Samuel Caspar Wilt
(1892-1942)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Lucyna Beecher

Samuel Caspar Wilt 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 13 Sep 1892, Timberville, Rockingham, VA 2
  • Marriage (1): Mary Lucyna Beecher
  • Died: 18 Feb 1942, Franklin, Venango, PA at age 49 2 3
  • Buried: 21 Feb 1942, Franklin: Franklin Cemetery, Venango, PA 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: LV31-DT5.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH. 5 The 1920 census recorded renting at 432 Warner Road: Samuel C. Welt, pipe fitter in rubber company, 27, living with wife Lucyna, 23; son Donald, 3 years 7 months; and daughter Vivian, 6 months when the census was recorded on 27 Jan 1920. Samuel and his parents were born in Virginia. Donald and Lucyna were born in Pennsylvania and her parents in Illnois. Vivian was born in Ohio.

2. Census in 1930 in New Market, Shenandoah, VA. 6 The 1930 census recorded Samuel C. Wilt, plumber pipe fitting, 37, living with wife Lucyna M., 33; son Donald B., 13; daughter Vivian C., 10; and mother Elizabeth Wilt, 68. Samuel and Elizabeth and their parents were born in Virginia. Lucyna, her parents, and Donald were born in Pennsylvania. Vivian was born in Ohio.

3. Census in 1940 in Franklin, Venango, PA. 7 The 1940 census recorded renting a home at 214 Center Street: Samuel C. Wilt, pipe fitter, 47, living with wife Lucyna, 43; son Donald B., 23; and daughters Vivian C., 20, and Lucyna E., 6. Samuel and daughter Lucyna were born in Virginia. Vivian was born in Ohio, and her mother Lucyna and Donald in Pennsylvania.

4. Cause of Death: coronary heart disease, 18 Feb 1942, Franklin, Venango, PA. 2

5. Occupation: plumber on 18 Feb 1942 in Franklin, Venango, PA. 2

6. Residence: 1262 Elk St., Franklin, PA on 18 Feb 1942 in Franklin, Venango, PA. 2

7. Newspaper: News-Herald: Funeral of Samuel C. Wilt, 23 Feb 1942, Franklin, Venango, PA. 3 Funeral services for Samuel Caspar Wilt, 49, of 1262 Elk Street, who died at his home Wednesday after a long illness, were held at the home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Samuel H. Gross, pastor of the Grace Lutheran Church.
Interment was in the Franklin Cemetery and the pallbearers were Gordon F. Furst, Elmer J. Patton, Hans Jorgensen and W. Ord Phipps.
Those who attended the services from out of the city were Mr. and Mrs. George Sallot, of New Castle, and Donald B. Wilt, of Erie.


Samuel married Mary Lucyna Beecher, daughter of William Henry Beecher and Mary Lucyna White. (Mary Lucyna Beecher was born on 6 Jan 1897 in Franklin, Venango, PA,8 9 10 11 died on 11 Sep 1965 in Lima, Allen, OH 10 12 13 and was buried on 18 Sep 1965 in Lima: Memorial Park Cemetery, Allen, OH 10.)


Sources


1 Franklin News-Herald (Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania.), 20 Apr 1954, page 2. Obituary of Mrs. Raymond Shorts.

2 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 16546. Samuel Caspar Wilt. Father Peter Wilt. Mother Mary Mills. Spouse Mary Beecher.

3 Franklin News-Herald (Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania.), 23 Feb 1942, page 5. Funeral of Samuel C. Wilt.

4 The Courier (Findlay, Ohio) (Findlay, Hancock, Ohio), 20 Oct 1994, obituary of Vivian C. Sallot.

5 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDRY-MR3 Samuel C Welt, Cleveland Ward 15, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 21A, family 403.

6 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/CN51-XPZ Lucyna M Wilt in household of Samuel C Wilt, New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0013, sheet 1A, family 1, line 2.

7 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQ7Z-KM8 Samuel C Wilt, Ward 3, Franklin, Franklin City, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-20, sheet 13A, family 246.

8 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Franklin Ward 2, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1423; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1375436.

9 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M34J-X7H William H Bracher, Franklin city, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 10A, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241490.

10 Lima Star (Lima, Allen, Ohio.), 13 Sep 1965, page 2.

11 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2VL-WGM Mary L Beecher, 06 Jan 1897; Birth, citing , Venango, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 911,568.

12 Lima News (Lima, OH) (Lima, Allen County, Ohio.), 12 Sep 1965, obituary of Mary Lucyna Wilt.

13 FamilySearch.org, Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007, Death Certificate 64959. Mary L. Witt.



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