Susan Ida Wymer ^{2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13}

   Another name for Susan was "Daisy" Wymer.⁶

  General Notes:

Family Stories from My Mother, Susan Ida Wymer-Sharer-Fisher, by Iris Geraldine Sharer

I was born September 21, 1887 in Cedar County, Iowa between Springdale and Rochester, Iowa. The home site was in a wooded area of ten acres. There were eleven children born to my mother and father (James Wymer, Jr. and Eunice Arnsberger Lightfoot). Two children, Edward and John (Johnie) died when small children.

We had lots of fun playing in those ten acres, picked berries and nuts in season and sold them. We thought we were rich if we had a dollar. We walked a mile to school which was a one room red brick building with a small cloak room to put our coats and boots. We walked winter and summer; in the winter we waded in the snow up to our knees, and walked on the fence posts the snow was so deep.

We would go to Tipton or West Liberty, Iowa to buy clothes and shoes in a horse and buggy or a buckboard wagon. One of my pleasures was to get a sack of candy for a dime, such as peppermint sticks, etc. When we went to the grocery store at Springdale, the man would always give us a treat. On our way home Mother had purchased cheese, bread, and meat, so we could stop in the shade and have a little picnic.

We always had a big garden and we had to weed, the job being up to we children. Then we helped Mother to can all the produce from the garden, washing all the jars. I also helped her with the washing every Monday. She would go out to help families that needed extra help and she would be paid a dollar a day with her meals. I was left in charge of the house and looked (over) George and Elizabeth. The rest of the children were working away from home or were married and homes of their own.

My mother was a good cook. We picked elderberries and wild grapes, making preserves and pies. Mother was known all over the neighborhood for her pie making. Whenever there was an event or thrashers, they would ask Mrs. Wymer to make the pies. One of her specialties was vinegar pie, better than lemon.

During the hard times when money was so scarce, my mother sold her long hair to a woman who wanted a switch (they wore extra hair piled on top of their own hair) for a barrel of flour. Once there was a fire on the roof, and mother was alone with us children. She climbed a ladder and using her best quilts beat out the fire. Also when there was a bad storm in the night, she would make us get dressed and come down stairs until the storm was over.

I sewed carpet rags and made quilt blocks and mother set them together on the sewing machine. Some of the relatives lived near us and we would visit back and forth. They were cousins, the Mackies and the Linns. They are buried in the Pee Dee Cemetery near West Branch, Iowa. We lived in a Quaker settlement. My grandparents, Daniel Lightfoot, Sr., were English Quakers, his mother and father coming from England before 1811.

My mother when she was a little girl of six came to Cedar County in a covered wagon and carriage conveyance. She could remember most of the trip from her memory and stories from her parents. They located upon one of the fertile farms of that new country.
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  Birth Notes:

Name: Susan Ida Wymer
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 21 Sep 1887
Event Place: Iowa Township, Iowa, Iowa, United States
Event Place: Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Gender: F
Father's Name: James Wymer
Mother's Name: Eunice A Lightfoot

Citing this Record
"Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q246-1H5Q : accessed 23 July 2019), Eunice A Lightfoot in entry for Susan Ida Wymer, 21 Sep 1887, Iowa Township, Iowa, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 222534, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101716638.
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  Death Notes:

Age: 90
Given Name: Susan
Surname: Fisher
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1887
State: Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Muscatine, Iowa
Previous Residence Postal Code: 52761
Event Date: Jun 1977

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3F3-W2H : 20 May 2014), Susan Fisher, Jun 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth Image: 21 September 1887, in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA. ¹⁰

• She appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on January 1895. ¹¹

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 487, Line 8, Dwelling 169, Family 174
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Suzie Wymer..7..Cedar County, IA..no religion

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 8 June 1900. ¹²

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 31, Dwelling 71, Family 72
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Farm owned, no mortgage
Susan I. Wymer...Daughter..Sep 1887..12..IA..At school

(Living with widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Muscatine, IA on April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 24B, District 112, Household 543
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Susan I. Sharer..Wife..22..IA

(Living with husband and daughter.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Muscatine, IA on 20 January 1920. ¹⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 126, Dwelling 346, Household 356, Roll 504
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
213 Biggman Street; Home Rented
Daisy Fisher..Wife..32..IA..Cardo(?) Button, At Home

(Living with 2nd husband, 2 step-children, and 3 children from 1st husband.)

NOTE - The name of Daisy for Susan is either an enumerator error or a transcription error, or maybe just a nickname used by her 2nd husband.
.

• She appeared on the 1925 Iowa State Census in Muscatine, IA in 1 January 1925. ⁷

1925 Iowa State Census
Book 9, Line 145, 1st Ward
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, United States
122 Cook Street
Susan Fisher..Wife..37..8th grade..Eunice Lightfoot..Baptist

(Living with 2nd husband, 3 children from 1st marriage, and 1 stepson.)
.

