Living

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Notes:

According to his wife's obit O.B. was teaching at Empire School in Stephens Co. Ok when they married in 1941. Besides teaching in Oklahoma O.B. also taught in the states of Texas, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia. He taught at Oklahoma Christian College in Oklahoma City, OK from 1961 to 1978.

SSDI - ORVILLE B STAMPER 29 Jul 1913 24 Nov 1990 (not specified) (none specified) 440-05-5334 Oklahoma

Unknown newspaper--

Orville B. Stamper Oklahoma City --

Former Stephens County teacher, Orville B. Stamper, 77, of Oklahoma City, died Saturday, Nov. 24, 1990, in an Oklahoma City hospital. Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Hahn-Cook/Street and Draper Funeral Home Chapel in Oklahoma City, with L. L. Gieger and Kenneth Baird officiating. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Mr. Stamper was born July 29, 1913, in Wheeler, Texas. He began his teaching career in Cotton County, taught a number of years in Velma and Empire, and served as a high school principal in Elida, N. M. He also taught public and higher education in Texas, Tennessee and South Dakota, retiring in 1978 from Oklahoma Christian College. On July 13, 1941, he married Delila Merle Cummings in Frederick. Survivors include his wife of the home; a daughter, Carol Stover of Las Vegas, Nev.; a son, Gary Stamper of Rui Doso, N.M.; a sister, Mable Jackie Marshall of Hobbs, N.M.; and two grandsons, Ian Stamper and Aaron Stamper.

Unknown newspaper-- Stamper, Orville Bush, 77, died November 24, 1990 at St. Anthony Hospital after an extended illness. He was born to W. C. and Marie Stamper in Wheeler, TX, July 29, 1913. He attended schools in Wizard Wells, TX and Lawton, OK, graduating from Cameron Jr. College in 1929. He received his Bachelors of Science at Oklahoma A&M (OSU), Stillwater, OK, his Masters in Secondary Education at OU, Norman, OK, and his Doctor of Education from Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX. He began his teaching career in Cotton County, OK, also teaching a number of years in Stephens County at both Velma and Empire before going to Elida, New Mexico as High School Principal for four years. He then taught in Texas public schools for about five years. He moved to Aberdeen, SD, where he taught at Northern State Teachers College for five years. He taught at David Lipscomb Christian College in Nashville, TN before coming to Oklahoma Christian College (OCUSA) in 1961 where he remained until his retirement in 1978. He married Delila Merle Cummings July 13, 1941 in Frederick, OK. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, W. C. Stamper, Jr. He is survived by his wife Delila of the home; his daughter Carol Stover of Las Vegas, NV; his son, Gary Stamper of Ruidoso, NM; grandsons Ian and Aaron Stamper and his sister Mable Jackie Marshall of Hobbs, NM. He was a member of the Church of Christ at the time of his death serving as an elder at the 31st and Penn congregation. Services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, November 26, 1990 at Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper with Interment following at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.

(Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

Orville married Delila Merle Cummings on 13 Jul 1941 in Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma. Delila was born on 2 Dec 1915 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 18 Oct 2002 in Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico; was buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Duncan Banner Oct. 21, 2002

OKLAHOMA CITY - Delila M. Cummings Stamper, 86, passed from this life on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2002, in Alamogordo, N.M. Service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Hahn, Cook, Street and Draper Funeral Home in Oklahoma City with Kenneth Beard officiating. Internment will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Stamper was born Dec. 2, 1915, near Duncan in the Liberty district, to Charles and Ophia Wampler Cummings. She attended Liberty and Empire schools, graduating from Empire in 1934. She married O.B. "Bush" Stamper, a teacher at Empire school, on July 13, 1941. The Stampers lived in several states including Texas, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia and Oklahoma while Mr. Stamper taught in high schools, colleges and universities. They moved back to Oklahoma City in 1961. In 1994, after the death of her husband, Mrs. Stamper moved to New Mexico to be near her two children and their families. She was a lifelong, active member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Chris Chapis of Las Vegas, Nev.; a son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Kathy Stamper of Tularosa, N.M.; two grandsons, David Ian Stamper and his wife, Arlene, and Aaron Jeffrey Stamper all of Albuquerque, N.M.; a sister, Ruby Treece Jennings of Duncan; a brother Charles Lawrence Cummings of Ventura, Calif.; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 49 years; five brothers, Earl Andrew Cummings, O.L. " Buster" Cummings, Glen Eugene Cummings, Horace H. Cummings and Russell Lee Cummings; and three sisters, Rose Corene Cummings, Mary Ellen Cummings Wilkinson and Iona May Cummings Pollock.

