Research: Other source lists her birth place Jobs Settlement, McDonough County, Illinois. All in Hancock County now ? Raised with the Perkins DEATH: Vera told the story to daughter Dorothy Orcutt that Amanda had dropsy, congestive heart failure or kidneys causing edma. They had special rocking chair to keep her comfortable that still is in the family somewhere. BIOGRAPHY: Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 Perkins, Amanda Ellen (Hollingshead) Birth Date: 27 July 1838 Death Date: 21 Sep. 1903 Gender: Female Age: 9 Company: Brigham Young Company (1848) /churchhistory/library/pioneercompany/0,15797,4017-1-4,00.html Pioneer Information: She was the daughter of Isaac and Mercy Wilcox Hollingshead, but at the age of two weeks she was given to Dicy Perkins who was the only mother she ever knew. Her own mother died at her birth. She crossed the plains as a "Perkins." Sources: Smith, Amanda Ellen Hollingshead Perkins, Memorial from Magrath Ward Relief Society, before 25 Sep. 1903. BIRTH: AFN:1F71-1X Seal to Parents: Donna Crandall