Herman Clinton Broadwater, Amelia Jane Warne, and Mary Magdalene Clem

If Clara J. Wampler Broadwater passed away in 1903, as stated elsewhere, then her spouse, Archibald Broadwater, remarried before his death. From Archibald's obituary notice we see that his daughter, mentioned in the 1900 US Census, was married to a Chester (Arthur) Green, son of Simon Ward Green and Eliza Ellen Broadwater, by the time of his passing. Herman? Is he the Clinton listed in the household back in 1900 ... or a child from Archibald Broadwater's second marriage? Looking at Archibald Broadwater's 1910 US Census report it appears that Herman is the Clinton mentioned back in 1900. Archibald's second wife's name was Margaret.

Herman Clinton Broadwater appears again in court records relating to the probating of his father's will. A 1930 US Census report shares Herman Broadwater married Amelia Jane Warne and they had five children living in the household. Amelia Warne Broadwater passed away in 1933. Herman Clinton Broadwater also registered for World War I and II's draft. This paper trail has him alive at least until 1942, thereby negates the Clinton Broadwater in Whetzel-Fike Cemetery being him but quite possibly his son who passed away in 1917.

Other information, gleamed from another family tree site, shared Clara's middle name was Jane. It also shared that Meda C. was Media Clementine. However, in Archibald Broadwater's obituary, it is stated he was buried in the Weitzel Cemetery. On FindAgrave's listing of internments, for the Whetzel-Fike Cemetery, he is not listed. However, his daughter-in-law and three of his grandchildren were interred at the cemetery.

Further searching on FindAGrave has Herman Clinton Broadwater living until Aug 22 1960 before he passed away in Baltimore City, Maryland. Herman was buried in Philos Cemetery in Westernport, Allegany County, Maryland.

The memorial page for him also shared that Herman Clinton Broadwater married a second time to Mary Magdalene Clem (1901-1994), the daughter of Jacob and Emma Clem. She was a widow of Carl E. Hershberger )1897-1931). Mary Clem Hershberger Broadwater is also buried in Philos Cemetery.

Archibald Broadwater and Clara Jane Wampler

According to information found on an 1870 Census report, Daniel Saylor Wampler was married to Helen L. Weitzell and lived in Somerset County, Pennsylvania with their three children: Clara J. (1866), (Jonas) Elias (~1868), and Benjamin H. Wampler (1870). Clara and Jonas Elias were born in Indiana and Benjamin H. in Pennsylvania. I have only come across the 1870, 1910, and 1920 US Census reports for Daniel S. Wampler. Since none of the children from Daniel Saylor's marriages are mentioned in William Freeman Wampler's obituary, I am leaning to thinking all had passed prior to 1966.

I came across Clara Wampler, born in 1866 and passing in 1903, listed among the 22 individuals stated to be buried in Whetzel-Fike Cemetery in Garret County, Maryland. The memorial page for her stated her spouse was "archibale[sic] broadwater" and I used that information to locate a census report for Archibald Broadwater who had a wife named Clara born 1866 in Indiana. The birth information matched up to the 1870 US Census and the fact she was buried in the same small family cemetery as Daniel Saylor Wampler, Helen L. Weitzel, and Susan Bittinger helped seal the deal. Clara J. Wampler and Archibald Broadwater, according to the 1900 US Census, were married in 1883 and had two children: a daughter named Meda C. (1884) and a son named Clinton (1892).

BROADWATER - Lonaconing- Archibald Broadwater, aged 54 years, died at his home at Avilton on Monday from liver cancer. His wife and son, Herman at home and a daughter, Mrs Chester Green survive. Burial in the Weitzel Cemetery.

Source: Cumberland Times - September 19 1916

Archibald's second wife was Margaret. Although his obituary states he was buried in the Weitzell Cemetery, his name does not appear in the FindAGrave listing of internments for the Whetsell-Fike Cemetery in Garret County, Maryland.

