Amelia Huston was born Amelia Peirce in Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, in about 1823 to parents Major Thomas L. and Ann Lucy (Stanbery) Peirce. (Source: 1850 Federal Census of Zanesville Ward 1, Muskingum Co., Ohio.)
The Peirce surname is probably one of the most misspelled surnames in history, with everyone assuming there has been a transposition of i and e, and feeling the need to change it to "Pierce." This is incorrect. The name *was* actually Peirce (on deeds and other important documents, and on their headstones), which is pronounced as "purse". The fact that the surname was shown correctly on the census means that Thomas Peirce must have gone out of his was to make sure that the census enumerator was spelling the name correctly. (The census was known for butchering spellings of people's names.)
The 1860 Federal Census of Springfield Twp., Muskingum County, Ohio showed Amelia Hoston [Huston], aged 34, born in [Zanesville, Muskingum Co.,] Ohio, living with her father Thomas L. Peirce, aged 69, Farmer, born in [supposedly Marietta, Washington Co.,] Ohio, and her children: Thomas L. Hoston [Huston], aged 4, born in Texas; Ann Lucy Hoston, aged 2, born in New York [named after grandmother Ann Lucy (Stanbery) Peirce and also after her great grandmother Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman Stanbery]; and Grace D. Hoston [Huston], aged 8/12, born [Feb 1860] in [Springfield Twp., Muskingum Co.,] Ohio.
The 1880 Federal Census of Fort Stevenson, Stevens County, Dakota Territory, showed Col. Daniel Huston, aged 56, born in Maine; wife Amelia P. Huston, aged 58, born in Ohio; daughter Anna S[tanbery] Huston, aged 22, born in New York; and daughter Grace D. Huston, aged 20, born in Ohio.
That would be Amelia's last census, as the 1890 census was lost in a fire in Washington, D.C., and she died in 1897, three years before the 1900 census. Which was a shame, because if she'd lived another three years, we could have found out the month and year of her birth.
Following the death of her husband Col. Daniel Huston (on December 2, 1884), Amelia, who was then living in Washington, D.C., completed a Widow's Pension Application on February 28, 1885.
She died on August 4, 1897 in Washington, D.C.
The Peirce surname is probably one of the most misspelled surnames in history, with everyone assuming there has been a transposition of i and e, and feeling the need to change it to "Pierce." This is incorrect. The name *was* actually Peirce (on deeds and other important documents, and on their headstones), which is pronounced as "purse". The fact that the surname was shown correctly on the census means that Thomas Peirce must have gone out of his was to make sure that the census enumerator was spelling the name correctly. (The census was known for butchering spellings of people's names.)
The 1860 Federal Census of Springfield Twp., Muskingum County, Ohio showed Amelia Hoston [Huston], aged 34, born in [Zanesville, Muskingum Co.,] Ohio, living with her father Thomas L. Peirce, aged 69, Farmer, born in [supposedly Marietta, Washington Co.,] Ohio, and her children: Thomas L. Hoston [Huston], aged 4, born in Texas; Ann Lucy Hoston, aged 2, born in New York [named after grandmother Ann Lucy (Stanbery) Peirce and also after her great grandmother Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman Stanbery]; and Grace D. Hoston [Huston], aged 8/12, born [Feb 1860] in [Springfield Twp., Muskingum Co.,] Ohio.
The 1880 Federal Census of Fort Stevenson, Stevens County, Dakota Territory, showed Col. Daniel Huston, aged 56, born in Maine; wife Amelia P. Huston, aged 58, born in Ohio; daughter Anna S[tanbery] Huston, aged 22, born in New York; and daughter Grace D. Huston, aged 20, born in Ohio.
That would be Amelia's last census, as the 1890 census was lost in a fire in Washington, D.C., and she died in 1897, three years before the 1900 census. Which was a shame, because if she'd lived another three years, we could have found out the month and year of her birth.
Following the death of her husband Col. Daniel Huston (on December 2, 1884), Amelia, who was then living in Washington, D.C., completed a Widow's Pension Application on February 28, 1885.
She died on August 4, 1897 in Washington, D.C.
