–1985
- Catherine Ada Amos Miller 1896–1956
- Caroline Eva Amos Lenstrom 1896–1986
- Edith Mildred Amos Steinhoff 1900–1981
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