(Courtesy of Lyn Gentry Cordell)

Notes:

From Krol Stamper Chapas to Lynell Gentry Cordell, 2002--

"Campbell William Stamper had two wives. With the first one he had 6 children (including W.C.'s father Hiram) and with the second one he had 16 children. The halves all knew each other, even to the 2nd generation. W.C. Sr. was named for one of his father's (Hiram's) halves, William Campbell.

His story was that he and his brother were living together and neither one could cook, so they decided that one of them had to get married. They drew straws and Pa was the one who had to do it. Then he met Granny (a natural blonde) and never got over it. Fortunately she agreed to marry him, and life was good after that."

Marriage records indicated that Clint and Marie Audrey were married in Arkansas in 1907. They must have moved to Texas shortly thereafter, as their oldest daughter, Mary Mabel "Jackie" Stamper was born in 1908 in Montague. By 1913, they had moved to Wheeler county, where son Orville Bush Stamper was born. Shortly thereafter, they must have moved again, this time to the Vineyard Community of Jack County, Texas. As can be seen on the transcription of a Historical Marker found by one of the old wells, shown below, Hiram and his sons petioned for the 1915 name change of Vinyard to Wizard Wells, Texas. Youngest son William Clinton Stamper, Jr was born in Wizard Wells in March, 1916.

Wizard Wells - Texas Historical Marker

The Kiowa Indians first visited this location and used the mineral waters for medicinal purposes. George Washington Vineyard settled here in the 1870s taking up a claim originally established by David Rowland. ... In 1898 the Rock Island Railroad bypassed Vineyard and Sebree Community was started (2 mi. S). Visitors arriving by train took a hack to the resort. H.F. Stamper and his sons, Clint and H.F., Jr. petitioned the legislature in 1915 and the name of Vineyard became Wizard Well. Sebree was changed to Vineyard.

From the website http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~drycreek/wizard_wells.htm

The following World War I draft registration card, provided by Lynell Cordell, shows that W.C. Stamper was the a Manager of the Mineral Water Health Resort in Wizard Wells.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: William Clinton Stamper
City: Wizard Wells
County: Jack
State: Texas
Birth Date: 2 Oct 1884
Race: White
Roll: 1953770
DraftBoard: 0
Age: 33
Occupation: Mineral Water Health Resort Manager
Nearest Relative: Mary Audrey Stamper, Wizard Wells, Jack Co. TX
Height/Build: Medium/Slender
Color of Eyes/Hair: Brown/Brown

In her note to Lynell, Krol continued "I guess my Uncle Jeff (g-uncle) lived near them for quite awhile, married a lady named Alice (have her maiden name in my notes) and all lived near each other (along with Uncle Dick and Aunt's Jessie and Clara) until Pa and Granny decided to go back to school and become college professors. That was when they moved to Lawton.

They (W.C. and Marie), were either getting ready to teach at Cameron or were already teaching there (in 1933 when Mary Bush died), so they probably planned to stay. However, Pa (W.C.) took a job with the Agricultural Dept. and they lived in Paul's Valley and lived there for many, many years before he retired again and they moved to Ardmore." --

The Dailey Ardmoreite, Nov. 28, 1978

W.C. Stamper, Sr.

Services are pending at Harvey Funeral Home for W.C. Stamper Sr. who died Tuesday, Nov. 28 in a local nursing home. Born Oct. 2, 1884 in Taney County, Mo., he had been a resident of Ardmore for 20 years coming here from Pauls Valley. He was a retired employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. He married Marie Audry Bush on June 27, 1907 at Bentonville, Ark. She preceded him in death in 1975. He was also preceded in death by a son, W. C. Stamper, Jr., in 1966.

