GREENE COUNTY, TN - VITALS - Wampler Marriages ----¤¤¤---- PAGE 1 Sept. 2004 WAMPLER MARRIAGES IN GREENE COUNTY TN SOURCE: GREENE CO., TN MARRIAGES 1783-1868 COMPILED BY: GOLDENE FILLERS BURGNER COMMENTS BY STEVIE HUGHES, stevie1302@aol.com DATE GROOM BRIDE BONDSMAN 9-18-1813 JOHN COBBLE MARY WAMPLER MICHAEL WAMPLER (JR) D/O MICHAEL(JR) AND SUSANNAH WAMPLER MARY DIED 4-22-1817 AND IS BELIEVED TO BE BURIED AT AILSHIE CEMETERY. THEY HAD ONE SON, WILLIAM, BORN C. 1815. HE MIGRATED TO PULASKI COUNTY MO C. 1849. JOHN REMARRIED TO PEGGY "REBECCA" ETTER ON 4-23-1818. JOHN AND REBECCA ARE BURIED IN A PRIVATE CEMETERY IN MIDWAY, TN. 3-25-1821 JOHN KERBAUGH BETSY WAMPLER DANIEL GUINN BETSY, D/O MICHAEL (JR) AND SUSANNAH WAMPLER HENRY DYCHE J.P. JOHN, S/O GEORGE AND CATHERINE LINGENFELTER KERBAUGH. THIS FAMILY IS IN 1850 CENSUS, ELIZABETH AGE, 48 (BORN 1802??) B. VA JOHN KERBAUGH DIED 1855 IN GREENE CO. ELIZABETH WAMPLER KERBAUGH IS IN THE 1860 CENSUS OF HAMILTON COUNTY, IL AGE, 65 (BORN 1795??) JOHN AND BETSY HAD 4 CHILDREN: KATHRYN, SARAH, ENSEBIA (OR EUSELLIA??) AND WILLIAM W. ALL BUT SARAH MIGRATED TO HAMILTON CO., IL BY 1860. SARAH MIGRATED WITH HER HUSBAND, FIRST TO MISSOURI, THEN ON TO WASHINGTON STATE. 3-21-1822 BENJAMIN WAMPLER BETSY BAUGHARD PHILLIP HENKEL, M.G. SON OF MICHAEL (JR) AND SUSANNAH WAMPLER THIS FAMILY IS IN THE 1850 CENSUS, BENJAMIN, AGE 55, B. VA THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDED: MARGARET (WHO MAY HAVE DIED IN CHILDHOOD); JOHN; JOSEPH AND SUSANNAH. BETSY DIED BEFORE 1860. BENJAMIN IS A WIDOWER, AGE 62, IN THE 1860 CENSUS. HIS OCCUPATION IS THAT OF BLACKSMITH, DISTRICT 23 (BLUE SPRINGS). IN 1863, BENJAMIN REMARRIED TO ELIZABETH JOHNSON. THE BURIAL PLACE FOR BENJAMIN AND HIS WIVES IS UNKNOWN; HOWEVER, IT IS LIKELY THEY ARE BURIED IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY AT BLUE SPRINGS, PROBABLY NEAR HIS BROTHER, SOLOMON. PAGE 2 DATE GROOM BRIDE BONDSMAN 12-18-1823SOLOMON WAMPLER POLLY HARMON PHILLIP HARMON JR. SON OF MICHAEL (JR) AND SUSANNAH WAMPLER PHILLIP HENKEL, M.G. THIS FAMILY IS IN THE 1850 CENSUS, SOLOMON, AGE 50, B. VA. THEY ARE ALSO IN THE 1860 CENSUS. THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDED: HENRY; BARBARA; MARY; ANDREW; SALLY; SARAH JANE; ELIZABETH ANN; JAMES SOLOMON; JESSE ISAAC; MARTHA; AND WILLIAM ANDERSON. POLLY DIED 2-23-1869; SOLOMON THEN REMARRIED 11-3-1870 TO CHRISTENA PAXTON. SOLOMON AND CHRISTENA HAD FOUR CHILDREN: JOHN A.; GEORGE W.; LOUISA C.; AND LEWIS M. THIS FAMILY IS IN THE 1880 CENSUS. SOLOMON AND HIS 2ND WIFE, CHRISTINA PAXTON, ARE BURIED AT BLUE SPRINGS LUTHERAN CHURCH ON THE ROAD TO MOSHEIM 8-18-1827 FREDERICK WAMPLER EVALINA HARMON