William Clint "Clint" Stamper

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. 2002: "Mary Mable (Jackie, her name was originally supposed to be Jaska)."

Mary married Vonden Buel Marshall about 1928. Vonden was born on 14 May 1907 in Arkansas; died in Jan 1983 in Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

William married Dorothy Lavern Henderson on 10 Oct 1937 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. Dorothy was born on 1 Mar 1913 in Whitewright, Grayson County, Texas; died on 27 May 2006 in Kimberling City, Stone County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Carol Diane Waldron Hensley. FindAGrave indicates he was a LTC, US Army.

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