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The 1850 Federal Census of Hunting Ground and North Fork Hills, Pendleton, Virginia is a little challenging to find Peter, complete with his family if you are looking on Ancestry.com. First search for his parents and older sister Elizabeth, who by that time had married George W. Zickefoose. They will appear at the bottom of one page. You can't just go to the next page for the rest. You must then do a separate search for one of the rest of the children, who are in reality, continued to the next page. You will then find first Peter, then his older brother Abel. and the rest of the younger children. The surname was spelled Wymer in error, too. You will not find the eldest son Nathan living at home with their parents on that census. He was already married and living on a nearby farm.
In 1860, Peter is found working as a farmhand for the William Colan family in Downs, Mclean County, Illinois.
On March 5, 1863, Peter Wimer married Mary Raines in Pendleton County, West Virginia. They migrated from (W) Virginia to DeWitt County, Illinois in about 1855. Their (known) children were Elias Jeff, Virginia Susan, George Washington, and Ida F.
About 1867 Peter and Mary moved from Illinois to Spring Creek Twp, Coffey County, Kansas. Mary Raines died in 1869, and Peter went back to West Virginia to get Sarah Jane Hammer to be his second wife. They were married on February 24, 1870. Their (known) children were W.H., Benjamin McDonald, Howard Hammer, and Mary Jane.
That marriage ended in divorce sometime after 1877, and he later married Elisabeth Sigler on March 5, 1899. Elisabeth leaves the picture sometime between 1900 and 1904, either by divorce or death, because she is not around when Peter has his legal problems in 1904.
In 1904 an altercation took place with some boarders that Peter had taken into his home, and a little child was shot and killed by Peter's stray bullet. He was found guilty and imprisoned.
When Peter got out of prison, he seems to have traveled to visit whatever friends or relatives he was still close to in Virginia, and when he died nobody claimed the body and he was buried in a pauper's cemetery in Virginia.
- researched by Lila Cole (#46507767)
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The 1850 Federal Census of Hunting Ground and North Fork Hills, Pendleton, Virginia is a little challenging to find Peter, complete with his family if you are looking on Ancestry.com. First search for his parents and older sister Elizabeth, who by that time had married George W. Zickefoose. They will appear at the bottom of one page. You can't just go to the next page for the rest. You must then do a separate search for one of the rest of the children, who are in reality, continued to the next page. You will then find first Peter, then his older brother Abel. and the rest of the younger children. The surname was spelled Wymer in error, too. You will not find the eldest son Nathan living at home with their parents on that census. He was already married and living on a nearby farm.
In 1860, Peter is found working as a farmhand for the William Colan family in Downs, Mclean County, Illinois.
On March 5, 1863, Peter Wimer married Mary Raines in Pendleton County, West Virginia. They migrated from (W) Virginia to DeWitt County, Illinois in about 1855. Their (known) children were Elias Jeff, Virginia Susan, George Washington, and Ida F.
About 1867 Peter and Mary moved from Illinois to Spring Creek Twp, Coffey County, Kansas. Mary Raines died in 1869, and Peter went back to West Virginia to get Sarah Jane Hammer to be his second wife. They were married on February 24, 1870. Their (known) children were W.H., Benjamin McDonald, Howard Hammer, and Mary Jane.
That marriage ended in divorce sometime after 1877, and he later married Elisabeth Sigler on March 5, 1899. Elisabeth leaves the picture sometime between 1900 and 1904, either by divorce or death, because she is not around when Peter has his legal problems in 1904.
In 1904 an altercation took place with some boarders that Peter had taken into his home, and a little child was shot and killed by Peter's stray bullet. He was found guilty and imprisoned.
When Peter got out of prison, he seems to have traveled to visit whatever friends or relatives he was still close to in Virginia, and when he died nobody claimed the body and he was buried in a pauper's cemetery in Virginia.
