Luke Corker Wymer ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   Another name for Luke was Luke Lightfoot Wymer.

  General Notes:

Because of the lack of birth documents and information, it is not known for sure if his middle name was Corker or Lightfoot. In 1918, when Luke registered for the World War I Draft, he used the name Luke Lightfoot Wymer. His mother entered his name as Luke L. Wymer for the 1885 Iowa State Census, the 1910 US Census, and the 1920 US Census. After his mother died in 1930, Luke used the middle initial of C for Corker on the 1940 US Census. His obituary used the middle initial of C. and his gravestone has the middle initial of C.
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Luke apparently went to Oklahoma some time after his mother died in 1930. The obituary for his mother in 1930 indicates that he lived in Muscatine, Iowa. The obituary for his brother, Neal C. Wymer, in 1942 indicates that Luke lived in Drummond, Oklahoma. Luke died unmarried.
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  Death Notes:

Age: 80
Given Name: Luke
Surname: Wymer
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1883
State: Oklahoma
Event Date: Feb 1963

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9F4-3ZC : 20 May 2014), Luke Wymer, Feb 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1885 Iowa State Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 20 April 1885. ²

1885 Iowa State Census
Page 5, Line 30, Dwelling 160, Family 171
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Township 80, Range 3, Section 3, NW Quarter of the NW Quarter
Luke L. Wymer..1..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on January 1895. ³

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 487, Line 8, Dwelling 169, Family 174
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Luke Wymer..11..Cedar County, IA..no religion

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 28 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 9A, Dwelling 169, Family 170
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Luke Wymer...Jun 1883..16..IA..Farm Laborer

(Living with the Herbert and Susan Worrel family.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Muscatine, IA on April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 24B, District 112, Dwelling 489, Household 542
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Luke L. Wymer..Son..26..IA

(Living with widowed mother.)
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• His occupation on 12 September 1918 was a Truck Driver for J. M. Gobble Co. In Muscatine, IA in Muscatine, IA. ¹²

• He resided at 318 Chestnut Street on 12 September 1918 in Muscatine, IA.
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• On 12 September 1918, he registered for the World War I Draft at Muscatine, IA.

Name: Luke Lightfoot Wymer
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1883
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Muscatine, IA on 6 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 120, Dwelling 108, Family 144, Roll 504
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
318 Chestnut Street; Home rented
Luke L. Wymer..Son..36..IA..Machinist, Garage

(Living with widowed mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Muscatine, IA on 2 April 1930. ⁷

1930 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 14, Dwelling 3, Family 19, Roll 670
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, 2nd Ward
401 East Second Street; Home rented $35
Luke Wymer..Son..46..IA..Farm Laborer, Truck Farm

(Living with widowed mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Sheridan Township, Garfield County, OK on 10 April 1940. ⁸

1940 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 24-61, Family 24, Roll 3293
Sheridan Township, Garfield County, Oklahoma
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home owned, $1000
Luke C. Wymer..Brother..56..IA..6th grade..Laborer, Construction Company

(Living with widowed sister, Vietta.)
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• His obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper in February 1963 in Drummond, OK.

Luke C. Wymer, Drummond, died late Tuesday night in an Enid hospital after a long illness. He was 93. Born in Iowa, Wymer came to Oklahoma 32 years ago settling on a farm west of Drummond. He later retired from his farming interests. Services will be held at 2 PM Friday in the chapel of Brown Funeral Home. Burial will be in Del Norte Cemetery. Wymer leaves two sisters, Mrs. Susan Fisher, Muscatine, Iowa, and Mrs. Martha Alice Baker, Riceville, Iowa; a niece, Mrs. A. L. Thorlton, Enid, and several other nieces and nephews.

(Source: unidentified newspaper clipping, probably from the Drummond or Enid, Oklahoma area.)
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• He was buried on 22 February 1963 in the Del Norte Cemetery in Drummond, OK.

James and his brother, Luke, share one common gravestone which is a flat block of gray granite with a polished top face. The inscription reads "WYMER - James D., 1869 - 1961; Luke C., 1883 - 1963".

Find A Grave Memorial #122402937
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