Amanda Jane Wampler (1854-1923)

I have seen variations to the spelling of Amanda's mother's maiden name. On my side I have decided to go with Whisenand for consistency when sharing the maiden name within the tree and this places like this blog.

That being said, Amanda Jane Wampler was the daughter of Hiram Wampler (1815-1868) and Susan Whisenand (1818-1871). She was born 2 Apr 1854 in McLean county, Illinois - possibly in or nearby to Arrowsmith Township. Her nickname was Mandy.

[hm5-59] Amanda Jane, WAMPLER
   b. 2Apr1854; Arrowsmith Township IL
   m. Frank MARSH
   l. [he1-3]Hans->[hm2-5]Peter->[hm3-12]Jacob->[hm4-24]Hiram=>
Source: Wampfler/Wampler Database

Information from the Wampfler/Wampler Database is, for the most part, correct. It is, however, incomplete information for Amanda's life.

On 24 Dec 1874, in McLean county, Illinois, Amanda Jane married a John Franklin Marsh. Information I found for him is that he was born 10 Apr 1853 in Dawson Township, McLean county, Illinois to John Marsh and Eliza Hobart. The marriage between John Franklin Marsh and Amanda J. Wampler resulted in a daughter born on 14 Jul 1876 and named Goldie M. Marsh.

Amanda Wampler and John Franklin Marsh were divorced sometime between 1880 and 1888. John Franklin Marsh lived until 27 Jun 1932 and resided in Arrowsmith Township at the time of his passing - and Amanda's paper trail alone helps to share they were no longer husband and wife. I am personally leaning to the divorce happening before Feb 1885 due to this newspaper clipping I came across:

Miss Amanda Wampler, of Arrowsmith, will go to Wellington, Kas., next Monday, to make her future home with her brother, John, who is visiting at Arrowsmith at present.
The Pantagraph, 4 Feb 1885, Wed, Page 2

The thought of moving to Kansas did not last long as, per Mandy's paper trail, she is back in McLean county when she marries for the second time on 20 Feb 1889 to a Francis Marion Huckleberry. He was born 29 Apr 1857 in Blue Lick, Clark county, Indiana to George Huckleberry and Louisa Thompson.

Maybe the spouse's name, listed for Amanda Jane's entry above, was an accidental "mash up" of both husbands' names? Possible.

Amanda's marriage to Francis Huckleberry resulted in two children. A daughter, Leona Pearl, was 5 Jan 1891 in McLean county, Illinois. On 20 Oct 1895 a son, named Harry Willard, joined the family.

In 1898 Goldie M. Marsh passes away and she's buried in Ellsworth, McLean county, Illinois. So far, per my personal research, it does not appear that Goldie ever married.

On 19 Feb 1923, in Cheneys Grove, McLean county, Illinois, Amanda Jane Wampler Huckleberry passed away. She is buried in Ellsworth, McLean county, Illinois. Francis Marion did not remarry and he later passed away 20 Jan 1947. He is also buried in Ellsworth, McLean county, Illinois.

Leona Pearl Huckleberry does not marry and she passed away 23 Jan 1982. She is also buried in Ellsworth, McLean county, Illinois.

Harry Willard Huckleberry enlisted in the military 24 Mar 1918 and was discharged 3 May 1919. He does not marry either and passed away 14 Mar 1984 in Champaign, Champaign county, Illinois. He is buried in Ellsworth, McLean county, Illinois.

John Byars Wampler (1843-1885) and Minnie A. Buck's (1864-1896) Children

John Byars Wampler married Minnie A. Buck, daughter of Charles Marquis Buck and Hannah Wellborn, in a double wedding ceremony in August of 1881. (The other couple was W. Armitage and Maud Noyes. John was friends with the couple and also with Maud's brother, Alva(h) Noyes who would later marry Minnie Buck's sister, Hattie. Alva would later write a short book, "Story of Ajax", about his early adult years in Montana in which he would mention John and John's other brothers periodically within it.)

John B. Wampler died, in 1885, as a result of blood poisoning that came about due to infection in his leg. It is said that he was buried somewhere on his Montana homestead. Minnie remarried and died a few years later, in April of 1898, in California. (Her FindAGrave memorial page has Minnie's middle name being Belle, which I don't know where they got that from as in newspapers her middle initial was listed as A, not B.)

The brief 4 year marriage of John B. and Minnie A. (Buck) Wampler resulted in two children. A daughter named Lorene May Wampler, born in 1882, and a son named Walter F. Wampler, born in 1884. Reece Bowen Wampler, John Byars' brother who also lived in Montana at the time, applied and was approved to be guardian of the children.

Lorene May was born 19 Jun 1882, probably in Big Hole - where John B. Wampler had his homestead, but I have seen her birthplace listed as Butte, Silver Bow county, Montana online. She doesn't appear in an available census report with Reece B. Wampler. Sometime after her mother's passing, and before 1900, it appears that she went to Knox county, Indiana. She lived in that area for the rest of her life until her passing on 24 Apr 1976.

