Judith Ann Guild ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Judith was first married in 1842 to Isaac Wyant who died in 1867. They had a total of 10 children. Following Isaac's death, Judith was remarried to Luke Corker whose first wife, Catharine Lightfoot, had died in 1866.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 26 August 1870. ¹

1870 US Census
Pages 20, 21, Family 153, Roll 380
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Judith A. Corker..46..OH..Keeping House

(Living with second husband, 5 step-children, and 5 children from her first marriage.)
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• She was buried after 11 October 1882 in the Pee Dee Cemetery in Cedar County, IA.

Find a Grave Memorial 155192076
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Judith married Isaac Wyant on 7 December 1842 in , Stark County, OH. (Isaac Wyant was born in 1820 in Maryland and died on an unknown date.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on June 1860. ³

Page 141, Household 973
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Isaac Wyant..40..MD
Judith A Wyant..36..NJ
John Wyant..17..OH
Emma J Wyant..15..OH
George Wyant..13..OH
Frank Wyant..11..OH
Kate Wyant..6..OH
Elizabeth Wyant..4..IA
Willie Wyant..2..IA
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Judith next married Luke Corker on 17 December 1868 in Cedar County, IA. (Luke Corker was born on 18 May 1818 in , Lancaster County, PA,^{1 4 5 6} died on 4 April 1889 in Cedar County, IA ⁷ and was buried after 4 April 1889 in Pedee Cemetery, Springdale Township, Cedar, IA ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 26 August 1870. ¹

1870 US Census
Pages 20, 21, Roll 380, Dwelling 152, Family 153
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Luke Corker..52..PA..Farmer
Judith A. Corker..46..OH..Keeping House
Esther Pierce..24..OH
Elizabeth Pierce (Corker)..22..OH
Archy Pierce (Corker)..16..OH
Julia Pierce (Corker)..11..IA
Wm. Pierce..2..IA
Frank Wyant..20..OH
Kate Wyant..16..OH
Elizabeth Wyant..14..IA
Wm. Wyant..12..IA
Otis Wyant..5..IA

NOTE - The enumerator incorrectly entered the names of Elizabeth, Archy, and Julia so that it appears their surname was Pierce instead of Corker.
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Luke Corker
Spouse's Name: Judith Ann Wyant
Event Date: 17 Dec 1868
Event Place: Cedar Co., Iowa
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M58762-1
System Origin: Iowa-VR
GS Film number: 0986805
Reference ID: 2:3RBQTGX

Citing this Record:
"Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJBX-XMQ : accessed 25 April 2016), Luke Corker and Judith Ann Wyant, 17 Dec 1868; citing Cedar Co., Iowa, reference 2:3RBQTGX; FHL microfilm 986,805.
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Luke and Judith are shown together in the 1870 US Census along with children from both of their first marriages. Included are Luke's children, Esther, Elizabeth, Archy, and Julius as well as Judith's children Frank, Kate, Elizabeth, William, and Otis.

Judith's children from her previous marriage are all listed as expected with the Wyant surname but the surname listing for Luke's children was improperly entered by the census enumerator and various census databases have mixed up some of the surnames.

Immediately following Luke and Judith's names is the name of his divorced daughter correctly entered as Esther Pierce. However the next entry was Luke's next youngest child and she was entered with only a given name thereby leading to the incorrect conclusion that her surname and subsequent names would also have the Pierce surname instead of the correct surname of Corker.

Those children's names are listed only as Elizabeth, Archy, and Julia and their surnames should be Corker. Following those entries, the name of Esther Pierce's young son, William Pierce, appears. The remaining names are all correctly listed as the Wyant children.
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