PHILLIP HARMON JR. SON OF MICHAEL (JR) AND SUSANNAH WAMPLER THIS FAMILY IS IN THE 1850 CENSUS, FREDERICK, AGE 48, B. VA FREDERICK'S MOTHER, SUSANNAH, AGE 81, B. PA IS IN HIS HOUSEHOLD FREDERICK AND EVALINA HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: BARBARA MARY; WILLIAM; JACOB; ELIZABETH; LEVINA; JOHN; AND MARTHA. THIS FAMILY MAY HAVE MOVED TO MO. BY 1855, WHERE THE DAUGHTER, BARBARA MARY, WAS BORN. FREDERICK'S WIDOW, EVALINA, AGE 69, AND THE DAUGHTER, BARBARA M., AGE 25 (BORN MO), ARE FOUND IN THE 1880 CENSUS OF ST. GENEVIEVE COUNTY, MO. THE SONS, JOHN A. AND JACOB, ARE ALSO IN MISSOURI BY 1880. 8-7-1828 DAVID SNYDER SUSANA WAMPLER PHILLIP HENKEL, M.G. DAUGHTER OF MICHAEL (JR) AND SUSANNAH WAMPLER THIS FAMILY IS IN THE 1850 CENSUS UNDER "SNIDER", SUSANA, AGE 41 (BORN 1809). THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDED: JOHN; MARY ANN; SOLOMON; HARRIET; MARGARET; ELIZABETH; AMANDA; AND CATHERINE. THEY ARE NO LONGER IN GREENE COUNTY BY 1860. PAGE 3 DATE GROOM BRIDE BONDSMAN 1-8-1832 JOHN SNYDER SALLY HARMON SOLOMON WAMPLER/PHILLIP HENKEL M.G. 1-9-1833 GEORGE KESLING ESTHER WAMPLER FREDERICK WAMPLER DAUGHTER OF MICHAEL (JR) AND SUSANNAH WAMPLER THIS FAMILY IS NOT IN 1850 CENSUS; HOWEVER THERE ARE TWO MINOR CHILDREN, MARTHA AGE 12 AND REUBEN AGE 16, LIVING WITH OTHER FAMILIES. ESTHER MAY HAVE DIED BEFORE 1850?? GEORGE "KEESLING", AGE 48, "COOPER", IS IN THE 1860 CENSUS WITH WIFE, "HANNAH", AGE 45, BORN IN VA. THE CHILDREN IN THEIR 1860 HOUSEHOLD ARE: "EASTER", AGE 14 BORN IN VA; JAMES A. AGE 12; SALLY E. AGE 11; WILLIAM H. AGE 10; AND JACOB AGE 7. GEORGE "KEASLING" REMARRIED ON 10-9-1867 TO MARY ANN MACE. GEORGE "KESLING", AGE 58, AND HIS WIFE, MARY A., AGE 50, ARE IN THE 1870 CENSUS. THE CHILDREN IN THEIR 1870 HOUSEHOLD ARE JAMES L., AGE 22; "LABORN" (?) AGE 21; WILLIAM AGE 19 AND JACOB AGE 17. GEORGE KESLING, AGE 70, WIDOWER, IS FOUND IN THE 1880 CENSUS, WITH HIS 3 STEPCHILDREN: LEWIS W., MARY ANN AND ROHEMA MACE. 11-9-1843 HENRY FRY BARBARA WAMPLER PHILLIP FRY DAUGHTER OF SOLOMAN WAMPLER C. ?? MCDUNN?? (BAPTISED AS MARY BARBARA ON 11-28-1824) THEY ARE IN THE 1850 CENSUS, HENRY, AGE 46, AND "BARBARY" AGE 35. THE CHILDREN IN THEIR 1850 HOUSEHOLD ARE JAMES S. (SOLOMON); POLLY; MARY J.; AND PHILIP A. THIS FAMILY IS ONE OF THE TRAGIC CIVIL WAR STORIES. HENRY FRY WAS ONE OF THE FIVE BRIDGE BURNERS, WHO WERE ALL EXECUTED BY THE CONFEDERATES IN LATE 1861. HENRY'S WIDOW, BARBARY, AND THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN ARE IN THE 1870 CENSUS: POLLY; PHILLIP; MARTHA E. (MARY IN 1850) AND ANDREW J. (BORN 1867). THEIR SON, SOLOMON FRY, RESIDES NEXT DOOR. ANDREW J., IN BARBARA'S HOUSEHOLD, MAY BE A