Lorene was married Charles D. Steffy, son of Joseph and Mary Purcell Steffy, on 28 Dec 1901 in Bruceville, Knox county, Indiana. This marriage resulted in three children together: Charles Curtis Steffy, who died around the age of 12, Walter E. Steffy, and a daughter, Nellie M. Steffy.

MARRIED.
Charles D. Steffy of Wheatland, and Miss Lovene[sic?] May Wampler of Fritchton, were married Wednesday by Rev. R. H. Hooke at the Upper Indiana parsonage.
Source: Western Sun - 20 December 1901 - Page 7

Walter F. Wampler was born 10 Dec 1884 - reportedly in Knox county, Indiana. I perused the Indiana birth index, on Ancestry, and cannot find a record for him there. Walter is listed in a 1900 US census report in Reece Bowen Wampler's household. On that census his birth information is listed as Dec 1884, which had him being 16 at the time. His obit also shared that he was born in Vincennes, Knox county, Indiana on 10 Dec 1884. (Some people are apparently attaching him to a 2 Mar 1883 birth where the mother's name is listed as Emma, but that date conflicts with the other information about him having a December birth date.)

Walter never married and he died 14 Nov 1905 in Nye county, Nevada, shortly before his 21st birthday, from pneumonia, and he is buried in Tonapah, Nye county, Nevada.

John Byars Wampler and his younger brother, Reece Bowen Wampler, both had sons they gave the first name of Walter to, per their own paper trails, but their sons were each born in different years. Reeece Bowen's son died in Chicago, Illinois in 1881 and was buried in Knox county, Indiana - his headstone has become worn down from weather and age, and apparently they referred to him by his middle name, Audley, versus as Walter.

Children of Harvey S. Wampler (1828-1885) and Martha Jane Harrison (1840-1914)

This posting serves as an update, of sorts, to information shared about Harvey S. Wampler (1828-1885) to share a little more about his children (than was previously shared).

Harvey S. Wampler married Martha Jane Harrison 30 Nov 1862 in Knox county, Indiana. Per the US Census reports, they resided in Washington Township and had at least six children: Joseph A., Elizabeth, Mary Ashby, Flora Ardelia "Della", Lillian M. "Lillie", and Nellie Dove Wampler. Martha Jane and the children remained in Washington Township after Harvey's death per the 1900 US Census.

Joseph A. Wampler was born, per census reports, in Jan 1864. His California death records list the full date of birth as 22 Jan 1864 and it was from those records where I got his middle initial. By 1910 he is in Washington and his occupation is listed as Logger for that year's census. In 1930 he is listed in Stockton State Hospital for Insane in Stockton, California. He died 18 Dec 1967 and was cremated. In the 1910 US Census he is listed being Single, in 1930 US Census and his death records his marital status is stated to being Unknown. I have not located his 1900 and 1920 US Census to help peg down around when he left Indiana for Washington and/or left Washington for California. I have not located marriage records - so he may have been a bachelor at time of death.

Elizabeth Wampler appears only in the 1870 US Census with estimated birth year for her is 1869. This leans thoughts to she probably died between when the census was taken in 1870 and before it was taken in 1880. Her burial location is unknown.

Mary Ashby Wampler was born 5 Apr 1871 and she married Jesse D. Grigsby. Together Mary and Jesse Grigsby had eight children. Mary died 3 Apr 1946 in Vincennes, Knox county, Indiana and is buried in Sumner, Lawrence county, Illinois next to her husband.

Flora Ardelia "Della" Wampler was born 3 Oct 1872 and she married twice; first marriage was to Clinton Wood and together they had seven children, and Della's second marriage was to F. W. Griffin in Arkansas, which did not have any children. Della, per online trees, passed away in 1935 in Arkansas (I have not yet located death records), and this would mean that she and Clinton Wood divorced as he passes away in 1949.

Lillian M. "Lillie" Wampler was born Apr 1877. In the 1910 US Census she is listed in her mother's household in Washington Township, Knox county, Indiana and, per this census, Lillie had a daughter born, out of wedlock, 5 months prior and Lillie is also listed as giving birth to one child with that child still living, which helps determine that the little girl listed in the household is Lillie's daughter. Lillie later married Jesse Wilbur Johnson in 1916 and they had a daughter in 1917. In 1920 US Census they are residing in Terre Haute, Indiana, and Lillie's oldest daughter is listed with the Johnson surname. In the 1930 and 1940 US Census, Jesse and Lillie Johnson are back in Knox county and residing in Vincennes. I came across 3 marriage records, two of which were in Ohio, for the daughter Lillie had with Jesse Johnson - but, for Lillie and Jesse, I have not come across further info for them past the 1940 US Census. Lillie's oldest daughter's paper trail also seems to go cold after the 1920 US Census.

