Feightner, Samuel A.

Also Known As Feightner, Samuel A.
Birth Name Feighner, Samuel A.
Gramps ID I5718
Gender male
Age at Death 78 years, 9 months, 2 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1897-07-30 Sterling, Whiteside Cty, Illinois, USA  
1a
Census 1900 Sterling, Whiteside Cty, Illinois, USA  
2a
Census 1910 Kokomo, Howard Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1920 Kokomo, Howard Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Census 1930 Kokomo, Howard Cty, Indiana, USA  
5a
Census 1940 Kokomo, Howard Cty, Indiana, USA  
6a
Death 1976-05-01    
 
Burial   Sunset Memory Garden, Kokomo, Howard Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Feighner, Charles L. [I5709]1868-08-191932-11-15
Mother Krumma, Caroline [I5714]18701909
    Sister     Feighner, Nellie May [I5716] 1891-10-17 1905-01-17
    Sister     Feighner, Bertha Ellen [I5715] 1893-01-12 1922-07-24
    Sister     Feighner, Gertrude Viola [I5717] 1894 1926-05-26
         Feightner, Samuel A. [I5718] 1897-07-30 1976-05-01
    Sister     Feighner, Mildred [I5719]

Families

    Family of Feightner, Samuel A. and Harris, Mary Margaret [F1854]
Married Wife Harris, Mary Margaret [I5720] ( * 1898-10-04 + 1982-04-17 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Feightner, Donald J. [I5723]
Feightner, Mary Jo [I5724]
Feightner, E. Carolyn [I5726]
Feightner, Samuel Eugene [I5721]1917-08-161991-09-30
Feightner, Max Robert [I5722]1920-06-101978-10-31
Feightner, Charles Thomas [I5725]1923-08-121958-05-24
Feightner, Winifred Jane [I5727]1926-01-221926-01-22

Narrative

Note: The names, initials, and birthdate of Samuel Feightner

There seems to be some confusion in the records as to Samuel A. Feighner's birthdate; his WW I draft card is probably the main outlier, in that it reports his birthdate as 30 Jul 1896, while his US Social Security Death Record reports it as 30 Jul 1897. His gravestone gives a year of 1897 for his birthdate. The US Census records form 1910 on all give his age as ending in the digit "2" (leading to the indexed records giving an approximate birth year of 1898, as his birthday would have fallen after the census every time), while the 1900 US Census listing for his father's household gives his birthdate as "Jul 1897." I suspect that the WWI draft card is in error, despite likely being completed by Samuel himself.

His surname at birth and through at least the completion of the draft card in 1918 was Feighner, which is pronounced with a light glottal stop before the second syllable; by the time of the 1920 US Census he had altered the spelling to include the "t" (Feightner), likely to clear up the confusion that likely persisted when others would try to phonetically spell his surname.

I haven't determined what his middle name or initial may have been for certain; most of the records (and his gravestone) give his middle initial as "A," while the WWI draft card quite clearly appears to give it as "F." I'd assumed previously that Samuel completed the draft card, and if this is the case his "A" looks much more like an "F" to my eyes. It makes more sense, though, to assume that someone else completed the card for him, and that they missheard or otherwise mistook his middle initial. For the time being, I've assumed it to be "A" but will leave this note here to document the potential discrepancy.

Pedigree

  1. Feighner, Charles L. [I5709]
    1. Krumma, Caroline [I5714]
      1. Feighner, Mildred [I5719]
      2. Feighner, Nellie May [I5716]
      3. Feighner, Bertha Ellen [I5715]
      4. Feighner, Gertrude Viola [I5717]
      5. Feightner, Samuel A.
        1. Harris, Mary Margaret [I5720]
          1. Feightner, Samuel Eugene [I5721]
          2. Feightner, Max Robert [I5722]
          3. Feightner, Charles Thomas [I5725]
          4. Feightner, Winifred Jane [I5727]
          5. Feightner, Donald J. [I5723]
          6. Feightner, Mary Jo [I5724]
          7. Feightner, E. Carolyn [I5726]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. US Social Security Death Index [S0098]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1ZQ-1ML : accessed 2 April 2016), Samuel Feightner, Apr 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

  2. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSC3-VK8 : accessed 2 April 2016), Charles E Feighner, Sterling Township Sterling city Ward 2, Whiteside, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,352.

        Event Year 1900
        Event Place Sterling Township Sterling city Ward 2, Whiteside, Illinois, United States
        Charles E Feighner Head M 31 Indiana
        Caroline Feighner Wife F 29 Indiana
        Nellie M Feighner Daughter F 9 Illinois
        Bertha E Feighner Daughter F 7 Illinois
        Gertie B Feighner Daughter F 6 Illinois
        Samuel A Feighner Son M 3 Illinois

  3. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKP9-7SX : accessed 2 April 2016), Charles E Feighner, Kokomo Ward 1, Howard, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 10A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,369.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Kokomo Ward 1, Howard, Indiana, United States
        Charles E Feighner Head M 42 Indiana
        Bertha Feighner Daughter F 17 Illinois
        Gertrude Feighner Daughter F 15 Illinois
        Samuel Feighner Son M 12 Illinois
        Mildred Feighner Daughter F 6 Indiana

  4. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF7L-M65 : accessed 2 April 2016), Samuel Feightner, Kokomo Ward 6, Howard, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,438.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Kokomo Ward 6, Howard, Indiana, United States
        Samuel Feightner Head M 22 Illinois
        Margret Feightner Wife F 21 Indiana
        Eugene Feightner Son M 2 Indiana

  5. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHM5-S14 : accessed 2 April 2016), Samuel Feightner, 1930.

        Event Date 1930
        Event Place Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States
        Samuel Feightner Head M 32 Illinois
        Mary Feightner Wife F 31 Indiana
        S Eugene Feightner Son M 12 Indiana
        Max R Feightner Son M 9 Indiana
        Charles F Feightner Son M 6 Indiana
        Donald J Feightner Son M 2 Indiana
        Mary J Feightner Daughter F 0 Indiana

  6. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1TZ-6XX : accessed 2 April 2016), Samuel A Feightner, Ward 4, Kokomo, Center Township, Howard, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-21, sheet 13B, family 315, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1054.

        Event Date 1940
        Event Place Ward 4, Kokomo, Center Township, Howard, Indiana, United States
        Samuel A Feightner Head M 42 Illinois
        Mary Feightner Wife F 41 Indiana
        Eugene Feightner Son M 22 Indiana
        Charles Feightner Son M 16 Indiana
        Jack Feightner Son M 12 Indiana
        Mary Jo Feightner Daughter F 10 Indiana
        Carolyn Feightner Daughter F 8 Indiana
        Fanny Harris Mother-in-law F 70 Indiana