- researched by Lila Cole (#46507767)
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The 1850 Federal Census of Hunting Ground and North Fork Hills, Pendleton, Virginia is a little challenging to find Peter, complete with his family if you are looking on Ancestry.com. First search for his parents and older sister Elizabeth, who by that time had married George W. Zickefoose. They will appear at the bottom of one page. You can't just go to the next page for the rest. You must then do a separate search for one of the rest of the children, who are in reality, continued to the next page. You will then find first Peter, then his older brother Abel. and the rest of the younger children. The surname was spelled Wymer in error, too. You will not find the eldest son Nathan living at home with their parents on that census. He was already married and living on a nearby farm.
In 1860, Peter is found working as a farmhand for the William Colan family in Downs, Mclean County, Illinois.
On March 5, 1863, Peter Wimer married Mary Raines in Pendleton County, West Virginia. They migrated from (W) Virginia to DeWitt County, Illinois in about 1855. Their (known) children were Elias Jeff, Virginia Susan, George Washington, and Ida F.
About 1867 Peter and Mary moved from Illinois to Spring Creek Twp, Coffey County, Kansas. Mary Raines died in 1869, and Peter went back to West Virginia to get Sarah Jane Hammer to be his second wife. They were married on February 24, 1870. Their (known) children were W.H., Benjamin McDonald, Howard Hammer, and Mary Jane.
That marriage ended in divorce sometime after 1877, and he later married Elisabeth Sigler on March 5, 1899. Elisabeth leaves the picture sometime between 1900 and 1904, either by divorce or death, because she is not around when Peter has his legal problems in 1904.
In 1904 an altercation took place with some boarders that Peter had taken into his home, and a little child was shot and killed by Peter's stray bullet. He was found guilty and imprisoned.
When Peter got out of prison, he seems to have traveled to visit whatever friends or relatives he was still close to in Virginia, and when he died nobody claimed the body and he was buried in a pauper's cemetery in Virginia.
- researched by Lila Cole (#46507767)
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The 1850 Federal Census of Hunting Ground and North Fork Hills, Pendleton, Virginia is a little challenging to find Peter, complete with his family if you are looking on Ancestry.com. First search for his parents and older sister Elizabeth, who by that time had married George W. Zickefoose. They will appear at the bottom of one page. You can't just go to the next page for the rest. You must then do a separate search for one of the rest of the children, who are in reality, continued to the next page. You will then find first Peter, then his older brother Abel. and the rest of the younger children. The surname was spelled Wymer in error, too. You will not find the eldest son Nathan living at home with their parents on that census. He was already married and living on a nearby farm.
In 1860, Peter is found working as a farmhand for the William Colan family in Downs, Mclean County, Illinois.
On March 5, 1863, Peter Wimer married Mary Raines in Pendleton County, West Virginia. They migrated from (W) Virginia to DeWitt County, Illinois in about 1855. Their (known) children were Elias Jeff, Virginia Susan, George Washington, and Ida F.
About 1867 Peter and Mary moved from Illinois to Spring Creek Twp, Coffey County, Kansas. Mary Raines died in 1869, and Peter went back to West Virginia to get Sarah Jane Hammer to be his second wife. They were married on February 24, 1870. Their (known) children were W.H., Benjamin McDonald, Howard Hammer, and Mary Jane.
That marriage ended in divorce sometime after 1877, and he later married Elisabeth Sigler on March 5, 1899. Elisabeth leaves the picture sometime between 1900 and 1904, either by divorce or death, because she is not around when Peter has his legal problems in 1904.
In 1904 an altercation took place with some boarders that Peter had taken into his home, and a little child was shot and killed by Peter's stray bullet. He was found guilty and imprisoned.
When Peter got out of prison, he seems to have traveled to visit whatever friends or relatives he was still close to in Virginia, and when he died nobody claimed the body and he was buried in a pauper's cemetery in Virginia.
- researched by Lila Cole (#46507767)
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