Seeking information on Amanda RAGLE neé HICKS.
From IN Marriage Records: Amanda HICKS m. Jacob RAGLE Jan 2 1874 after
Jacob's first wife, Samantha KECK died the previous year. Jacob was a
resident of Brown Twp Martin Co. IN at the time. It is said that Amanda
came from KY. This Amanda is apparently NOT the one who was wife of
Hiram Hicks in Perry Twp in the 1870 Martin Co. census, as this family
is still together in the 1880 census, wife's name "Mandy."
Jacob died in 1877. There doesn't seem to be an Amanda Ragle in the 1880
census that fits his wife (widow). This is also NOT the Amanda Ragle who
married a Boyle (birth records of Walter Richard Boyle Oct 18 1891).
The only clue I've broken out is the existence of an Amanda Ragle widow
age 70 pob. Indiana living in Long Beach, CA in 1920 and deceased in
Salt Lake City in 1922. Old conjectural family records have Jacob Ragle
marrying his cousin Amanda Ragle [yet another Amanda] but this does not
agree with the IN marriage records.
"Amanda Hicks" is such a common name, and the records so twisted, that I
think my only hope to unscramble this is to find a living descendent or
close relative. Anyone out there?
John Ragle