Harvey George Wampler

So, I am working on uncovering what the source notation, of "Dorothy of the George Christian Wampler site", thought listed that involved Stuart David, Clarence Augusta, and Harvey George Wampler. I have the Wampler/Wampfler Database listing of children for Clarence Augusta Wampler, and his wife - Martha Janie Johnson, differing, or incomplete, in comparison to the listing of children shared for the couple on Martha Janie Johnson Wampler's FindaGrave Memorial page.

Using the Database's information, Harvey George Wampler and Dorothy Elizabeth Candler, daughter of Singleton Candler and Adeline Harriet Bausell, married March 21, 1864 in Russell County, Virginia and were the parents of Clarence Augusta Wampler. A 1900 US Census, for Ervington District, Dickenson County, Virginia helps to confirm this connection as, in the household of Harvey G. and Dortha E. Wampler, there is a Clarence A. Wampler listed as their son, along with another son, John T. Wampler. So, with one source of information, we have already added a sibling for Clarence Augusta Wampler.

(As a side note, the couple also had two lodgers listed on the 1900 US Census report: Douglas Beverly (age 5) and Nora L. Castle (age 3). I am sharing this information now as it may, or may not, be of use in the future within the family tree thoughts.)

Anyway, thanks to this one census report, it appears that Harvey G. Wampler and Dorothy Elizabeth Chandler had at least two children. I also found online Virginia Birth & Christening records for (Martha) Allis (Alice), David C., a male child born May 1, 1867, and Mary A. Wampler; Virginia Marriage for Arnold A. Wampler to Louisa J. Rasnake; and Tennessee Death record for Tabitha Ellen Wampler Hillman. The May 1, 1867 birth record closely matches with information for Casaway T. Wampler whose birth date, on some sources, is listed as May 5, 1867.

With these handful of records and the 1870 US Census report, I have the following nine children for Harvey George Wampler and Dorothy Elizabeth Candler: Martha Alice, William R., Tabitha Ellen, Arnold A., Casaway T., Clarence A., David C., John T., and Mary A. Wampler.

Harvey George Wampler is mentioned another time, within the Wampler/Wampfler Database in reference to one of his nephews:

[hm5-203]   William Patton, WAMPLER
  b. 10Dec1845
  n. one source give born Dec 1846
  d. 23Nov1925, bur. Austin Cemetery, Venia, Buchanan Co. VA
  m. Mary C BANYAN, (9Aug1849-3Dec1911), 21Apr1860, Pike Co. KY
  n. one source gives born Aug1845
  n. in 1910 William and Mary are found in Evinton, Dickenson Co with grandson Holland (Robert's son)
  n. Sometime after Mary's death, William begins living with his son Robert
  o. farmer
  r. Virginia, Kentucky (Pike Co.), Virginia (Dickenson Co)
  n. Mary dau Jefferson and Anna BANYAN
  n. Mary bur. Austin Cemetery, Venia, Buchanan Co. VA
  n. William and Mary living with her parents in 1870 in Pike Co. KY
  n. the 1870 census page where they are listed has two BANYAN and two BLANKENSHIP families
  n. with William's brother Canary working on the Alexander BANYAN farm near the BLANKENSHIP farm where his wife to be resides
  n. by 1900, William and family are back in Virginia (Dickenson county) on a farm near his uncle Harvey G WAMPLER
  sc. Paula S. Parsons {psp}, {jw-n11}
  l. [he1-3]Hans->[hm2-2]George->[hm3-3]George->[hm4-17]Jesse=>

Source: Wampler/Wampfler Database

However, now I can backtrack to the cryptic source notation thoughts, shared with Stuart David Wampler's entry on the Wampler/Wampfler Database that led to Harvey George Wampler, of "Dorothy of the George Christian Wampler site". Without knowing what was actually shared, I am speculating that Dorothy may have supplied information to help verify Harvey George Wampler as the son of George Christian Wampler and his wife, Mary. On Harvey George Wampler's marriage license information his parents listed being Christian and Mary Wampler.

In the process I also managed to uncover more information about Harvey George Wampler (3rd cousin 3x removed to me), Dorothy Elizabeth Candler, and their children (4th cousins twice removed to me).

