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Biography of George Washington
Stamper ( 1856 - 1952) submitted by Jean Saxton - forestfaeries2006@yahoo.com |
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Biography of G W Stamper Dad Stamper was born
in Smoky Valley, Ky Nov 28, 1856. His mother was Susan Fannin
who was born July 14, 1834 in Dad had seven brothers
and five sisters. Two girls and six boys are living up to date,
and all are living in Smoky Valley While in Smoky Valley,
Dad worked in the general store and there he met a girl, Ollie
Lyons, who was visiting in the village. The family moved from
Smoky Valley by train March 28, 1885; and arrived in Dodge City,
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August 4, 2007 Dear Golden: This is to, hopefully,
clarify the assertion that George Washington Stamper (1856-1952)
was allegedly married to 2 women, Children of Ollie Lyons
& George Washington Stamper (1856-1952)
NAME BIRTH PLACE BIRTH
DATE Children of a mysterious George Washington Stamper and Sarah Eda McGlone, married on May 14, 1896. NAME BIRTH PLACE BIRTH
DATE married Sarah Eda McGlone. (See biography I sent you to be posted on your website). To the best of my knowledge, Sarah never left Carter Co., Ky except when she lived in Ohio with her son, Robert, where she died in 1953 and gave birth to Robert in Eby, Ky (I don't know what county that is in). She was buried in Carter Co. in Bethel Cemetery. Also, on your website, it says that Sarah's husband died prior to the 1910 Census which lists her, age 35, as a widow with 8 children. Sarah's son, A.C. was probably born in Carter Co., Ky because his brother before him and his sister after him both were born there. I do not know where her sons, Roscoe and Roy were born. When A.C. (Sarah's son) was born in 1898, my great-grandfather was living in Missouri with Ollie & their kids, in 1902 when her son, Lewis, was born, he was having his last child with Ollie Lyons, Arthur Chester Stamper, and living in Medoc, Missouri, in 1904 they were in Mulberry, Kansas, in 1909 they were in Eureka, Kansas, and in 1910, the year Sarah's last child, Roy, was born, George, Ollie & kids migrated to Big Wells, Texas. In 1913 they moved to Kaufman, Texas, and in 1922 he and Ollie made their home in San Antonio, Texas. This is all according to my grandfather's (Warner Austin Stamper) biography about his family written in 1939 and dictated by his father, George Washington Stamper (1856-1952). It is logistically impossible for my great-grandfather, George Washington Stamper (1856-1952), to have been married to both of these women and fathered all the children from both these families. He would have had to have a suped-up, gas-powered, V-8 engine covered wagon to have been with both these women and fathered their children while he was traipsing all over the place with Ollie and their kids and working in coal pits and at other various jobs. He and Ollie were still married when she died in 1927 in San Antonio, Texas and they are buried side-by-side in Mission Burial Park in San Antonio, Texas. (Enclosed is a picture of their monument.) The marriage certificate or bond for George Washington Stamper and Sarah Eda McGlone, does not state helpful information on George like his parents names, age, or birthdate. It is, therefore, not evidence of who she married. It seems to me that no valid evidence was ever presented regarding WHICH George Washington Stamper Sarah Eda McGlone married. With no convincing or demonstrable evidence, I am compelled to accept the assertion that she married G.W. Stamper (1856-1952) as untrue. One possibility is that Sarah married G.W. Stamper born in 1872 who was the son of Washington Stamper (1838-1908?) and his first wife, Margaret. Washington was the son of John Stamper (1799-1882). The G.W. born in 1872 would have been a cousin to my great-grandfather and they could have been in contact which might explain the weird coincidence that four of their children's names by different women are the same: Lewis, Roscoe, Roy & A.C. (Arthur Chester). My great-grandfather's children's names are mentioned first, then Sarah's children after that. Lewis was born in 1885 & 1902, Roscoe in 1891 & 1908, Roy in 1899 & 1910, A.C. was born in 1902 & 1898?? As cousins, these two George Washington Stamper's may have shared children's names with each other, but we will never know what really happened, as is often the case in genealogical research. The information on G.W. born in 1872 is sketchy and little is known about him. In a conversation with my cousin, Robert Russell Stamper (Sarah's son), said his father abandoned the family after the last child was born in 1910 and he has no pictures or information on him. At any rate, due to geographical restrictions and limited transportation available during the later part of the 19th Century and the early 20th Century, there is no way my great-grandfather was husband and father to both of these families. I submit that Sarah Eda McGlone married someone other than George Washington Stamper (1856-1952) and would like the information on your website changed unless someone out there can prove otherwise, and I don't think that is possible. I further submit that no proof of their, alleged, marriage was ever given. She obviously married a man named George Washington Stamper, but there are several gentlemen of that name to choose from. True genealogy is all about providing documentation that can be considered proof and not just opinion from unsubstantiated belief. Let me know what you think, Golden. I have attached a pic of George and Ollie's monument too. When I get the chance I will send you info for the Stamper Family database. It has incorrect or missing info on my grandfather, Warner Austin Stamper and his kids, one of which was my dad, Warner Lester Stamper (1916-2007. I will also send info on me and my sisters and our kids to bring the line up to the present. My line is John Stamper (James W.), Andrew Jackson Stamper, George Washington Stamper, Warner Austin Stamper and Warner Lester Stamper. Sincerely,
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