William Freeman Wampler and Mary Emma Dishong

"WILLIAM F. WAMPLER FROSTBURG- William Freeman Wampler, 82, died yesterday from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had reportedly been in ill health for a long period of time. Born in Avilton, Md., he was a son of the late Daniel S. and Susan (Bittinger) Wampler. He was a member of the Cherry Hill Church of the Brethren. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary (Dishong) Wampler; three sons, Saylor Wampler, RD 1, Frostburg; Edward Wampler, RD 2, Frostburg; and Harold Enlow Wampler, Manassas, Va.; seven grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville, where friends will be received from 7 to 9 p. m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. A service will be conducted at the funeral home Friday at 2 p. m. by Rev. Joseph Lewis. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Edwin Wampler, William Wampler, Ervin Wampler, Lawrence Groer, Eugene McKenzie and Leroy Dishong."

Source: Cumberland News January 1966; Page 26

The paper trail, via the above obituary notice and US Veterans payment card for Daniel Saylor Wampler, helps to conclude that William Freeman Wampler is a child from Daniel S. Wampler's second marriage.

"Mrs. Mary Dishong Wampler, 90, Star Route, Frostburg, Md., died September 28, 1978.
  She is survived by two brothers, Samuel Dishong, Hyndman and Herman Dishong, Frostburg, Md.; four sisters, Mrs. Nellie Shumhker, Boynton; Mrs. Goldie Walker, Meyersdale; Mrs. Sylvia Mary, Hershey and Mrs. Marie Carbaugh, Nancock, Md.
  Services were held in the Newman Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl Harper officiating. Interment, Mt. Zion Cemetery."

The Republic October 5 1978

In William Freeman Wampler's widow's obituary notice none of their children are listed among the surviving family members. This would have me leaning to that they had passed away before 1978 but, according to one of her grandchildren's 2000 obituary, and incorrect assumption. Mary Emma Dishong Wampler was the daughter of John Charles Dishong and Martha Elizabeth Oner.

Daniel Saylor Wampler, Helen L. Weitzel, and Susan Bettinger

[hp3-18]   Jonas, WAMPLER
  b. 3Feb1814; Rockingham Co VA {kso}
  n. only child born in VA
  d. 2Feb1904
  m. Catherine LONG (21Feb1815-18Jun1892)
  n. Catherine dau Benjamin LONG and Elizabeth GARBER {mas}
  o. farmer
  r. Staunton VA near Highway 254 at Christian's Creek
  n. see note on farm location BSW bk9 p36
  l. [he1-2]Hans->[hp2-9]John=>

[hp4-28]   Daniel Saylor, WAMPLER
  b. 21May1844
  d. 12Oct1928
  r. Cherry Grove MD
  re. Church of the Brethren
  l. [he1-2]Hans->[hp2-9]John->[hp3-18]Jonas=>

‘ Source: Wampler-Wampfler Database

I came across a Veteran Pension file for a Daniel S. Wampler that died on October 12, 1928. According to the record Daniel S. Wampler served as Private in 147th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Co. H. It also stated he was disabled but does not share what his disability would’ve been. He started to receive the pension in 1890. On this same file a reimbursement noted made to a William Wampler in Frostburg, Maryland in January 1929.

Additional information about Daniel Saylor’s military service:
“Wampler, Daniel Saylor

* Born 1844 in Staunton, Augusta Co. Va.
* Living in Summit Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. in Aug. 1870
* Private Co. H 147th Regiment Indiana Infantry
* Enrolled Jan. 30, 1865
* Mustered out Aug. 4, 1865
* Fractured left leg while in service
* Released from hospital July 7, 1865

SOURCE:
* Bittinger Family History, Somerset Co. Historical Society
* Soldiers and Sailors System”

His enlistment is further backed up, in online researching, through FamilySearch's United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865. Combining all this information I now have two names to work with, William Wampler and Bittinger, and three states, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