Social Security Death Index
Name: William Stamper
SSN: 445-34-8733
Last Residence: 73401 Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States of America
Born: 2 Oct 1884
Last Benefit: 73401 Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States of America
Died: Nov 1978
State (Year) SSN issued: Oklahoma (1951-1952 )
Oklahoma - Carter County

(Research):Census Information (Courtesy of Lyn Gentry Cordell):

1910 census Wheeler Co. TX ED 218 Pg. 243B
189/192 Stamper, William C., head, MW, 28, M1, 3, MO KY AR
Mary A., wife, FW, 25, M1, 3
, TX KY TN
Mary M., dau., FW, 18 mos., TX MO TX

1920 census Benton Co. AR ED 16, Pg. 71A
Cave Springs; Colville
116/129 Bush, Mary, head, FW, 69, Wd., TX KY VA
Roy, son, MW, 41, S, TX KY TN
116/130 Stamper, William, head, MW, 35, M, MO KY AR
Mary, wife, FW, 34, M, TX KY TN
Mable, dau, FW, 11, TX MO TX
Bush, son, MW, 6, TX MO TX
William, son, MW, 3 ?/12, TX MO TX

1930 census Comanche Co. OK ED 16-24 Pg. 248B
139/143 Stamper, Clinton, head, MW, 45, M, age when first married 22, MO KY AR
Marie, wife, FW, 44, M, age when first married 21, TX KY TN
Orville, son, MW, 16, TX MO TX
W. C., son, MW, 14, TX MO TX
Jackson, Donald, lodger, MW, 23, IL OH IL

William married Marie Audrey Bush on 27 Jun 1907 in Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas. Marie (daughter of Lynn Boyd Bush and Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Gentry) was born on 10 Jul 1885 in Bells, Grayson County, Texas; died on 14 Jun 1975 in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma; was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Email from Carol Ann 'Krol' Stamper Chapas, Aug. 23, 2002 to Lynell Cordell:

"Granny's name really was Mary when she was born, but after they got married Pa thought Marie sounded more....interesting? It stuck."

(Lynell's note-Apparently her name was still pronounced Mary. The y was just dropped in favor of ie. The same may have been done for her middle name, Audrey)


Oklahoma - Carter County

HILLCREST CEMETERY is the second largest cemetery in Carter County and is located in the city of Ardmore in Range 2E, Township 5S, Section 7.

STAMPER, MARIE 1885 1975

W C JR 1916 1966

W C SR 1884 1978

The Daily Ardmoreite, June 16, 1975

Mrs. W.C. Stamper, Sr.

Services for Mrs. W. C. Stamper, Sr., 89, who died Saturday in a local hospital after an extended illness, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Central Church of Christ. Gary Colley will officiate. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery.

Born July 10, 1885 in Bells, Tex., Mrs Stamper had lived in Ardmore the last 17 years, moving here from Pauls Valley.

The former Marie Audrie Bush, she married William Stamper on June 27, 1907 at Bentonville, Ark. Mrs. Stamper was a member of the Central Church of Christ.

Serving as bearers will be, Bill Bowden, Edgar Wallace, Sid Gilstrap,

Hal Cox, Lowell Keeton and Howard Haney.

Survivors in addition to her husband include a son. O.B. Stamper, Oklahoma City; a daughter; Mrs. V. B. (Mable) Marshall, Hobbs, N.M.; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A son, W.C. Stamper, Jr., whose widow, Mrs Lavern Stamper resides in Ardmore, died Sept. 14, 1966.

Arrangements are under the direction of Harvey Funeral Home

Notes:

(Research):Census Information:

1900 Census
Texas, Callahan, JP No. 5
Enumerated 22 June 1900
SD 4 ED 16 Sheet 12A
192-196
Stamper, ? ? Hd W M Jan 1855 W M 26 Ky Ky Ky Farmer
Stamper, Susan A Wf W F April 1860 W M 25 7/5 Ark Tn Tn
Stamper, M. M. Son W M Oct 1882 17 S Mo Ky Ark Farm Laborer
Stamper, W.C. Son W M Oct 1884 15 S Mo Ky Ark Farm Laborer
Stamper, H.F. Son W M Jan 1892 S Mo Ky Ark
Stamper, Clara L Dtr W F Oct 1894 5 S Mo Ky Ark

