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Amos Faw

Birth: 3 Jan 1833
Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 22 Jan 1888 (aged 55)
Daviess County, Missouri, USA
Burial: Winston Cemetery

Winston, Daviess County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 22973162 View Source

Amos Faw was the ninth of twelve known children of Jacob Faw (1799-1859) and Mary J. Calloway Faw (1803-1876) who married c1820 in presumably Ashe County, North Carolina. Jacob and Mary lived their married lives in Ashe County, North Carolina. When a young man, the son Amos moved to Fulton County, Illinois where some other family members lived.

Amos married Elvira Wilcoxen (1839-1899) on 04 Feb 1858 at Fulton County, Illinois. Amos and Elvira were the parents of eleven known children, six girls and five boys. Ten of the eleven children lived to maturity. The children were:

1. Mary M Faw Grove (1858-1919)
2. Shadrack C. Faw (1860-young)
3. Laura V. Faw Post (1863-1909)
4. Amos Arnold Faw (1865-1930)
5. Arabella Faw Ray (1866-1926)
6. Bloom Faw (1869-1932)
7. Virginia E Faw Cole (1871-1944)
8. Washington Monroe Faw (1873-1949)
9. Bessie Ann Sandals (1876-1939)
10. Walter James Faw (1878-1930)
11. Effie Prudence Faw Post (1880-1925)

Sometime between 1865 and 1869 the family moved from Fulton County, Illinois to Daviess County, Missouri. Amos died of pneumonia.

Links to Amos's parents, wife, ten of his eleven known children and eight of his eleven known siblings are included below.

Amos Faw was the ninth of twelve known children of Jacob Faw (1799-1859) and Mary J. Calloway Faw (1803-1876) who married c1820 in presumably Ashe County, North Carolina. Jacob and Mary lived their married lives in Ashe County, North Carolina. When a young man, the son Amos moved to Fulton County, Illinois where some other family members lived.

Amos married Elvira Wilcoxen (1839-1899) on 04 Feb 1858 at Fulton County, Illinois. Amos and Elvira were the parents of eleven known children, six girls and five boys. Ten of the eleven children lived to maturity. The children were:

1. Mary M Faw Grove (1858-1919)
2. Shadrack C. Faw (1860-young)
3. Laura V. Faw Post (1863-1909)
4. Amos Arnold Faw (1865-1930)
5. Arabella Faw Ray (1866-1926)
6. Bloom Faw (1869-1932)
7. Virginia E Faw Cole (1871-1944)
8. Washington Monroe Faw (1873-1949)
9. Bessie Ann Sandals (1876-1939)
10. Walter James Faw (1878-1930)
11. Effie Prudence Faw Post (1880-1925)

Sometime between 1865 and 1869 the family moved from Fulton County, Illinois to Daviess County, Missouri. Amos died of pneumonia.

Links to Amos's parents, wife, ten of his eleven known children and eight of his eleven known siblings are included below.

Family Members

Parents

Spouse

Elvira Wilcoxen Faw

1839–1899 (m. 1858)

Siblings

Children

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Maintained by: Dan Stevenson
Originally Created by: Caryn Hood
Added: Nov 18, 2007
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22973162/amos-faw: accessed ), memorial page for Amos Faw (3 Jan 1833–22 Jan 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22973162, citing Winston Cemetery, Winston, Daviess County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Dan Stevenson (contributor 47015440).

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