William is a common name, but curiosity leads to thinking this has to be a child of Daniel S. Wampler (in order to receive any monies from Daniel’s military pension). However the Wampler/Wampfler Database entry, listed above, does not list any spouses for Daniel Saylor Wampler. FindAGrave search for a Daniel Wampler born in 1844 did not provide any assistance. but using just the year of death of 1928 lead to an entry. According to the memorial page, Daniel Wampler was born in 1842 and died 1928 in Garrett County, Maryland. He is buried in Whetzell-Fike Cemetery in Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland. It also listed a Susan Bittenger as his spouse. Her memorial page only shares she died in Garrett County, Maryland and was buried in the same cemetery. So he had a spouse, Susan, but we know little about her other than her maiden name which happens to be similar to the family history resource used above for his military service.

Using this little bit of information I came across an obituary notice for the William mentioned above in the Veteran Pension file:

WILLIAM F. WAMPLER FROSTBURG - William Freeman Wampler, 82, died yesterday [...] Born in Avilton, Md., he was a son of the late Daniel S. and Susan (Bittinger) Wampler. He was a member of the Cherry Hill Church of the Brethren. [...]

Source: Cumberland Evening Times - January 12 1966; Page 26

But, I am not finished with Daniel Saylor Wampler as he leaves an interesting trail on paper. He appears in 1850 US Census for Augusta County VA in the household of his parents. Then he appears again in the 1870 US Census living in Somerset County PA. In the PA census records he is listed having a wife named Helen and three children: Clara, Elias, and Benjamin H. Wampler.

Who is this Helen? Daniel may provide a clue as he is buried in Whetzell-Fike Cemetery and, with 22 internments shared on FindAGrave, this is likely a family cemetery.

In this cemetery there are two Clara Wampler listed as among the internments but one with the birth year of 1866. This would coincide with the information on Daniel’s 1870 Pennsylvania US Census. Clara Wampler Broadwater’s memorial page mentions she was married to a “Archibale[sic] Broadwater”. I found Archibald Broadwater’s 1900 US Census report from Garrett County, Maryland that had a spouse named Clara … born in Indiana. So this would help confirm this is Daniel Saylor Wampler’s daughter. This would also be the only US Census she would appear in after marriage, due to there wasn’t one taken in 1890 and she passed away in 1903.

Scrolling down the list, there is a Helen L. Weitzel listed but provides no clues on if this the Helen appearing in the 1870 US Census with Daniel. Our Helen is listed as being born around 1847 and the cemetery provides only two people that may been her parents, if this Helen L. Weitzel is one and the same, and that is Elias and Fannie Weitzel.

Doing math on information shared in William Freeman Wampler’s obituary, if he was 82 in 1966 this would have him born about 1884. If Daniel Saylor married a second time then it was between 1870, when he took the US Census, and 1883. This would also mean that Helen may have passed away within that same span of time. Applying math skills onto Daniel Saylor Wampler’s later US Census 1910 and 1920 reports with Susan Bittenger, without indepth research but a cursory glance at the 1850 US census reports taken in Maryland, I have narrowed down her parents to being: Solomon and Ann Bittinger or Peter and Sarah Bittinger.

Based upon these US Census reports, I have come to the conclusion that Daniel Saylor Wampler married Helen L. Weitzel and had three children in Indiana and Pennsylvania. If she passed away in Pennsylvania, it would make sense that Daniel S. Wampler may have moved to Maryland so her family could help with the children. Based upon obituaries and US Census reports, Daniel married again before 1884 to a Susan(na) Bittinger/Biddinger. One source has Daniel Saylor and Susan Bittinger Wampler having three children in Maryland. So, until we come across more information, I will work with the notion he had between 4 to 6 children through his two marriages.