Nellie Dove Wampler was born in 1881. She first married Louis Riley Hemry and resided in Palmyra Township, Knox county, Indiana where they had two daughters prior to Louis Henry's 3 Nov 1914 death. Louis was the son of James and Margaret McMasters Hemry, and when researching him also look for him as Lewis Hemry or Lewis/Louis Henry. Nellie D. married Jesse J. Jones in the fall of 1915 in Knox county, Indiana and they had two children together. I have not located a death date for Nellie D.; she may have died in Toledo, Lucas county, Ohio as she and Jesse Jones are listed living there for the 1930 and 1940 US Census after the 1920 census that had them in Washington, Daviess county, Indiana.

So Harvey S. Wampler and Martha Jane Harrison did have children, and grandchildren as well.

Alexander Wampler (1812 - around 1845) and children born after his death

Had an error pop up in the family tree program I use saying I had a couple kids in the tree listed being born after the death of a parent.

So, sure enough I had this gal listed as being born 2 years after her father died. Which would be impossible - even if the mother was pregnant at the time the father passed "around 1845".

Found the gal's FindAGrave memorial page, it has her birth info being 4 Jul 1846. Which theoretically works with the father passed "around 1845" thoughts. Her FindAGrave has her name as Lee Ann - However, in other online trees and such, I've seen her more often listed as Leanna J. and listed with a birth year of 1848.

Alexander Wampler (son of Christopher Wampler and Elizabeth Kettering) was born 3 Sep 1812 in Wythe county, Virginia. He married a Matilda Brown in 1835 in Smyth county, Virginia ... I don't have her parents, yet, and she is said to been born around 1819.

In the 1850 US Census in Smyth county Matilda Wampler, per how the census taker listed the people, is recorded as to living two other women and their children. Matilda is listed with 3 children transcribed (from the handwritten census) as to being: Mary (F-6), Stephen (M-5) and Sander Wampler (M-3). Matilda is marked in one column as to being over 20 years in age and cannot read or write.

This appears to be the first census error shared for Matilda Brown Wampler and/or her children. The transcription is correct in some aspects. However, if looking at the image of the census page itself, we notice that Nancy has a " shared for her last name which means she shared the same surname as the person above her ... which we see an older male, Billingsley Roberts, is listed on the line above her, as shared in the screenshot below, who probably should been listed as the Head of the family instead:

No Lee Ann/Leanna J. Wampler listed with Matilda there. However I think Sanders may been a mistaken transcription of the handwriting, and what is thought to be an "S" is an "L" - and so maybe the census taker had written Leande(r), which could actually be Leanne and she is miss-marked as being a male child? Possible that is what happened as it has happened before. Recall that census takers did not take the large form around with them, but would take notes and then add that info from their notes to the form itself. So if he had sloppily written Leanne and just her age, then later on - when looking over the notes, he may thought he wrote Leander or something, which would been a male name.

Between the 1850 and 1860 US Census Matilda apparently remarried to a John Anderson (b. around 1804/9 time frame in Virginia) and the family is now living in Tazewell county of Virginia. Mary Wampler (the oldest daughter I have for Alexander Wampler and Matilda Brown) married Andrew J. Gillespie in Jan 1860, so she wouldn't appear in the mid-summer taken US census with her mother. Stephen is listed to being around 15 - which works with his paper trail info on him being born in 1844. No Sander Wampler listed, and he would been around 13 if he was 3 in 1850). Leanna J. Wampler is listed being around 11 (but her FindAGrave has her being born in 1846, which would had her being 13/14 years old - which would match up to the missing Sander/Leander Wampler's age and also help tilt the scale she was a daughter of Alexander Wampler, maybe born within a few months of his death if he passed in last half of 1845, with her being in the 1850 and 1860 US Census with Matilda). So I am going with the 1846 birth year for Lee Ann/Leanne J. Wampler in the family tree. although some online trees list her birth year as 1848.

The above image is a screenshot of John and Matilda Anderson's portion of the 1860 Census, but also shares census taker error number two? After Alexander's death and between 1850 and 1860, Matilda had at least three more children who are listed on the 1860 census as well: Emily (F-8), John (M-2), and America (F-under the age of 1) - all listed with the surname of Wampler. Which Alexander has been passed away for well over a decade by now - but apparently he nor Matilda Brown didn't have real good luck with census taker folks, in relation to how census takers handle recording their kids. Emily is probably a daughter of John Anderson (unless Matilda had a marriage between Alexander and him that Emily was a child of). The younger two are very likely children of John Anderson and _not_ Alexander Wampler, but .... they are being listed in family trees, by others, as Emily Wampler, John Anderson Wampler and America F. Wampler to being post-mortem children of Alexander Wampler due to a census taker in 1860 giving all the children in John Anderson's household the surname of Wampler.

