Amanda Eliza McCaleb

Amanda Eliza McCaleb

• Father: Zill H. McCaleb b. circa 1799
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth Martin b. circa 1805

• Amanda Eliza McCaleb was born circa 1840 in Texas.
• She was known as Eliza.
• Zill H. McCaleb and Mary Elizabeth Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas, but little Zill is not enumerated in the household.. Other members of the household included Amanda Eliza McCaleb, Paulina Jane McCaleb, Sophia H. McCaleb, Sarah Frances McCaleb, James McCaleb and Louisa McCaleb.
• She married Charles Henry Thomas, son of (?) Thomas and Mary (?), on 10 February 1859 in Montgomery County, Texas.
• Charles Henry Thomas and Amanda Eliza McCaleb appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas, not far from Amanda's family.. Other members of the household included Rufus W. Thomas. The next household consists of A. Edwards (age 77) likely Charles' maternal grandmother, and Charles' sister E. R. Thomas (age 18), and also "A. Jackson," (age 23), who may actually be their brother Albert Thomas.
• Amanda Eliza McCaleb became a widow at the 12 June 1862 death of her husband Charles Henry Thomas.
• She married Benjamin L. Wright.
• Benjamin L. Wright and Amanda Eliza McCaleb appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Calvert PO, Robertson County, Texas. Other members of the household included William S. Wright, William Henry Thomas, Emma Lou Thomas, Emily Abbott and Charles A. Abbott. Eliza's children from her first marriage are identified as Thomas and Emma Wright.
• Benjamin L. Wright and Amanda Eliza McCaleb appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Robertson County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Meeks Wright, Kate E. Wright, Mary Zill Wright, Benjamin Boone Wright, George McCaleb Wright, Emma Lou Thomas, Marion Adam Dowdy and William Henry Thomas.

• Last Edited: 25 Jun 2013