GRANDSON. BARBARA DID NOT REMARRY. SHE IS STILL A WIDOW IN THE 1880 CENSUS. HER TWO DAUGHTERS ARE IN HER HOUSEHOLD. SOLOMON IS TWO HOUSEHOLDS AWAY. BARBARA DIED IN 1899 AND IS BELIEVED TO BE BURIED IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE BESIDE HER FATHER, SOLOMON, AT BLUE SPRINGS LUTHERAN CEMETERY. IT IS POSSIBLE HENRY FRY IS ALSO BURIED THERE. PAGE 4 DATE GROOM BRIDE BONDSMAN 4-6-1848 HENRY WAMPLER CATHARINE FRY HENRY FRY SON OF SOLOMON WAMPLER WM. B. DAWSON, MINISTER (BAPTISED ON 12-17-1826) THIS FAMILY IS IN THE 1850 CENSUS, HENRY, AGE 25, B. TN. HENRY WAS A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER (1ST TN CAVALRY, CO. D) AND WAS ANOTHER TRAGEDY FOR THE WAMPLER FAMILY. HENRY WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 12-29-1863 AT THE BATTLE OF MASSY CREEK. HENRY'S WIDOW IS IN THE 1870 CENSUS. THERE ARE TEN CHILDREN IN HER HOUSEHOLD. THESE CHILDREN ARE: DANIEL J. (JACKSON); MARGARET; ANDREW; JOHN N.; NANCY J.; SARAH; MARY; MALINDA; AND TWINS, WILLIAM H. AND JAMES A. THE LAST THREE CHILDREN WOULD NOT BE THE CHILDREN OF HENRY. MALINDA, IS AGE 3 (BORN 1867) AND THE TWINS, ARE 8 MONTHS (BORN 1869/70). THE WIDOW, CATHERINE "WOMPLER", AND THESE THREE YOUNGEST CHILDREN ARE FOUND IN THE 1880 CENSUS OF RHEA COUNTY, TN. 12-19-1850JOHN A. WAMPLER CAROLINE J. BOWERS ANDREW BAUGHARD/ELISHA DEBUSK, M.G. JOHN A. IS PROBABLY SON OF BENJAMIN. HE IS IN BENJAMIN'S 1850 HOUSEHOLD, AGE 27; HOWEVER, ANOTHER RESEARCHER MAINTAINS JOHN A. IS A SON OF THE BROTHER, SOLOMON??? THIS FAMILY IS IN THE 1860 CENSUS, JOHN A. AGE 32 AND CAROLINE AGE 28. THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDE: NATHAN G; MARTHA; MARY E; AND FLORENCE M. THIS FAMILY IS NOT FOUND IN THE 1870 CENSUS. 2-11-1851 ANDREW I. HUFF MARY WAMPLER ARTHUR N. HAUN DAUGHTER OF SOLOMON A. RANKIN J.P. SHE IS IN SOLOMON'S 1850 HOUSEHOLD, AGE 21 THIS FAMILY IS NOT FOUND IN THE 1860 OR 1870 GREENE CO. CENSUS. THEY ARE ALSO NOT FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE 1880 CENSUS. PAGE 5 DATE GROOM BRIDE BONDSMAN 2-24-1852 GEORGE LONAS JR. SALLY WAMPLER JAMES TROBAUGH DAUGHTER OF SOLOMON A. COBBLE, J.P. SALLY IS IN SOLOMON'S 1850 HOUSEHOLD, AGE 16 THIS FAMILY ARE IN THE 1860 CENSUS, GEORGE AGE 29 AND SALLY, AGE 25. ONE CHILD IS IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD, "SEMENTHA V." AGE 4. THE ARE ALSO IN THE 1870 CENSUS. IN ADDITION TO "SAMANTHA V." (AGE 14) IS HENRY N., AGE 17. BECAUSE OF THE LISTING ORDER, HENRY IS PROBABLY NOT THEIR SON. THIS FAMILY MAY HAVE MOVED TO MCMINN COUNTY, TN. BY 1880. IN THE MCMINN CO. 1880 CENSUS IS GEORGE "LONES", AGE 50, AND HIS WIFE, SARAH, AGE 40 (?? BORN 1840??). LIVING NEARBY ARE OTHER INTERMARRIED GREENE CO. FAMILIES OF LOWERY AND KINSER. 