In John and Matilda Anderson's 1870 US Census, taken in Tazewell county, they only have three children in the home: John A. and America F. Anderson, so that helps clear up the 1860 US Census error that had them listed with the surname of Wampler. Emily C. is still in the household, and she is listed with the same estimated birth year of 1852 and with surname of Wampler. If Alexander Wampler was her biological father, this would have his death thoughts change from "around 1845" to "around 1851/52". Emily C. never married and passed away 6 Sep 1882 in Smyth county, Virginia - on her death records she is listed as Emily C. Anderson and that her father was John Anderson. This record doesn't help explain why in 1860 and 1870 US Census she was listed both times with the surname of Wampler, even after Mary, Stephen and Leanna/Lee Ann were no longer with their mother.

With Matilda, I have seen her listed as to passing away in 1860s or 1870s, either in Wythe county or in Indiana. Appears neither of those thoughts are correct, but Matilda Anderson (nee Brown) passed away later, in 1888 in Smyth county.

Now that I got Lee Ann/Leanna J. figured out to being a child of Alexander Wampler, which started off this confirmation trek of sorts, and that the last two children (John and America) are not Wamplers but Andersons - where was Sarah Elizabeth (Jan 1841 - 1924) who is oft-listed in online trees being a child of Alexander and Matilda? She's not listed with Matilda Brown Wampler Anderson in the 1850 nor 1860 census. As images share, can't rely on online trees' info since majority of those, including the FamilySearch one world tree one, gave Alexander 3 children well after his death date thoughts ... and without the birth years of those later children raising the question, by folks' willingly sharing it, of how Alexander could have been the father. The only child, listed on paper, that is "up in the air" on being Alexander's biological child is Emily C. who is listed with an estimated birth year of 1852.

John W. Martin 1835-1902

In the prior post I shared, about Johann Leonard Wampler and two of his eight children, John W. Martin makes his appearance into the family tree's branches.

He first appears in the 1840 US census for his grandfather's household. However, 1840 censuses only listed - by name - the head of the household (and sometimes not always by their name but in some instances as Widow [Surname] which there are a few of those in the 1840 census, if curious). John W. Martin is listed with the tally mark for "Males under the age of 10" line.

Birth year remains consistently listed, in later census reports, to being 1835. Location of his birth flips back and forth between Indiana and Illinois. But I am getting ahead of myself...

I have not located any records of Ann(a) Catherine Wampler's first marriage outside of what is shared in an obit someone shared on her FindAGrave Memorial page. From the obit we get the following information about the marriage:
·   She remained in the Illinois/Indiana area after her parents decided to return to Preble county, Ohio,
·   It may been a short marriage that ended due to the death of John W. Martin's father, John Martin, from cholera in Louisiana. The obit's wording is unclear if he died prior or after their son's birth. The marriage may have taken place between 1832 to early 1835 time frame,
·   Due to the death of the elder John Martin, Ann(a) Catherine returned to her parents' home in Preble county, Ohio.

John W. Martin's own paper trail shares that his parent's marriage was possibly interracial. In census reports, John W. Martin's father is listed to been born in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and "unknown".

His mother's parents and oldest brother went from Preble county, Ohio to Wabash county, Indiana around 1847/48. He and his mother are listed, with the surname of Wampler, on the 1850 US census of his Uncle William Wampler along with another nephew of his uncle (and his mother) named William M. Wampler. In the 1850 US Census he is marked as Mulatto.

In the 1860 and 1880 US Censuses, where he is living in his mother's home, he is listed as White. 1870 US Census he is listed as White and to be living next to his mother's residence/farm. Then in the 1900 US Census he is listed as Black, as he is also listed on his 1902 Indiana death certificate.

John W. Martin appears to have married only once. His wife, whose Find A Grave memorial page shares a headstone cared with the name Mary M., died in July of 1883 at the age of 24. According to my personal research, the head stone is incorrect about her name. John W. Martin is mentioned in the North Manchester Journal as to marrying Helena Fultz in February of 1883. A later notice, in the same newspaper in August of 1883, shares an "in memory of" advertisement placed by a social organization for Lena Martin who died July 25, 1883 and left a husband, John Martin, and a child. She is buried in the family cemetery of John W. Martin's stepfather's family. I have not come across a copy of the marriage record, they are said to have married in Canada. We see Lena Fultz in the 1880 US Census as she is listed in Ann(a) Catherine's household as "servant". When we get to John and Lena's child, further in the post, it helps further piece things together that John's wife was Helena "Lena" Fultz.

Mrs. John Martin died yesterday morning leaving a babe but a few days old. Funeral at the house to-day at 10 o'clock. Services by the Rev. E. D. Smith.
The Journal North Manchester IN - 26 Jul 1883 Page 3

The "babe" mentioned in the death notice is John W. Martin's daughter, Lena Martin, who appears with him in the 1900 US Census. It is after that census Lena Martin becomes a bit of a mystery.