Stuart David Wampler

[hm6-320]   Stuart David, WAMPLER
&nsbp; b. 11Mar1919
  m. Edith ALLEN
  sc. See [hm4-21]
  l. [he1-3]Hans->[hm2-2]George->[hm3-3]George->[hm4-21]Harvey->[hm5-223]Clarence=>

Source: Wampler/Wampfler Database

If we follow the source notation, of hm4-21, this leads us to:

[hm4-21]   Harvey George, WAMPLER
  b. 10Dec1832, Russell Co VA
  m. Dorothy Elizabeth CHANDLER
  sc. Dorothy from George Christian Wampler site
  l. [he1-3]Hans->[hm2-2]George->[hm3-3]George=>

Source: Wampler/Wampfler Database

(Side notation: I have Dorothy Elizabeth's last name as Candler in my notes. Therefore, I may refer to her, if using her maiden name, as Dorothy Elizabeth Candler.)

The link shared for George Christian Wampler site, of www.claynet.com/athomas/wampler/, leads to a 404 Page Not Found. At the time of posting this information, I have not ascertained where the site was moved to ... therefore limited, at the moment, as to what is shared on the Database. Particularly when looking at the dates involved the odds are in favor of the Dorothy, listed as the source for the information for Harvey George Wampler, is not the Dorothy listed as Harvey's wife. This also means I do not have access to what information Dorothy originally shared about Harvey George Wampler through their personal web site.

My tactic is first to uncover what information is available for Stuart David Wampler as some of that may be of help to fill in the information gap. In doing this, I came across the following:

Stuart David Wampler, 87 of Fairlawn, passed away Monday, July 17, 2006 at his home. He was a Member of the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. He was born [March 11, 1919] and raised in Russell County by his late parents Clarence A. and Martha Janie Johnson Wampler, also preceded in death by his wife of 58 years Edith Mattie Allen Wampler [daughter of Jesse W. and Lena P. Allen]. Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Bonnie and Bill Bradberry of Christiansburg; Elaine and David Hite of Dublin; Teresa and Rick Vest of Canton, GA; seven grandchildren and spouses, Amanda and Jake Little, David Shumate, Shawn and Kim Hite, Ryan and Jamie Hite, Dexter Shumate, Ricky Vest Jr., and Tony Vest; four great-grandchildren, Justin Hite, Joshua Mayer, Austin Hite, Camden Hite; two sisters, Frances Gobble and Beulah Morris. Funeral services will be held 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at Fairlawn Presbyterian Church with Rev. Terry Woodard officiating. Graveside services will be held Thursday at 12:00 noon at Highland Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Dublin. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Fairlawn Presbyterian Church. The family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home in Radford.

Given Name: Stuart
Middle Name: D
Surname: Wampler
Birth Date: 11 March 1919
Social Security Number: 230-14-0896
State: Virginia
Last Place of Residence: Radford, Virginia
Previous Residence Postal Code: 24141
Event Date: 17 July 2006
Age: 87

Source: United States Social Security Death Index familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V3YM-45S

There I hit a brick wall with this avenue. Going through FindAGrave links shared, for Stuart David Wampler's parents, it states Clarence Augusta Wampler and Martha Janie Johnson Wampler were interred in Temple Hill Memorial Park at Castlewood, Russell County, Virginia. On the created Memorial pages both Clarence and Martha's death dates are listed as "unknown" as of September 12, 2014. Martha is said to be the daughter of Levi Jarvis Johnson and Elizabeth Ivy.

On Clarence Augusta Wampler's Memorial page there is very little information shared (birthdate of April 11, 1874 in Carroll County, Virginia). On his wife's page, the person shared a birthdate of Feb. 22, 1879 and a(n unlinked) listing of children for the couple: Alverta Henrietta Wampler Greening 1904 xxxx, Charles Abel Wampler 1906 1996, Ray Pierce Wampler 1908 1992, Ernest Levi Wampler 1910 xxxx, Beulah Mary Wampler Morris 1912 xxxx, Alice Bell Wampler Fugate 1915 1938, Iris Ellen Wampler Farmer 1916 xxxx, Stuart David Wampler 1919 2006, and Frances Martha Wampler Gobble 1921 xxxx.

Referring back to the Wampler/Wampfler Database we can garner more information: [hm5-223]   Clarence Augusta, WAMPLER
  b. 11Apr 1874; Buchanan VA
  d. 3Sep1954
  m. Martha Jane JOHNSON (22Feb1879-9Jun1953); 24Jun1903 Clintwood VA
  sc. See hm5-223
  l. [he1-3]Hans->[hm2-2]George->[hm3-3]George->[hm4-21]Harvey=>

Source: Wampler/Wampfler Database

Which hm5-223 leads us to .. well, Clarence Augusta Wampler himself. None of the other children, listed on Martha Janie Johnson Wampler's Memorial page, on FindaGrave, are listed within the Wampler/Wampfler Database. So, using the information provided on those two sources, we have a bit of a mystery to work on in sorting the sources of the information shared!

