Re: FOUND AT LAST
HAMPTON
Posted By: juanita (email) In Response To: Re: FOUND AT LAST (Mary Lanigan)
Date: 4/4/2003 at 07:47:56
Yes, Mary, I know my grandmother's biological parents' names. My grandmother, Ada, was the oldest child of Levi and Clara E. HAMPTON. They were married in Meigs Co. Ohio, went to Fairfield, Iowa where Ada was born 1877. There were two other children: Edward, born 1879 and Anna Elizabeth (called Gracie) born Apr 1881..adopted by Wm. Adams in Fairfield in Nov 1882. She was renamed Mary Elizabeth Adams.
Levi Hampton died after a 3-4 da. illness from pneumonia Feb 1882 in Fairfield. I found this only reference to his death in a Fairfield newspaper. Clara gave Ada to Eliza E. Willard, according to Eliza's divorce record from Emmett M. Willard. I've never found what happened to Edward Hampton.
Clara Hampton seems to have disappeared from Jefferson Co. the latter part of 1882. I found a notice in a Fairfield newspaper that her house was being sold in Nov 1882 for non-payment of taxes (less than $2.00!) I've not found a re-marriage for her. She'd have been in her middle to late 20's at time she was widowed. Nor have I found a death record. Her maiden name was Stidger. I traced the history of her siblings insofar as I could. Her brother, Harmon P. Stidger, moved from OH to Fairfield also and lived there a no. of years before returning to OH. I have his obituary from a Columbus newspaper as well as the Fairfield newspaper when he died 1926. His sister, Clara, was not mentioned as a survivor. I suspect she probably married again in Jefferson Co., or possibly Wapello Co. but thus far, my searches have proven NIL.
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