3-24-1855 WILLIAM DYKE ELIZABETH D. MEFFORD HENRY WAMPLER/THOS. JACKSON J.P. 5-13-1855 JOSEPH WAMPLER MARGARET CAROLINE KERBAUGH JOHN A. WAMPLER/ELISHA DEBUSK, M.G. JOSEPH, SON OF BENJAMIN, HE IS IN BENJAMIN'S 1850 HOUSEHOLD, AGE 15 MARGARET CAROLINE, DAUGHTER OF JACOB KERBAUGH THIS FAMILY IS NOT IN THE 1860 CENSUS; HOWEVER, THEY ARE FOUND IN THE 1870 CENSUS. THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDE: HARRIET; JANE; AND ALICE. JOSEPH A. WAMPLER WAS ALSO A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER, 12TH TN CAVALRY, CO A. HE IS LISTED IN THE 1890 GREENE CO. "SPECIAL CENSUS" OF CIVIL WAR SURVIVORS. THE CENSUS INDICATES HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE SIDE. BY 1890, HE RESIDED IN TIMBERRIDGE, TN. BY 1880, SOME FAMILY MEMBERS HAD MOVED TO CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI. JOSEPH AND MARGARET CAROLINE'S DAUGHTERS, MARTHA A., B. 1855; FLORENCE, BORN 1860; AND ALICE C. BORN 1862, ARE RESIDING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF GEORGE F. WELKER AND HIS WIFE, MARTHA A. WAMPLER WELKER. PAGE 6 DATE GROOM BRIDE BONDSMAN 3-5-1857 FRANCIS MARION KINSER SARAH JANE WAMPLER A.J. BROWN DAUGHTER OF SOLOMON J.K. HANCHER, M.G. SARAH JANE IS IN SOLOMON'S 1850 HOUSEHOLD, AGE 12 THIS FAMILY IS NOT IN THE 1860 OR 1870 CENSUSES OF GREENE CO. THEY ARE ALSO NOT FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE 1880 CENSUS. ONE FAMILY RESEARCHER SAYS SARAH JANE DIED 10-16-1915 IN MONROE COUNTY, TN (SOURCE UNKNOWN). THIS RESEARCHER INDICATES FRANCIS MARION WAS A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER SERVING IN TN CAVALRY, 2ND BTN, BIFFLE'S COMPANY D. I WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM THIS WITH THE NPS CIVIL WAR DATABASE. 8-27-1857 JOHN BEECH ELIZABETH WAMPLER ANDREW J. FELKS (OR BEACH??) DAUGHTER OF SOLOMON J.K. HANCHER, M.G. A "BETSY ANN" IS IN SOLOMON'S1850 HOUSEHOLD, AGE 9 JOHN, AGE 23, AND "BETSY" A., AGE 19, ARE IN THE 1860 CENSUS. THE CHILDREN IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD ARE THOMAS J., (AGE 1) AND MATILDA E. (AGE 8). THE CHILD, MATILDA, AGE 8 IN 1860, WOULD NOT BE THEIR DAUGHTER. THE CHILDREN IN THEIR 1870 HOUSEHOLD INCLUDE: THOMAS J.; MARY J.; JAMES S.; AND FRANCIS M. BY 1880, FOUR MORE CHILDREN WERE BORN: GEORGE A.; JOHN A.; HENRY E.; AND LODIE CORDELIA. 