Eliza C. Wampler and John C. Wyne

Here I go using an obituary notice as a jumping off point. A line in Lydia Zigler Wampler's obituary caught my eye and that is of her and Joseph Wampler's daughter, Eliza C. Wampler ... listed as Mrs. Eliza C. Wampler.

MRS. JOSEPH WAMPLER DIES

Aged Widow Stricken With Heart Failure at Home Near Timberville.

Mrs. Lydia Wampler, widow of Joseph Wampler, died suddenly yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of her son-in-law, Frank B. Holsinger, near Timberville. Death resulted from heart failure.

Mrs. Wampler was a daughter of the late John Zigler. She was one of a family of thirteen children. Her birth date was April 26, 1831, her age, therefore being eighty-five years, eight months and five days. Mrs. Wampler had long been a member of the Church of the Brethren, and was a woman of high Christian character. Mr. Wampler died April 9, 1890.

Surviving Mrs. Wampler are five children. Mrs. Frank B. Holsinger, of near Timberville; Mrs. Eliza Wampler, of Missouri City, Texas; John C., J. William and Samuel, all of whom live in the West. She also leave one brother, Daniel Zigler; of Timbervllle.

The funeral, party will leave the home of Mr. Holsinger at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Services will take place at the Linville Creek Church of the Brethren at 11 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. J. Carson Miller. Interment will be in the Linville Creek Cemetery.

Source: Harrison VA Daily News-Record - Jan 2 1917

Thinking this was yet another distant cousin who, in the past, married a cousin with the same surname. I was curious about which cousin. After all, by this time, a few Wampler descendants had taken up residence in Texas by this point in time. However, although Eliza did marry a cousin, this was apparently misinformation shared in Lydia Zigler Wampler's obit as Eliza C. Wampler's married name, at the time of her mother's passing, was not Wampler.

Eliza C. Wampler married John C. Wyne, son of John Wyne and Elizabeth Zigler, on December 24 1889. Elizabeth Zigler Wyne was Lydia Zigler Wampler's sister. The Wampler/Wampfler Database site and a publication, ("The Ziegler Family Record: A Complete Record of the Ziegler Family from Our Ancestor, Philip Ziegler, Born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1734, Down to the Seventh and Eighth Generations; Including Also Those who are Directly Descended from the Family as Far as Data Could be Obtained" by Jesse Ziegler, Daniel P. Ziegler in 1906), the Wyne surname was spelt as Wine ... therefore by many other family trees shared online.

[hp5-138]   Eliza C, WAMPLER
  b. 18Feb1862
  m. J C WINE (1865-)
  l. [he1-2]Hans->[hp2-9]John->[hp3-10]John->[hp4-21]Joseph=>

I am using the spelling used 1910 and after as shared on John C. Wyne and Eliza C. Wampler's US census reports and their Texas death certificates.

According to John C. Wyne's Texas death certificate he was born November 19 1865 in Virginia to John Wyne and Elizabeth Zigler. He passed away in Houston, Harris County, Texas on January 19 1941. Burial in South Park Cemetery. Information provided by Mrs. Winnie Lee Collins.

According to Eliza C. Wampler Wyne's Texas death certificate she was born February 18 1862 in Virginia to John Wampler and Lydia Zigler. She passed away in Houston, Harris County, Texas on January 6 1944. Burial in South Park Cemetery. Information provided by Mrs. W. E. Lemmon.

According to Eliza C. Wampler and John C. Wyne's 1910 US Census, only they and a servant lived in the household. Things changed by the time of the 1920 US Census as the servant is not listed in the household but three children, stated as adopted daughters: Winnie Lee Wyne(24), Cora Wyne,(16) and Mearle Wyne (14). In the 1930 US Census only Winnie Lee is listed out of the three girls as still residing within the household of John C. Wyne and Eliza C. Wampler Wyne. These are the only US Census reports I have come across, so far, for this couple.