13 May 1902 John W. Martin passes away, from brain fever, in a Wabash county poor farm. He has two Find A Grave Memorial pages, one that says he is buried on the grounds of the county poor farm is not correct as his death certificate shares his body to be buried in the North Manchester area - which leans to the Find A Grave Memorial for him being buried in the Swank (family) cemetery, nest to his wife and in with other family members, being the right one. An Ervin Thompson was the informant for John W's death certificate, which may be why the parents are listed as "unknown". What is curious is that neither of John's half-brothers (Daniel D. Swank and Jacob L. Swank), any of their children nor his own daughter listed as the informant - but somehow the county poor farm and/or the informant got the information on where the body was to be buried. I have not located a death notice, or obit, for John W. Martin to be able to see if his daughter is mentioned in it.

So, from this point on, it is speculation only on if the Lena Martin listed in two marriage records for Marion county, Indiana is John W. Martin's daughter who was born in Wabash county, Indiana in 1883. A Lena Martin marries a Wilson in Marion county in 1903 - she lists her father to being John W. Martin and mother's maiden name to being Foltz. Her birth year is listed as 1882. In the second marriage record, before 1910, Lena Martin (that name) lists she is a widow and that her father was John W. [Surname not listed] and her mother's maiden name was Felts. I come across a Richard Shaw in the 1920 census for marion county, Indiana - he is listed as a boarder and being widowed, I don't see him nor Lena in the 1910 census.

What we do know, thanks to his mother's obit and his paper trail, is that John W. Martin is a descendant of Johannes Christian Wampfler and, his wife, Anna Tritten; their son Christian Wampler and, his wife, Justina Magdalena Cristillus; their son, Johannes [John] Wampler and his wife, Dorothea Hiller; their son, Johann Leonard Wampler and his wife, Ann(a) Mary (Maria) Martin; and their daughter, Ann(a) Catherine Wampler.

Johann Leonard Wampler and two of his eight children

From one of Roy H. Wampler's book, which appears to be the same information, for the most part, on the Wampler/Wampfler database website, I started off on "what can I find" quest with this:

"85 v. Joh. Leonard WAMPLER b 3 Dec. 1782, York Co., PA; d 31 Jan. 1857. mar. ca. 1806, Ann Mary MARTIN b 25 Feb. 1784, Frederick Co., MD; d 17 May 1874; daughter of Matthias MARTIN (1745-1815) and Anna Barbara (TROXELL) MARTIN (d 13 Sep. 1823 (or 1825) aged 73 years 5 days) of Frederick County, MD.[44,50,72,74,75,76]

In 1810 Leonard Wampler and family lived in Germany Twp., Adams Co., PA; in 1819-1820 they lived in Baltimore, MD. The Baltimore City diectory of 1819 lists Leonard Wampler, tanner, corner of Saratoga and Pearl. In 1840 he and his family lived in Gratis Twp., Preble Co., OH. He and three of his sons were taxpayers in Preble Co. OH, between 1838 and 1846, but their whereabouts afterwards are unknown. [77,78,79,80,165]

Issue :
1) William WAMPLER baptized 14 June 1807, Christ Reformed Church, Littlestown, Adams County, PA; d 1861.
2) Joshua WAMPLER b 1808, Adams Co., PA; d 1865.
3) John M. WAMPLER (twin) b 1810, Littlestown, PA; d 1886.
4) Lewis WAMPLER (twin) b 1810, Littlestown, PA.
5) Ann Catherine WAMPLER b 1813, Mechanicstown (now Thurmont) , MD; d 1888;
mar. SWANK.
6) Maria Magdalena WAMPLER b 1815, Mechanicstown, MD; d 1838.
7) Savilla WAMPLER b 1819, Baltimore, MD; d 1833
8) James WAMPLER b 1823, Millerstown, Adams Co. , PA.
mar. 1846 Catherine LUDY b 1823, OH; d 1887, Lincoln, NE.
Res.: 1847-60; Dayton, OH; 1867-71: Peru, IN.
Had at least 9 children (born 1847 to 1867)"
-- Source: A Wampler family history: with allied families of Kemper, Zumbrum, Angel, Craumer, Mayer and Ruhlman : descendants of William Wampler (1813-1886), together with ancestors of William J. Wampler (1838-1906) and his second wife, Mary S. Kemper (1855-1936) ; 1999 by Roy H. Wampler

Not a lot to work with, but definitely enough to help kick start a search to find more about this couple and/or their children. A fun genealogical endeavor on my side, even if Johann Leonard Wampler descends from Johannes Christian Wampfler and Anna Tritten's side and my genealogical ties to this family stems from the Hans Peter Wampfler and Anna Lung's side of things.

