Daniel Wampole - Elias Van Scoter families

The Wampole and Van Scoter (VanBenSchoten) Families were
first united when Elias and Jane (Foote) Van Scoter's son, Endress
Van Scoter, born Sept 29, 1847 South Danville, NY. married on
27 Dec. 1863 to Catherine Lucina Wampole, daughter of
Daniel and Margaret (Fox) Wampole. There were no
children from this marriage.

During the Civil War, Endress enlisted in the Army at Madison,
WI, on Jan. 1, 1864 at age 16. He is described in his military
records as 6'4" tall, light complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair.

Endress wa a Private in Co. E-1st Regiment of the Wisconsin
Calvary Volunteers. He was stationed in TN and took part in
some of the battles in TN, and was chosen to go with General
Sherman to Georgia. Endress received a gunshot wound in his
leg during a battle near Dalton, GA.

Endress was captured at Varnel Station and taken to the
infamous Andersonville Prison on May 9, 1864. Thus, he
was not with Sherman's march to the sea and burning of Atlanta.

Endress Van Scoter died at Andersonville Prison of gangerine on
Sept. 10, 1864, just 19 days shy of his 17th birthday.

The second Wampole -Van Scoter union was that of Catherine
aka Katherine Van Scoter (VanBenSchoten) , born 28 Oct 1849,
parents Elias and Jane (Foote) Van Scoter. Catherine married
(1) George Washington Wampole b 1847 in NY.
(2) Thomas Jefferson Wampole b 17 May 1854, WI.

Catherine and George Wampole lived in Waushara County, WI
when their first child Adelbert was born in 1868, They were living in
Minnesota when their second child Thaddeus was born in 1870.
They returned to Waushara Co. WI where three daughters were
born. They seperated and divorced. Catherine married as her
second husband (2) Thomas Jefferson Wampole, brother of
her first husband George. They were married in 1883, and they
lived at Merrillan, WI, where their three children were born.

Thomas Wampole died 10 Dec 1924 (cerebral hemmorage) at age 70
in the home of his daughter Clara Edmundson, Madison, WI.

Catherine died 28 August 1939 at the home of her son Robert Elias
Wampoole, at Fairchild, WI. when she was aged 90.