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Amanda Mischbaugh (1867-

Amanda Mischbaugh was the daughter of Augusta Mischbaugh and Christena Michalk. Both of her parents had immigrated from Germany. She was born in August 1867 in Pennsylvania. She was married to Oswald Mischbaugh her cousin in 1889. See the paragraph below describing their elopement from the Pittsburg Dispatch dated 21 November 1889.

The 1890 U. S. Census data was destroyed.

On the 1900 U.S. Federal Census she was listed as Amanda Missbach. She was living with her family in Ben Avon Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

We are not sure what happened between 1910 and 1920 but it appears that Oswald is no longer listed. We are not sure what happened to him and have not been able to locate any additional information. We found a reference to Amanda Misbaugh from the Arizona, Marriages, 1888-1908 showing she married Joseph L. Dillon or James L. Dillon on 6 January 1917 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. Amanda then appears in the 1920 U. S. Census located in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona with her son and daughter, William and Katherine. She was listed as hotel keeper.

We cannot find any records on Amanda or James after the 1920 census. We did find records of her sister, Jennie Mischbaugh in Arizona in 1930 and her children William and Katherine were still living in Arizona in 1930. Her daughter Helen had moved to California.

Children of Oswald and Amanda were:

Helen M. Mischbaugh
William R. Mischbaugh - (1896 – 1971)
John C. Mischbaugh
Catherine A. Mischbaugh

The Young People Settled It

Pittsburg Dispatch dated 21 November 1889

Augusta Misbaugh	45
Christena Misbaugh	44
William Misbaugh	12
Clarra Misbaugh	10
Jannie Misbaugh	8
Mack Misbaugh	6
Amanda Misbaugh	4

1870 Census

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Name	Age
A. Mischbauch	53
Mena Mischbauch	56
Clara Mischbauch	20
Jennie Mischbauch	18
Max Mischbauch	16
Amanda Mischbauch	14

1880 Census

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Name	Age
Oswald Missbach	42
Amanda M Missbach	32
Hellen M Missbach	9
William R Missbach	4
John C Missbach	0/12
Bertha L Wietzke	19

1900 Census

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The conflict of a young lover with the parents of his inamorata, which began in a shooting scrape and continued in a Justice Court wrangle, was suddenly terminated yesterday morning by the elopement of Amanda Misbaugh, of West Bellevue, with Oswald Misbaugh, her cousin. No one knows but the young people which Gretna Green was the destination.

Name	Age
Oswald R Missbach	48
Emanda Missbach	38
Helen M Missbach	18
William R Missbach	14
Katherine A Missbach	9

1910 Census

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Name	Age
James L Dillon	57
Amanda Dillon	53
William Misbaugh	23
Katherine Misbaugh	19 [17]
Ratha Meek	26
Joseph Simon	26
Margaret Simon	18
Lula Montgomery	38
R B Hefflemen	18
Roderick Walker	36
Leslie C Jenkins	21
Lewis I Brown	21
Robert Burch	22