Amanda Virginia (Funk) Pierce, 1859-1923
Signature from husband Charles Pierce's probate papers AMANDA VIRGINIA (FUNK) PIERCE was born in Conowingo, Maryland, on 3 January 1859 to parents Samuel S. and Mary Ann (Schultz) Funk. [1] She grew up in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, living with her parents and three sisters Elizabeth, Susan and Clara. [2] On 30 December 1875, when Amanda was just days shy of turning 17 years old, she married Charles H. Pierce at the Oxford Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church in Chester County, Pennsylvania. [3] About ten months later, she gave birth to the first of her nine children. The family bible documents the children born to Amanda and Charles Pierce [4] : Amanda delivered a child every two to three years over a span of 20 years. Only one child, her second, named Mildred, didn’t live to adulthood. Mildred died on 30 January 1879 at just 5 days old. [5] Amanda supported her husband and family with what was likely the typical ho...