Wampler-Wampfler Database Information Correction: Royal Edward Wampler's Children

In regard to the children of Royal Edward Wampler and Goldena R. Gilmore of Knox County, Indiana:

[hg7-98]  Royal Franklin, WAMPLER
  b. 1960
  d. died early
  l. [he1-8]Hans->[hg2-4]George->[hg3-12]Stephen->[hg4-38]Daniel->[hg5-77]Franklin->[hg6-105]Royal=>

[hg7-99]  Elizabeth Ann, WAMPLER
  b. 1969
  d. died early
  l. [he1-8]Hans->[hg2-4]George->[hg3-12]Stephen->[hg4-38]Daniel->[hg5-77]Franklin->[hg6-105]Royal=>

The birth years listed for these two are very wrong. Even if you base it upon the 1880 birth year of Royal Edward Wampler alone. However, thanks to familysearch.org's site, I have come across more accurate birth information for these two individuals.

On Elizabeth Ann Wampler's 1932 marriage application, to Everett Messel, she listed her birth date as Jan 27 1914. According to the 1940 US Census, Elizabeth and Everett apparently had a daughter named Sue, around 1933, that was listed as living with Royal Edward and Goldena Wampler. Everett Messel enlisted in the Army in April 1941 and stated he was divorced with dependents. He married a second time, in 1947, to Muriel DeCoursey and had 3 more children.

On the October 1941 marriage application, of Royal Franklin Wampler to Evelyn Lorean Fisher Ragsdale, Frank stated his birth date as Feb 17 1911 and that both of his parents were deceased. This was Royal Franklin Wampler's second marriage, he states his first marriage ended in divorce in 1938. Evelyn Lorean Fisher was previously married to Waldo Luther Ragsdale, had a daughter, and divorced in 1940. Evelyn married yet one more time as, in her and Waldo's daughter obituary, her last name was listed as White. I have not come across information about Royal Franklin Wampler's first marriage.

In 1930 US Census, Royal Franklin Wampler is listed living with his aunt, Mayfair Hannah Gilmore, and her husband, Murlin Walker Boyd, in Indianapolis. Waldo R. Luking, 28, is listed as being a boarder in the household. From what I've ascertained, according to US Census reports, Murlin and Mayfair did not have any children. Murlin was the son of David F. Boyd and Louetta Neal of Knox County.

Royal Edward Wampler's wife, Goldena R., and her sister, Mayfair Hannah, were daughters of William M. Gilmore and Charlotte Ann "Lottie" Wallace.

At this point in time, I have not come across when Royal Franklin or Elizabeth Ann passed away. Wondering if perhaps the years listed for them of 1969 and 1960,on the Wampler/Wampfler Database site, are when they passed versus born?

Wampler-Wampfler Database Correction: Tyler Milton Wampler's Children With Eva Mae McCoskey

In regard to the children of Tyler Milton Wampler and Eva Mae McCoskey:

[hg6-268]  Robert M, WAMPLER
  l. [he1-8]Hans->[hg2-9]Jacob->[hg3-49]Rufus->[hg4-150]George->[hg5-258]Tyler=>

[hg6-269]  G M, WAMPLER
  l. [he1-8]Hans->[hg2-9]Jacob->[hg3-49]Rufus->[hg4-150]George->[hg5-258]Tyler=>

[hg6-270]  Betty Jo, WAMPLER
  l. [he1-8]Hans->[hg2-9]Jacob->[hg3-49]Rufus->[hg4-150]George->[hg5-258]Tyler=>

Robert Wampler's middle name was Milton. He was born April 17 1923 in Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana. Robert Wampler died May 8 1984 in Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana. He married Marjorie Ilene Palmer, daughter of Coy Joseph Palmer and Alice Irene Craddock, in Washington, Daviess County, Indiana in June 1944. They had three children (all still living).

G. M. Wampler is actually George Edward Wampler. He was born in 1924 in Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana. He passed away Mar 15 1976 in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. He married Edith Condit, daughter of Herschel G. Condit and Mary Louise Turpin. They had one child.

Betty Jo Wampler was born 1926 in Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana. She passed away October 17 2004 in Greenfield, Hancock County. Indiana. She married - last name of Shelton. They had three children (all still living).

Majority of the above information gleamed from FindaGrave.com and family.