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.