Samuel Porter Wymore (1834 - 1908)

Born 20 Nov 1834 in Montgomery, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella Louisa (Scott) Wymore — married 6 Aug 1856 in Daviess, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1908 at age 74 in Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

Samuel Porter Wymore was born on November 20, 1834/5 in Montgomery, Indiana, United States to parents Johnson Wymore and Sarah McMains . The family would move several times during his childhood from another part of Indiana to Mahaska County, Iowa and eventually settling in Kansas. A year after the last move, Samuel left for Missouri.

Samuel Wymore met and married Isabella Louisa Scott on August 6, 1857 in Daviess, Missouri, United States ^[1] but filed for their marriage papers on August 20th.^[2] Together they would have seven children but only three would survive to adulthood:

1. Mary Scott (
2. Matilda (
3. Samuel Porter Jr.(

He died in Montgomery, Gage County, Nebraska on December 20, 1908 at 74 years old after suffering a "paralytic stroke"^[3] His body was interred at Blue Springs Cemetery in Blue Springs, Gage County, Nebraska, United States. ^[4]

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Facts

• Fact: Residence (1850) Mahaska county, part of, Mahaska, Iowa, United States

• Fact: Residence (1860) Lancaster Township, Atchison, Kansas Territory, United States

• Fact: Residence (1870) Nebraska, United States

• Fact: Residence (1880) Liberty, Gage, Nebraska, United States

• Fact: Residence (1885) , Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, United States

• Fact: Residence (1900) Wymore Township Wymore city Ward 1-2, Gage, Nebraska, United States

• Fact: Burial (24 December 1908) Blue Springs Cemetery, Blue Springs, Gage, Nebraska, United States

• Fact: Occupation Farmer, Real Estate Dealer, Stockman

• Wymore, located in Gage County, Nebraska was founded 4/7/1881, from land donated by Sam Wymore to the C. B. & Q. Railroad to build a depot and repair shop. By 1892, the railroad shop consisted of a 20-stall roundhouse and machine shops and employed approximately 600 people. Wymore's railroad employment dropped sharply after 1920 as the diesel locomotive replaced the steam engine and the railroad's rip track gang was transferred to Lincoln. (5/15/23 removed bad link)

Sources

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ [2]
3. ↑ [The Beatrice Daily Express, Beatrice, NE Mon 21 Dec 1908, p.1]
4. ↑ [3]

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 May 2023, 20:43), entry for Samuel Porter Wymore (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2D6P-N6V ); contributed by various users.

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4F-2F2 : Tue Apr 04 20:57:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Shram Wymore and Johnson Wymore, 1850.

• "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZS-NGYC : 17 September 2021), Mr Samuel Wymore and Miss Isabel Scott, 6 Aug 1857; citing Marriage, Daviess, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007271593.

• "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WPHG-766Z : 4 August 2022), Mr Samuel Wymore, 20 Aug 1857; citing Marriage, Daviess, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007424502.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M664-HZY : 18 February 2021), Samuel Wymore in entry for Johnson Wymore, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD3-RT3 : 29 May 2021), S Wymar, 1870.

• "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q298-2F1C : 8 June 2021), Samuel Wymore in entry for William C. Nichols, (9 October) 1879.

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YD-GXQ : Thu Aug 03 14:23:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel Wymore and Isabel Louisa Wymore, 1880.

• "Nebraska State Census, 1885", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3XT-578 : Wed Sep 13 15:04:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Saml Wymore and Isabella Wymore, 1885.

• "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZL-WH6J : 22 August 2022), Samuel Wymore in entry for Samuel Wymore Jr, 1895.

• "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F4L-QXCS : 7 June 2022), Saml Wymore in entry for Mary S Nichols, 1897.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BS-TTD : Fri Aug 04 11:16:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel Wymore and Isabel Wymore, 1900.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14441515/samuel-porter-wymore: accessed 15 September 2023), memorial page for Samuel Porter Wymore (20 Nov 1834–20 Dec 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14441515, citing Blue Springs Cemetery, Blue Springs, Gage County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Philip Wymore (contributor 46838774).

Memorial Page Here: [5]

• See Also:

* History of Atchison County, Kansas - by Sheffield Ingalls - 1916, pages 114-115.

* The Beatrice Daily Express, Beatrice, NE. Mon 21 Dec 1908, p.1

* The Beatrice Daily Sun, Beatrice, NE

Tue 22 Dec 1908, p.1

* Weekly Wymorean - February 23, 1895

* "Wymore, Nebraska Diamond Jubilee Album: The History of Sam Wymore Coming West"

Acknowledgments

• Becky Elizabeth Simmons

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