Sanford V Hymer (1918 - 1942)

Born 15 Feb 1918 in Owen, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances L (Burnett) Hymer — married Jun 1939 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States [uncertain]

Died 15 Mar 1942 at age 24 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

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Biography

When Sanford V Hymer was born on 10 February 1918, in Owen, Kentucky, United States, his father, Walton Hymer, was 32 and his mother, Carrie Belle Woolums, was 35. ^[1]

Walton Hymer, the father of Sanford, died on 26 October 1919 from tuberculosis. He had been sick for one year before passing away at the age of 36. ^[2]

Sanford, the baby of the family and his mother, Carrie, now widowed less than a year and his two brothers along with his mother's two youngest sisters were all living in a rented house on Breck and New Columbus Pike. Carrie is 38, her boys are 6, 4, and 2. her sisters are 18 and 14. They were living next door to Denver Hudson who was also the Census enumerator in 1920. Carrie was the first family he interviewed on the 16th of January. He records that Carrie is farming for the support of her family. ^[3]

Sanford and Ward both lived with my Great Grandparents for a period of time. Sanford was still living with them on Swope Rd. in southeastern Owen County in 1930 when the U.S. Census was done by Arthur O'Banion on April 12th. The family consisted of Pa and Granny, otherwise known as William and Setta Woolums, my grandmother, Aline Woolums, Sanford and my Great, Great Grandfather George Gaines. Sanford is twelve, enrolled in school and has an occupation of doing chores. ^[4]   Sanford had moved to Cincinatti where his brother, Ward was at sometime in the late 1930s. He was living 452 Winton Rd. [1] He met and married Frances L "Fanny" Burnett in June 1939, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. [2]

Sanford and Frances were living with her parents in a rented house at 4181 Hamilton Ave. Mr. Burnett was paying $17.00 a month in rent. Sanford and Frances had both completed the 8th grade of school. Sanford was working as a laborer for Spring Grove Cemetery. He made $825.00 in wages in 1939. Fanny was working as a housewife. ^[5]

He died on 15 March 1942, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 24 from Hodgkins Disease, ^{[6] [7]} [3] and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Find A Grave: Memorial #78962561

Research Notes

Parents

• Walton Hymer
• Carrie Belle Woolums

Siblings

1. John Thomas "JT" Hymer 1914-1999
2. Ward Lee Hymer 1915-2002
3. Della Mae Wainscott 1922-2021
4. Living Wainscott-Wright 1927

Spouses

1. Frances L Burnett

Children

• none

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHG-3H8H : 5 December 2023), Sanford V Hymer, 10 Feb 1918; citing Birth, Owen, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
2. ↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSZ5-W5Y : Fri Oct 13 22:03:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Walton Hymer and Thos. Hymer, 1919.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP7-QDY : Fri Dec 08 01:25:24 UTC 2023), Entry for Carrie B Hymer and John T Hymer, 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMFF-XVL : Wed Oct 04 08:50:28 UTC 2023), Entry for William Woolums and Setta Woolums, 1930.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW5M-4DX : Tue Nov 28 14:40:34 UTC 2023), Entry for James Burnett and Sarah Burnett, 1940.
6. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZKH-S94 : Fri Oct 13 16:53:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Sanford Hymer and Hymer, 15 Mar 1942.
7. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKP5-4VK : 12 November 2019), Sanford Hymer, 1942.