Samantha WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

Samantha Wickham married her step-father, Martin Luther Rayner, after her mother died.

1900 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Center Twp: Samantha Wickham, servant, Apr 1876, 24, b. OH, parents b. OH, housework. She was living with widow Mary A. Young and family.

1910 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Center Twp: Martin L. "Raner", 51, wd, married 30 yrs, b. OH, father b. US, mother b. OH, farmer, leased farm; son "Clarnce", 17, single, b. OH, parents b. OH, farmer; step-daughter Samantha Wickham, 33, single, b. OH, parents b. OH.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: Morvil (Worvil?) Wickham; b. Feb. 1, 1911 in Noble Co, OH; d. Feb. 15, 1911 in Center Twp, Noble Co, OH; 14 days old; father: unknown; mother: Samantha Wickham who was b. Noble Co, OH; cause of death not known, but opium poisoning contributed; burial: Pleasant Hill Cem; informant: W. H. Hamilton (undertaker) of Sarahsville, OH. (Could Morvil have been a son of this Samantha? She married Martin Rayner about 5 weeks after Morvil's death.)

1920 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Center Twp: Martin "Raynor", b. OH, father b. WV, mother b. OH, farmer; wife Samantha, 42, b. OH, parents b. OH; dau. Ollie, 7, b. OH, parents b. OH; dau. Marie, 2, b. OH, parents b. OH.

OH DEATHS, 1908-1044: Samantha Rayner, d. Oct 16, 1929, Noble Co.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: Samantha Rayner; b. Apr 19, 1876 in OH; widow; had been married to Martin L. Rayner; housework, at home; father: "Saint" Wickham who was b. OH; mother: Sarah Hanes who was b. OH; d. Oct. 16, 1929 in Buffalo Twp, Noble Co, OH of mitral regurgitation and dropsy; 53 yrs, 5 mo, 27 days; buried on Oct. 18, 1929 at Pleasant Hill. Informant was Charles Rayner of Ava RFD, OH.

Samantha married Martin Luther RAYNER on 23 Feb 1911 in Noble Co, OH.¹ (Martin Luther RAYNER was born on 15 Sep 1857 in Sarahsville, Center Twp, Noble Co, OH,⁴ died on 26 Mar 1925 in Center Twp, Noble Co, OH ⁴ and was buried on 28 Mar 1925 in Pleasant Hill Cem, OH ⁴.)