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Muscatine, IA on April 1930. ⁸

1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 0016, Household 152, Roll 670
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Susan Fisher..Wife..42..IA

(Living with 2nd husband, step-son, and daughter from 1st husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Muscatine, IA on 5 April 1940. ⁹

1940 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 70-15, Family 64, Roll 1186
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same House
1216 Smalley Avenue; house rented, $15
Susan Fisher..Wife..52..IA..8th grade

(Living with 2nd husband.)
.

• She was buried after 3 June 1977 in the Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine, IA.

Find A Grave Memorial 24615214
. ¹³

Susan married Benjamin Everly Sharer, son of Elmer Earl Sharer and Isabell Justina Federlein, on 27 March 1908 in , Muscatine County, IA.^{2 3 4} The marriage ended in divorce. (Benjamin Everly Sharer was born on 8 February 1889 in Como, CO,^{4 16} died on 11 September 1938 in Smithville, MO ^{4 16} and was buried after 11 September 1938 in Muscatine, IA ^{4 16}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Muscatine, IA on April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 24B, District 112, Household 543
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Benjamin E. Sharer..Head..22..NE
Susan I. Sharer..Wife..22..IA
Iris G. Sharer..Daughter..1..IA
.

• Benjamin Everly Sharer and Susan Ida Wymer were divorced after 1910.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Ben E. Sharar
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Mar 1908
Event Place: Muscatine, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Marital Status: S
Birth Year (Estimated): 1886
Father's Name: Sharar
Mother's Name: Isabel Federlien
Spouse's Name: Susie Wymer
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 20
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1888
Spouse's Father's Name: James Wymer
Spouse's Mother's Name: Unis Sightfoot

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJZY-NF6 : 25 September 2017), Unis Sightfoot in entry for Ben E. Sharar and Susie Wymer, 27 Mar 1908, Muscatine, Iowa, United States; citing reference 1003492 pg 77, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,003,492.
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Although the Wymer Family Bible has 1906 as the year of their marriage, the marriage license shows 27 March 1908.
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Susan next married Walter Ray Fisher, son of William Paradise Fisher and Lillian Anne Greenblade, on 18 October 1918 in Muscatine, IA.^{4 5 6 7 8 9} (Walter Ray Fisher was born on 31 March 1882 in Muscatine, IA,^{6 7 9 17} died on 8 February 1960 in Muscatine, IA ¹⁸ and was buried after 8 February 1960 in Muscatine, IA ¹⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Muscatine, IA on 20 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 126, Dwelling 346, Household 356, Roll 504
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
213 Briggman Street; Home rented
Walter R. Fisher..Head..37..IA..Button Cutter, Button Factory
Daisy Fisher..Wife..32..IA..Cardo(?) Button, At Home
Jewel Fisher..Daughter..12..IA
William Fisher..Son..11..IA
Ida Shaver..Stepdaughter..11..IA
Eloise Shaver..Stepdaughter..9..IA
Benjamin Shaver..Stepson..8..IA
.

• They appeared on the 1925 Iowa State Census in Muscatine, IA in 1 January 1925. ⁷

1925 Iowa State Census
Book 9, Line 145, 1st Ward
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, United States
122 Cook Street
Ray Fisher..Head..42..8th grade..Lilly Greenblade..no religion
Susan Fisher..Wife..37..8th grade..Eunice Lightfoot..Baptist
Iris Sharer..Stepdaughter..16..10th grade..Susan Whymer..Baptist
Elloise Sharer..Stepdaughter..14..8th grade..Susan Whymer..Baptist
Benjamin Sharer..Stepson..12..7th grade..Susan Whymer..Baptist
Wm. Fisher..Son..16..8th grade..Lou Vance
.

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Muscatine, IA on April 1930. ⁸

1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 0016, Household 152, Roll 670
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Walter R. Fisher..Head..49..IA
Susan Fisher..Wife..42..IA
William Fisher..Son..21..IA
Eloise Sharer..Stepdaughter..19..IA
.

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Muscatine, IA on 5 April 1940. ⁹

1940 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 70-15, Family 64, Roll 1186
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same House
1216 Smalley Avenue; house rented, $15
Walter R. Fisher..Head..57..IA..8th grade..Laborer at Canning Factory..earned $1040 in 1939
Susan Fisher..Wife..52..IA..8th grade
.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Walter Ray Fisher
Birthplace: Muscatine
Spouse's Name: Sue Sharrer
Spouse's Birth Date: 1887
Spouse's Birthplace: Cedar, IA
Spouse's Age: 31
Event Date: 18 Oct 1918
Event Place: Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa
Father's Name: Wm. Fisher
Mother's Name: Lillian Greenblade
Spouse's Father's Name: James Sharrer
Spouse's Mother's Name: Eunice Lighfoot
Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Marital Status: Unknown

Citing this Record
"Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJTF-S8V : 10 February 2018), Walter Ray Fisher and Sue Sharrer, 18 Oct 1918; citing Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, reference 2:3KV8C15; FHL microfilm 1,854,313.
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