1910 Census
Texas, Montague, JP 4, Bowie
Enumerated 26 April 1910
SD 13 ED 169 Sheet 6B
115-116
Stamper, Hiram F Hd M W 55 m1 32 Ky Ky Ky W Own Income
Stamper, Susan A Wife F W 50 M1 32 7/4 Ark S.C. N. C
Stamper, Hiram F. Jr Son M W 18 S Mo Ky Ark Farmer
Stamper, Clara L Dtr F W 15 S Mo Ky Ark

1920 Census
Texas, Jack County, JP #7
Enumerated 5 Jan 1920
SD 13 ED 85 Sheet 1B
18-18
Stamper, Hiram F Hd M W 64 W Ky KY KY None
Stamper, Clara L Dtr F W 25 S Mo Ky Ark None

1930 Census
Texas, Jack County, JP 1
Enumerated April 21, 1930
ED 119-3 SD 3rd Sheet 10A Stamped 195
206-206
Stamper, Hiram F Hd M W 75 M 67 Ky US US Nond
Stamper, Florence Wf F W M 48 Ala Ala Ala
Douglas, Hubert StepSon M W 16 S Tx Ala Ala

Hiram married Susan Alice Haney. Susan was born about 1860 in Arkansas; died after 1910 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lynn Boyd (L.B.) Bush and family were living in Baylor County, Texas in 1900. By about 1912, L.B. and Mary lived in Cave Springs, Benton County, Arkansas where they operated the Hotel Bush, one of two hotels in Cave Springs at the time. The local phone office was located in the hotel and Mary was operator. L.B. was a member of the Christian Church/Church of Christ, and is buried in the Cave Springs Cemetery.

His obituary, from the Rogers Democrat of 13 Feb 1919 reads as follows:

Bush, L.B.-----L.B. Bush died at his home on Main Street. He had not been well for some time, having had two or three strokes of paralysis at different times, death being caused by same and occurin Friday at 5 pm. Interment was made in the city cemetery Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the home by Rev. Sears. Mr. Bush was respected by all who knew him and will be greatly missed by every one and we all join in extending sympathy to his loved ones, Mrs. L.B. Bush and children: Mrs. Sam Adams, Rogers; Mrs. W.C. Stamper, Wizard Wells, Texas; W.B. Bush, McClain, Texas and Roy Bush of Cave Springs.

Lynn Boyd Bush was apparently named after a neighbor in Trigg County, Kentucky, Linn Boyd, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1835-1837 and from 1839-1855. He was U.S. Speaker of the House from 1851-1855.

(Research):
Census Information (courtesty Lyn Gentry Cordell):

1900 census
Texas, Baylor County
ED 6 Pg. 287A
BUSH, Lynn B., head, WM, Jun 1847, 52, KY KY VA
Mary E., wife, WF, Feb 1850, 50, TN KY VA
Roy M., son, WM, Feb 1878, 22, TX KY TN
Carrie E., dau., WF, Jan 1883, 17, TX KY TN
Mary, dau., WF, Jul 1885, 14, TX KY TN

1910 census
New Mexico, Curry County
ED 53 Pg. 24B
Clovis ward 4
50/58
Bush, Murry L., head, MW, 33, M1, 10, TX KY MO
Cora, wife, FW, 27, M1, 10, 3/3 children, AR MS MS
Clara, dau., FW, 9, TX TX AR
Jewel, dau., FW, 6, OK TX AR
Lynn, son, MW, 2, NM TX AR
Lynn B., father, MW, 62, M1, 35, KY US US
Roy, brother, MW, 32, S, TX KY MO

Lynn married Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Gentry on 25 Dec 1873 in Grayson County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Preacher William G. Gentry and Mary "Polly" ???) was born on 20 Feb 1850 in Tennessee; died on 6 Oct 1933 in Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary was still unmarried when her mother's estate was divided in Grayson County, Texas in 1871.