Sprankle Snyder, Elizabeth Allen, Martha Christina Sabin, Elizabeth Kyler, Lydia Wyne, and children

Sprankle Snyder was born 1831 in Ohio to Samuel Benton Snyder and Elizabeth Sprankle. He married four times during the course of his life. This gets confusing as some people know about two or maybe three of his marriages and, oddly, vice versa.

What may not help, with the confusion, is The Ziegler Family Record, in 1906, listed him as "a Mr. Snyder of California" and then in family trees, for his fourth marriage, mispelt(?) as Spangle, Sprangle, or Spangler - as exampled in the 1990 edition of The Ziegler Family Record by Floyd R. Mason. In contrast when it comes to Ohio, Missouri, and Nebraska biographical sketches, shared about his parents or other family members, plus in a news clippings about one of his marriages, on census reports, and voter registration his first name was spelt Sprankle. I will be using the spelling of Sprankle since that, from his own hand or side, is what appears most often in the paper trail, while saying that if you happen to be researching this gentleman 0 then know in advance to try the variety of spellings shared for his first name.

Elizabeth Allen (Aug 1821), daughter of Rial Easter Allen (1791-1865) and Margaret Moore Evins (1784-1843), became Sprankle Snyder's first wife. She was ten years older than him at the time of their 1853 marriage in Missouri. This confuses people at first, thinking the bride's birth year is wrong, but it has been verified that the birth years are correct. Elizabeth passed away in Aug 1872. There were no children.

In April of 1875 Sprankle Snyder married Martha Christina Sabin (1844 - Ohio) in Andrew County, Missouri. Christina passed away June 3, 1883 in Longmount, Bloulder County, Colorado. No children from this marriage.

July 4, 1883 Sprankle Snyder married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Keyler (Kyler) in Andrew County, Missouri. From this marriage there were three sons: Lee Roy (1884 Missouri), Samuel C. (1886 Missouri), and Myrl Bird (1887 Missouri). Some sources have Lizzie Kyler passing away in 1910 but may have been 1888-1889 when Sprankle became a widower for a third time.

Sprankle Snyder shows up Piatt County, Illinois marriage records when he marries Lydia Wyne in Dec 1889. Lydia was the daughter of John C. Wyne and Elizabeth Ziegler who had moved from Rockingham County, Virginia to Cerro Gordo, Piatt County, Illinois with some of their other children. This was Lydia Wyne's first marriage.

Sprankle and Lydia, and Sprankle's sons, show up in 1900 US Census living in Los Angeles County, California. Sprankle was a fruit farmer. He passed away before the 1910 US Census as Lydia is listed as Head of Household. Sprankle's sons do not appear within the household but Ruth Frances (1898 California), Edna (1902 Missouri), and Elsie (1898 USA) are listed as Adopted Daughters and all three have the last name of Snyder. These three girls do not appear in the 1920 Los Angeles County, California US Censusl Lydia is listed Head of Household with another adopted daughter, Catherine Snyder (1911 California). In 1930 US Census Lydia Wyne Snyder is still in Los Angeles County, California and has two lodgers listed living in her household. Lydia Snyder passed away October 20, 1935.

Sprankle Snyder and Lydia Wyne are listed as the parents of Ruth Frances Snyder when she marries George D. Martin (1888) in September 1913.

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Lee Roy Snyder immigrated to British Columbia, Canada in 1906. He passed away April 30 1957 from an accidental poisoning. Lee Roy married Flora McKeeknie according to his death certificate. Uncertain on if they had any children.

Samuel C. Snyder appears in 1910 US Census as to residing in Redlands, San Bernadino County, California. In 1920 he appears back in Los Angeles County, California with his wife, Laura E., and her brother, Forrest Edwards. Samuel and Laura Snyder are still in Los Angeles County, California when the 1930 US Census was taken. It does not appear that Samuel C. Snyder had children.

Myrl Bird Snyder tried to get himself exempted from the Ventura, California draft for World War I claiming poor eyesight and "slightly nervousness". In 1917 he is a private in Company H 103rd Infantry in Venture, California and was discharged March 10 1918. In 1926 Myrl is in Sawtelle, California where he is in a hospital for soldiers. He passed Aug 13 1948 and is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery. It appears that Myrl Bird Snyder never married.