Individual Details
Edwin Homer Wayland
(3 Nov 1875 - 19 Sep 1959)
Alamogordo Daily News, Alamogordo, New Mexico, Monday, September 21, 1959, Front Page, Col. 6 & 7: Pioneer County Resident Dies. Funeral services for Edwin H. Wayland, 83, are pending with Mullins Hamilton Funeral Home. The pioneer Otero County resident died Saturday evening in the local hospital where he had been a patient almost two weeks. Graveside services will be held. They will be conducted by members of the IOOF here. The Rev. Lacy Simms will officiate. Oddfellows will also be pallbearers. Wayland who was born in San Saba county, Texas, Nov. 3, 1875, arrived in what is now Otero County in September 1884 after a four month trip from Junction City where his father had died. The family built the first lumber house in La Luz in 1889. They had lived in a log cabin they had built on Perk Canyon in 1886 before making the move. They traded their place for lumber and moved to La Luz so that he, his four sisters and two brothers, could attend school.
Wayland returned to Alamogordo a year ago to make his home with his niece, Mrs. E. F. Harrington and Mr. Harrington. He had come from Beaumont, California having moved from this area in 1925. The pioneer gave up cattle work and turned to a job as brand inspector in 1904. He later attended New Mexico State university and returned to Alamogordo where he was employed as cashier in the old First National Bank. He served as Otero county treasurer in Alamogordo where he drew the largest vote of anyone at that time.
Wayland was one of four men who were breaking raw broncs on a ridge near White sands on the evening of January 31, 1896, when Judge Albert Fountain and his son passed in their buggy and stopped the mailman to inquire who the men on the ridge were. Wayland, his brother Jim; Tom Givens and Lonjino Gonzales learned later that the mailman had told the Judge who they were and so dispelled the Judge's uneasiness. Judge Fountain was concerned, as three men had been along his trail since he had left Lincoln after hearing a cattle rustling case. Judge Fountain and his son disappeared in one of the great mysteries of the State. They were never reported alive again after the conversation with the mailman.
Survivors include his niece, with whom he lived, Mrs. Pearl Frasier Harrington; and many other nieces and nephews, including Orin Frasier of Phoenix and Edwin Frasier of Homestead, Florida.
A picture of Mr. Wayland is with the obituary.
Alamogordo Daily News, Alamogordo, New Mexico, Tuesday, September 22, 1959, Front Page, Col. 3: Wayland Rites At Grave, Wednesday. Graveside rites of Edwin Homer Waylnad will be conducted at Monte Vista cemetery at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with members of the Oddfellows lodge in charge. Mullins-Hamilton Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements. Pallbearers will be Frank F. Davis, Chester L. Webb, Olin Hammack, Clay Smith, Dick Gililland, and Harold Bishop.
Wayland returned to Alamogordo a year ago to make his home with his niece, Mrs. E. F. Harrington and Mr. Harrington. He had come from Beaumont, California having moved from this area in 1925. The pioneer gave up cattle work and turned to a job as brand inspector in 1904. He later attended New Mexico State university and returned to Alamogordo where he was employed as cashier in the old First National Bank. He served as Otero county treasurer in Alamogordo where he drew the largest vote of anyone at that time.
Wayland was one of four men who were breaking raw broncs on a ridge near White sands on the evening of January 31, 1896, when Judge Albert Fountain and his son passed in their buggy and stopped the mailman to inquire who the men on the ridge were. Wayland, his brother Jim; Tom Givens and Lonjino Gonzales learned later that the mailman had told the Judge who they were and so dispelled the Judge's uneasiness. Judge Fountain was concerned, as three men had been along his trail since he had left Lincoln after hearing a cattle rustling case. Judge Fountain and his son disappeared in one of the great mysteries of the State. They were never reported alive again after the conversation with the mailman.
Survivors include his niece, with whom he lived, Mrs. Pearl Frasier Harrington; and many other nieces and nephews, including Orin Frasier of Phoenix and Edwin Frasier of Homestead, Florida.
A picture of Mr. Wayland is with the obituary.
Alamogordo Daily News, Alamogordo, New Mexico, Tuesday, September 22, 1959, Front Page, Col. 3: Wayland Rites At Grave, Wednesday. Graveside rites of Edwin Homer Waylnad will be conducted at Monte Vista cemetery at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with members of the Oddfellows lodge in charge. Mullins-Hamilton Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements. Pallbearers will be Frank F. Davis, Chester L. Webb, Olin Hammack, Clay Smith, Dick Gililland, and Harold Bishop.
Events
| Birth | 3 Nov 1875 | San Saba Co., Texas |  | ||
| Death | 19 Sep 1959 | Alamogordo, Otero Co., New Mexico | | ||
| Burial | Monte Vista Cemetery, Alamogordo, Otero Co., New Mexico | |
Families
| Father | James Wayland (1829 - 1883) |
| Mother | Mary Agnes Rucker (1841 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Millard Filmore Wayland (1856 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Arilla Jennie Wayland (1858 - 1958) |
| Sibling | James Francis Wayland (1860 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Clara Josephine Wayland (1863 - 1947) |
| Sibling | William Lee Wayland (1866 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Emma Wayland (1869 - 1952) |
| Sibling | John Louis Wayland (1872 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Sara Dora Wayland (1877 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Daisy Dean Wayland (1881 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Lula May Wayland (1881 - 1894) |
Endnotes
1. Obituary of Edwin Homer Wayland, Alamogordo Daily News, Alamogordo, New Mexico, Monday, September 21, 1959, Front Page, Col. 6 & 7.
2. Obituary of Edwin Homer Wayland, Alamogordo Daily News, Alamogordo, New Mexico, Monday, September 21, 1959, Front Page, Col. 6 & 7.
3. Obituary of Edwin Homer Wayland #2, Alamogordo Daily News, Alamogordo, New Mexico, Tuesday, September 22, 1959, Front Page, Col. 3.