9-25-1862 JAMES WAMPLER ELIZABETH ALLSHIE JOHN BEACH SON OF SOLOMON JAS. SHAW, J.P. JAMES, AGE 7, IS IN SOLOMON'S 1850 HOUSEHOLD. JAMES S. WAS A SARGEANT WITH THE 8TH TN CAVALRY. IN THE 1890 SPECIAL CIVIL WAR SURVIVORS CENSUS, HE LISTS A DISABILITY OF SMALL POX CONTRACTED IN 1864. JAMES AND ELIZABETH ARE IN THE 1870 CENSUS. THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDE: JAMES A.; MARY; ISAAC; GEORGE; AND SOLOMON. JAMES IS IN THE 1880 GREENE CO. CENSUS WITH WIFE "BARBRY E." CHILDREN IN THEIR 1880 HOUSEHOLD INCLUDE: MARY E.; JAMES A.; ISAC A.; AND GEORGE W. THE SON, SOLOMON, MAY HAVE DIED IN CHILDHOOD. PAGE 7 DATE GROOM BRIDE BONDSMAN 2-5-1863 BENJAMIN WAMPLER ELIZABETH JOHNSON JACOB KERBAUGH J.C. BARB, M.G. NONE OF THE 3 WAMPLER BROTHERS, BENJAMIN, SOLOMON OR FREDERICK HAVE A SON NAMED "BENJAMIN" IN THEIR 1850 HOUSEHOLDS; HENCE, THIS APPEARS BE A SECOND MARRIAGE FOR THE BROTHER, BENJAMIN. IF SO, BOTH ELIZABETH AND BENJAMIN MAY BE DEAD BY 1870. THEY ARE NOT IN THE 1870 CENSUS. 4-12-1866 JAMES L. LONAS MARTHA WAMPLER GEORGE LONAS DAUGHTER OF SOLOMON A. COBBLE, J.P. MARTHA IS IN SOLOMON'S 1850 HOUSEHOLD, AGE 1 (NOTE BROTHER FREDERICK, ALSO HAS A DAUGHTER NAMED MARTHA IN HIS 1850 HOUSEHOLD, AGE 2) JAMES L. LONAS, AGE 16, IS IN THE 1850 HOUSEHOLD OF ADAM LONAS, AGE 30, AND CATHERINE LONAS, AGE 43. JAMES L. AND HIS WIFE, MARTHA, ARE IN THE 1870 CENSUS, WITH ONE CHILD, MARY E. BORN 1869. JAMES L. LONAS DIED AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 24 IN 1872. HE IS BURIED IN BLUE SPRINGS LUTHERAN CEMETERY. MARTHA LONAS IS NOT IN THE 1880 CENSUS. IT IS UNKNOWN IF SHE REMARRIED. 1-22-1867 ISAAC WAMPLER MARY JANE HARMON JAMES S. WAMPLER SON OF SOLOMON A. COBBLE, J.P. ISAAC IS IN SOLOMON'S 1850 HOUSEHOLD, AGE 4 ISAAC WAS A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER WITH 8TH TN INFANTRY. HE IS IN THE 1890 SPECIAL SURVIVOR'S CENSUS. HE LISTS A DISABIITY OF DIABETES. ISAAC AND MARY J. ARE IN THE 1870 CENSUS. THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDE: JOHN W., AGE 2, AND NOLA V. AGE 6 MONTHS. ISAAC AND MARY JANE ARE ALSO IN THE 1880 CENSUS. IN THIS CENSUS, THEIR CHILDREN ARE: JOHN WESTLY; NOLIE V.; ELLIE CORDELIA; LIDDIE M.; AND WILLIAM DEMAY. JESSE ISAAC WAMPLER DIED 1-2-1915 IN GREENE COUNTY. PAGE 7 DATE GROOM BRIDE BONDSMAN 11-17-1867DANIEL J. WAMPLER HARRIETT MARSHALL J.L. FRY/ ALFRED B. LOW, M.G. DANIEL JACKSON IS A SON OF HENRY, S/O SOLOMON. DANIEL, AGE 8 MONTHS, IS IN HENRY'S 1850 HOUSEHOLD AS "JACKSON". THIS FAMILY NOT FOUND IN THE 1870 CENSUS IN GREENE COUNTY. DANIEL WAMPLER, IS POSSIBLY FOUND IN THE 1880 CENSUS OF ANDERSON COUNTY, TN. A DANIEL WAMPLER, AGE 30, IS LISTED AS A "SON-IN-LAW" OF JULY A. MACKLIN. IF THIS IS THE CORRECT DANIEL, HIS FIRST WIFE, HARRIETT MARSHALL, IS DECEASED BY 1880, WITH NO KNOWN CHILDREN. 2-6-1868 ASA HALE MARTHA E. BROWN JOHN A. WAMPLER ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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