Records I can find for this family is the 1800, 1810, 1820 and 1840 US Census reports Leonard Wampler is listed as head of household. I also found William Wampler's christening record, his name is listed as Wilhelm, along with christening records for Joshua, Ann(a) Catherine, Maria Magdalena, and Savilla (name transcribed at Sybilla).

The above records show the family moved around a bit as they go from Adams county, Pennsylvania to Frederick county, Maryland then to Baltimore before going back to Adams county, Pennsylvania. Between 1820 and 1840 they go to Ohio as by the 1840 census they are listed in Gratis, Preble county, Ohio. Which, so far, what I am coming across matches up to what Roy H. Wampler shared in his book.

[jc3-3] Johann Leonard, WAMPLER
  b. 3Dec1782, York County PA
  d. 31Jan1857
  m. Anna Mary MARTIN (25Feb1784-17May1874)
  n. Anna born Fredrick Co MD; parents Mathias Martin and Barbary TROXTEL
  sc. {bsw-j} 3p13 (1891 report of John Calvin Wampler)
l. [he0-8]Johann->[jc1-2]Christian->[jc2-1]John=>
-- Source: Wampler/Wampfler Database

I located Leonard and his wife, Ann, listed in the household of their son, William Wampler, in Wabash county, Indiana for the 1850 US census. Also listed in William's household is Ann C. Wampler (b. 1813 Maryland), John W. Wampler (b. 1835 Indiana) and William M. Wampler (b. 1843 Ohio).

Did William Wampler marry? It doesn't appear that he did, nor have any children in what I have managed to locate about him. Which matches up to Roy H. Wampler's and the Wampler/Wampfler Database site's information for William.

[jc4-1] William, WAMPLER
&nsbp; b. 14Mar1807, Littlesetown, Adams County PA
&nsbp; d. 2Aug1861
l. [he0-8]Johann->[jc1-2]Christian->[jc2-1]John->[jc3-3]Johann=>
-- Source: Wampler/Wampfler Database

The 1850 census taker, although correct in majority of the information listed for the family, listed 2 family members with the incorrect surname, which is revealed when seeing the obit for one of Leonard Wampler's daughters that someone shared on her FindAGrave memorial page ... and her obit shares a bit more about her parents, as well as herself, which helps to put some things into place.

SWANK, Mrs. Ann Catharine         March 29, 1888
After a long and painful illness Mrs. Ann Catharine Swank departed this life at her home the 25th inst. The subject of this notice was the daughter of Leonard and Anna May Wampler, born in Mechanicstown, Frederick County, Maryland, May 2nd, 1813. When five years old her parents moved to the city of Baltimore, remaining hter three years, thence again to Adams County, Pennsylvania, and in 1828 emigrated to the state of Ohio, finally settled down in Preble County, near Winchester. Her parents being in straightened circumstances Catharine in company with the Rev. Joseph Wampler and family emigrated to Easton, Illinois, not far west of Terre Haute, and set up in the millinery business. She then united with the Presbyterian Church (being a child of the Covenant). Shortly after that she became the wife of Captain John Martin who was plying a steamer between the above city and New Orleans. In his last trip he was taken with Asiatic Cholera and died at the latter city. John W. Martin ws the fruit of that marriage. After the death of her husband she disposed of her goods, received her dismission from the church and returned to Preble County, Ohio, the home of her parents, where she again entered the church on presentation of her certificate. After the lapse of years the family moved to Wabash County, Indiana. About the year 1848 or 49. In 1851 Catharine became the wife of Daniel Swank, Sr., who died in 1860, she bore him three sons, Viz: Daniel D. and William H. and Jacob L. The second of whom died in early childhood. She entered the Lutheran Church some 20 years ago, remained an active member and a liberal contributor to the end of her useful life. Mrs. Swank during the last six months which she bore with wonderful christian fortitude till the messenger of death, like an angel of mercy came to her relief. Funeral at the Lutheran church, Tuesday noon, burial at the Swank Cemetery. Sermon preached Rev. C. W. Maggart.
Find A Grave Ann Catharine Wampler Swank's Memorial Page
; Obituary image shared by Find A Grave contributor: OPP Sheryl

Per Ann(a) Catherine Wampler's obit, in the 1830s her parents and some of their children (as in Ann(a) Catherine at least) moved briefly to Illinois, and where they weren't far from Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana area. It was during this move that Ann(a) Catherine Wampler is said to marry a John Martin. Sometimes around the time of her marriage, her parents moved (back?) to Preble county, Ohio area. After her parents moved to Ohio, Ann(a) Catherine's first husband passed away and, per the obit, she sold her belongings and took her son (the John W. listed with the 1835 birth year) and was residing in her parents' home by the time of the 1840 census. Leonard Wampler's 1840 census appears to back that bit of information up:

Males Under 5: 1     [ <== John W. Martin, b. 1835 ]
Males 20 & under 30: 1     [ <== John M, Lewis or James Wampler? ]
Males 30 & under 40: 1     [ <== William Wampler, b. 1807 ]
Males 50 & under 60: 1     [ <== Johann Leonard Wampler ]
Females 20 & under 30: 1   [ <== Ann(a) Catherine Wampler Martin, b. 1813 ]
Females 50 & under 60: 1   [ <== Ann Mary Martin Wampler ] -- Source: 1840 US Census for the household of Leonard Wampler in Gratis, Preble, Ohio

The daughter's obit shared that around 1847 to 1849, her parents, older brother, her and her son, John W. Martin, went to Wabash county, Indiana and they are present in that area for the 1850 US Census. Ann(a) Catherine is the Ann C. Wampler listed in William's household and I've already established that John W. is her son from a prior marriage, the census taker just listed everyone with the same surname.

In 1851, Ann(a) Catherine marries for a second time a Daniel Swank, which that marriage is noted in Roy H. Wampler's book and on the database website, although the database shared skeptical wording. Ann(a) Catherine had three sons with her second husband: Daniel D, William Henry (who passed away about the age of 5), and Jacob L. Swank. Daniel Swank [Sr.] passed away in 1860.

[jc4-5] Ann Catherine Swank, WAMPLER
  b. 2May1813, Mechanick Town MD
  d. Mar1888
  m. SWANK (?)
  n. not clear if SWANK is married name or given name
l. [he0-8]Johann->[jc1-2]Christian->[jc2-1]John->[jc3-3]Johann=>
-- Source: Wampler/Wampfler Database

[Johann] Leonard Wampler passes away 31 January 1857 and is buried in his daughter's second husband's family cemetery in Wabash county, Indiana. William Wampler passes away 2 August 1861 and is also buried in his sister's second husband's family cemetery. This contradicts with many online trees, on FamilySearch, WikiTree, Ancestry, MyHeritage and et al, that list Leonard Wampler passing away in Gratis Township, Preble county, Ohio; however the information from Find A Grave more closely matches with the paper trail of Leonard Wampler.

Ann Martin Wampler is stated, in Roy H. Wampler's book and the Wampler/Wampfler database, to passing away in 1874. I cannot find her in the 1860 (she may been in her son's, William, household as she is not listed with Catherine or with another son, who resided in Cass county, Indiana, in 1860) nor the 1870 US census (as of this point in time). The FindAGrave's memorial page for her husband hints she is buried wih him in the same cemetery and is in an unmarked grave.

Ann(a) Catherine Wampler Martin Swank passes away in March of 1888 in Wabash county and is buried in the same cemetery (her grave is said to also be unmarked).

Otto Wampler 1876-1962

[hg5-11] Otto, WAMPLER
b. 1876
n. Was this the Otto of Parker Co IN who married Eva E. Peters and had daughter Dora E. (3Nov1910)--BSW #5, p 10
l. [he1-8]Hans->[hg2-2]John->[hg3-1]Jeremiah->[hg4-8]George=>
Source: Wampler/Wampfler Database

In answer to "Was this the Otto of Parke[r] Co IN who married Eva E ...", it appears that it is indeed the same Otto. His 1962 obituary states he was born in Bainbridge, Indiana. At the time of his passing his obit shared he had six daughters surviving him along with his widow, Eva.

OTTO WAMPLER
FRANKFORT - Otto Wampler, 85, of 458 Center drive, died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday in the Clinton county hospital after an illness of one week.

Mr. Wampler was a retired foreman of the Nickel Plate railroad and was a member of the Grace EUB church, Indianapolis. He was born at Bainbridge.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Eva (Petty) Wampler; and six daughters, Mrs. Ralph Fisher and Miss Dorothy Wampler, bot of Indianapolis, Mrs. Leola Johnson, of Chicago, Mrs. Homer McKinsey, Mrs. Marguerite Gould, and Mrs. Pauline Kellner, all of Frankfort.
Source: Journal and Courier, 22 Feb 1962, Page 4

In 1880 US Census Otto is listed in his parents' household (George W. Wampler and Mary Elizabeth Wilson). I have not located the 1900 US Census for Otto Wampler at this time. I did come across his 1910 - 1930 US Census reports for when he lived in Parke County and Clinton County. There is a 1940 Census where Otto is listed with an Edith and a Russell Wampler, this may be the same Otto Wampler and Eva was still alive at the time, as she passed away in 1973, so she may been erroneously listed as Edith.

