Individual Details

Lyman W. Saum

(20 Nov 1842 - 24 Jun 1909)



1850 Census. Soap Creek Twp, Davis Co, Iowa, Hh 18
David M. Soms, 33, Cooper, b. VA
Lucinda, 28, b. Ohio
Born in Ohio: Lyman, 7 (male), Augustus, 6. Minerva A., 4.
Born in Iowa: Byram L. 2. Jacob, one month old
May Bare, age 9, b. Ohio

1860 Census. Soap Creek Twp, Davis Co, Iowa, Hh 349
David Saum, 46, b. VA
Linda A., 38, b. Ohio
Children born in Ohio:
Lyman, 17 (marked as female...). Augustus, 15. Alonzo, 13.
Children born in Iowa:
Byron, 11. Jacob, 9. Lenora, 4. Charles 2. James D. two months old

1870 Census. Ft Calhoun, Washington Co, NE, Hh 112
Living with the family of Lafayette and Mary Shipley:
Lyman Saum, 27, farm labor, b. Ohio
Byron Saum, 22, teaching school, b. Iowa
Where was wife and daughters?

1880 Census. Ft Calhoun, Washington Co, NE, Hh
Lyman Saum, 39, b. Ohio
Mary, 30, wife, b. Iowa (second wife - Mary Wilson Fisher)
Minnie Fisher, 11, stepdaughter, b. Iowa, father b. MD
Augustus A. Saum, 5, son, b. Nebraska
Wilmot, son, 3 months - born in March, b. Nebraska
William Whittaker, 40, Farm Hand, b. Ohio
William Wilson, 56, Father-in-law, b. KY

Events

Birth20 Nov 1842Ohio
Marriage23 Nov 1866Davis County, Iowa - Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Wishard
Marriage1 Jan 1871Washington County, Nebraska - Mary Wilson
Death24 Jun 1909Fort Calhoun, Washington County, Nebraska

Families

SpouseMary Elizabeth "Polly" Wishard (1847 - )
SpouseMary Wilson (1850 - 1913)

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