On the 1880 Census, Mary Gentry Bush was living away from her husband, with the family of John M and Pamelia Gentry in Grayson County. Living with her were her three young sons, Willie, Harry, and Marcus Roy. It is not known why they were seperated.

Mary and L.B. Bush are listed are heirs to W.G. Gentry on a land transaction in Hill County, Texas in 1883.

Bush, Mary E., b. Feb 20, 1850, d. Oct 6, 1933, 83y, TN-Gentry

Email from g-granddaughter, Carol Ann 'Krol' Stamper Chapas - TheKrol@juno.com to Lynell Cordell:

"Grandma Mary (everyone called her Mollie) was living with Pa & Granny (Wm. Clint, Sr. and Mary/Marie A.)when she died. They lived 25 miles south of Lawton according to her obituary. She died Friday, October 6, 1933 at 4:00 a.m. She had moved from Cave Springs in July of 1933 and had a stroke which left her partially paralyzed in August. She and Grandpa Lynn had been members of the Cave Springs Church of Christ, and they had owned a small hotel there for years. She is buried in Highland Cemetery which is somewhere in or near Lawton."

From Comanche web site:

Highland Cemetery

Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma

Located north side of town, off of Fort Sill Boulevard and North Sheridan Road.

Bush, Mary E., b. Feb 20, 1850, d. Oct 6, 1933, 83y, TN-Gentry

Block 17, Lot 16.

Apparently W.C. and Marie bought other burial spaces here and they're still vacant.

Lawton Constitution, Fri. Oct. 6, 1933

Mrs. Mary Bush Dies Early Today

Funeral Services to be Conducted Saturday Morning

Mrs. Mary E. Bush, 83, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.C. Stamper, living 25 miles south of Lawton, Friday morning at 4 o'clock.

Mrs. Bush, who came from Cave Springs, Arkansas, last July, had a stroke of paralysis in August and had not been well since that time.

Besides Mrs. Stamper, another daughter, Mrs. S.S. Adams of Rogers, Arkansas, and three sons, W.D. Bush, M.L. Bush and R.M. Bush, all of McLain, Arkansas, also survive.

Mrs. Bush was a member of the Church of Christ at Cave Springs.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the Church of Christ, with Burton Coffman, pastor and Roy Stafford conducting the services. Burial will be made in Highland Cemetery by the Lawton Funeral Home.

(Mark Eitzen gives W.B. as a son, not W.D. and since he's descended from Wm.Boyd I'll have to go along with him, but he doesn't list M.L. at all.)

(Research):
Census Information (Courtesy of Lyn Gentry Cordell):

1910 census
not located. Not living with her husband, who was in New Mexico living with their son, Murray.

1920 census
Arkansas, Benton County
ED 16, Pg. 71A
Cave Springs; Colville twp.
116/129 Bush, Mary, head, FW, 69, Wd., TX KY VA
Roy, son, MW, 41, S, TX KY TN
116/130 Stamper, William, head, MW, 35, M, MO KY AR
Mary, wife, FW, 34, M, TX KY TN
Mable, dau, FW, 11, TX MO TX
Bush, son, MW, 6, TX MO TX
William, son, MW, 3 ?/12, TX MO TX

1930 census
Arkansas, Benton County
ED 4-9 Pg. 46A
Cave Springs; Colville twp.
8/8
Bush, Mary E., head, FW, 80, Wd., TN KY VA
Roy M., son, MW, 52, S, TX KY TN

Notes:

Married:
Copy of Marriage License from Grayson County, TX Marriage Book C, page 230:

To any Judge of the District Court, Ordained Minister of the Gospel, or any Justice of the Peace in Grayson County---Greeting: You are hereby authorized to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between L.B. Bush and Miss M.E. Gentry and make due return to the Clerk of the said County within sixty days thereafter, certifying your action under this license. WITNESS my official signature and seal of office at Sherman this 24h day of Dec 1873. S. Bostick Clerk of the District Court for Grayson County by B.W. Bradley, Depty

I, M.F. Cole, certify that on the 25th day of December 1873 I united in marriage the parties above named this 25th day of December 1873 M.F. Cole (Supplied by Lynell Cordell. She received this via email from Mark A. Eitzen, a descendant who has a copy of this marriage license)