Amelia Huston was born Amelia Peirce in Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, in about 1823 to parents Major Thomas L. and Ann Lucy (Stanbery) Peirce. (Source: 1850 Federal Census of Zanesville Ward 1, Muskingum Co., Ohio.)
The Peirce surname is probably one of the most misspelled surnames in history, with everyone assuming there has been a transposition of i and e, and feeling the need to change it to "Pierce." This is incorrect. The name *was* actually Peirce (on deeds and other important documents, and on their headstones), which is pronounced as "purse". The fact that the surname was shown correctly on the census means that Thomas Peirce must have gone out of his was to make sure that the census enumerator was spelling the name correctly. (The census was known for butchering spellings of people's names.)
The 1860 Federal Census of Springfield Twp., Muskingum County, Ohio showed Amelia Hoston [Huston], aged 34, born in [Zanesville, Muskingum Co.,] Ohio, living with her father Thomas L. Peirce, aged 69, Farmer, born in [supposedly Marietta, Washington Co.,] Ohio, and her children: Thomas L. Hoston [Huston], aged 4, born in Texas; Ann Lucy Hoston, aged 2, born in New York [named after grandmother Ann Lucy (Stanbery) Peirce and also after her great grandmother Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman Stanbery]; and Grace D. Hoston [Huston], aged 8/12, born [Feb 1860] in [Springfield Twp., Muskingum Co.,] Ohio.
The 1880 Federal Census of Fort Stevenson, Stevens County, Dakota Territory, showed Col. Daniel Huston, aged 56, born in Maine; wife Amelia P. Huston, aged 58, born in Ohio; daughter Anna S[tanbery] Huston, aged 22, born in New York; and daughter Grace D. Huston, aged 20, born in Ohio.
That would be Amelia's last census, as the 1890 census was lost in a fire in Washington, D.C., and she died in 1897, three years before the 1900 census. Which was a shame, because if she'd lived another three years, we could have found out the month and year of her birth.
Following the death of her husband Col. Daniel Huston (on December 2, 1884), Amelia, who was then living in Washington, D.C., completed a Widow's Pension Application on February 28, 1885.
She died on August 4, 1897 in Washington, D.C.
The Peirce surname is probably one of the most misspelled surnames in history, with everyone assuming there has been a transposition of i and e, and feeling the need to change it to "Pierce." This is incorrect. The name *was* actually Peirce (on deeds and other important documents, and on their headstones), which is pronounced as "purse". The fact that the surname was shown correctly on the census means that Thomas Peirce must have gone out of his was to make sure that the census enumerator was spelling the name correctly. (The census was known for butchering spellings of people's names.)
The 1860 Federal Census of Springfield Twp., Muskingum County, Ohio showed Amelia Hoston [Huston], aged 34, born in [Zanesville, Muskingum Co.,] Ohio, living with her father Thomas L. Peirce, aged 69, Farmer, born in [supposedly Marietta, Washington Co.,] Ohio, and her children: Thomas L. Hoston [Huston], aged 4, born in Texas; Ann Lucy Hoston, aged 2, born in New York [named after grandmother Ann Lucy (Stanbery) Peirce and also after her great grandmother Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman Stanbery]; and Grace D. Hoston [Huston], aged 8/12, born [Feb 1860] in [Springfield Twp., Muskingum Co.,] Ohio.
The 1880 Federal Census of Fort Stevenson, Stevens County, Dakota Territory, showed Col. Daniel Huston, aged 56, born in Maine; wife Amelia P. Huston, aged 58, born in Ohio; daughter Anna S[tanbery] Huston, aged 22, born in New York; and daughter Grace D. Huston, aged 20, born in Ohio.
That would be Amelia's last census, as the 1890 census was lost in a fire in Washington, D.C., and she died in 1897, three years before the 1900 census. Which was a shame, because if she'd lived another three years, we could have found out the month and year of her birth.
Following the death of her husband Col. Daniel Huston (on December 2, 1884), Amelia, who was then living in Washington, D.C., completed a Widow's Pension Application on February 28, 1885.
She died on August 4, 1897 in Washington, D.C.
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