Another US Census conundrum is that in the 1920 US Census there is a Noah R. Moore, age 2, listed to being Otto and Eva's grandchild - then in the 1930 US Census there is a Roy Wampler, age 12, listed as their son - who wasn't in the 1920 US Census. Could Noah R Moore be Roy Wampler? It does indeed seem that Noah R. Moore was actually Roy Robert Moore who would been would been around 12 for the 1930 US Census. Further research had me come across that Jessie Wampler married a Clyde Earl Moore in 1917, they divorced sometime after Roy's birth in 1918 and before the 1920 US Census. Clyde Moore was born in 1896 and passed in 1953. Following Roy R. Moore's paper trail - he passed away 1976 in Missouri.

What relation is Russell Lee Wampler, who appears in the 1940 US Census, to Otto and Eva (Petty) Wampler? He was another grandson of the couple. His birth record and death certificate list his parents to being Clint Gayle Hite/Hiatt and Dora Ellen Wampler. On his social security application he listed Otto Wampler as his father and Leola to being his mother, but I put a little more credence on the birth record listing Dora E. Wampler. Russell passed away in 2004. It appears he was part of Otto and Eva's household up to the very early 1950s.

So, if I am correctly cross-matching the census reports to the obits shared, I have the six daughters as follows: Jessie O. Wampler, who married Ralph Fisher, Leola Wampler who married 3 times - at the time of her parents' deaths she was married to Michael Johnson, Mary Marguerite Wampler, who married Doyle Olster then Ivan Jesse. Gould, Ruby Pearl who married Homer McKinsey then an Edwards, and Merle Pauline who married Alton Kallner. They had another daughter who died at 1 year in age in 1908.

As a side notation, Eva's middle name was Elizabeth according to the information Otto supplied, along with his birth date being 9 April 1876, in the World War I Selective Draft Registration for him in September, 1918 and Eva's own obit. One of their daughters, Ruby to be exact, set of marriage records has Eva's maiden transcribed as Petty and, in Otto's obit, her maiden name is also said to been Petty versus Peters. Otto and Eva (Petty) Wampler married 4 Feb 1900 in Bainbridge. Eva's obit follows:

MRS. EVA WAMPLER
FRANKFORT - Mrs. Eva Elizabeth Wampler, 93, of 551 E. Walnut St., Frankfort, died at 8:30 a.m. Friday in Clinton County Hospital following a lingering illness.

Mrs. Wampler, a native of Page Corner in Boone County, had lived most of her life at Frankfort. In 1900 she was married to Otto Wampler, who died in 1962. She was a member of the First Wesleyan Church.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Leola Johnson of Chicago, Mrs. Ruby McKinsey, Mrs. Marguerite Gould and Mrs. Pauline Kellner, all of Frankfort, and Dora Wampler of Indianapolis; and one sister, Mrs. Lena Brant of Sarasota, Fla.
Source: Journal and Courier, 31 Mar 1973, Page 4

William Fugat Wampler Ada N. Judah

Leaping off from William Fugat Wampler's obituary as a starting point, of sorts, I discovered the following information about this individual and his family:

He was one of eight children of Michael Manley Wampler and Permelia A. Clark of Monroe County, Indiana. Basing from his headstone/marker - William Fugat Wampler went by his middle name and, on this marker, it was spelt Fuget. I have come across his middle name spelt "Fugat", "Fugate", or "Fuget". He married Ada N. Judah on/around August 12 1894 in Gruthrie, Lawrence County, Indiana. From my research, thus far, they had two daughters.

Bessie Wampler was born in 1902 and married Harley Rayl(e) in 1922. They had two sons: Wilbur Lee "Buck" and Donald Keith Rayle. They also had two daughters: Doris and Trucilla Rayle. Bessie Wampler and Harley Rayle are buried in Clear Creek Cemetery in Monroe County, Indiana - as is their son, Wilbur Lee "Buck" Rayle.

Anna Wampler was born in 1904 and married Fred Benjamin Taylor. They had a son, Raymond Eulis Taylor in 1926.

Ada N. Judah Wampler also died, from a heart attack, at the home of Bessie Wampler and Harley Rayle according to her obituary notice shared in the Bloomington Telephone on June 27 1941.

But, and you had to know that was coming, according to the Wampler/Wampfler Database website has William Fugate Wampler listed with different parents (therefore also with a completely different set of siblings):

[jc5-10]   William Fugate, WAMPLER
  b. 1848
  m. Ada JUDAH
  n. mother was Nancy
  n. Allan Greeley {awg} gives name as William Frederick
  sc. {awg}
  l. [he0-8]Johann->[jc1-2]Christian->[jc2-1]John->[jc3-4]Johann->[jc4-10]Daniel=>1)

Above his birth year is listed as 1848, whereas I have it later: 1871. It may be that the aforementioned Allan Greeley is correct, and this is a different William (William Frederick Wampler) - as the two somehow became confused in the research - so the marriage information shared for the 1848 William would be also be incorrect since it is for the 1871 William. Fuget Wampler is listed as the son of Michael Wampler and Permelia Clark within her obituary notice. As she had a brother named Fuget, I am going to simply assume she passed along the name to one of her sons.