Winfield Scott WICKHAM ⁴

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Marty Greenlief

MUCH INFO ON WINFIELD SCOTT WICKHAM AND DESCENDANTS: submitted by Peggy Mueller, Marty Greenlief, Aaron Pingel and Gregg Wickham.

1870 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp, P.O. Eldora:
Winfield Wickham, 19, barber, b. IA was living with his father and step-mother.

IA MARRIAGES, 1809-1992:
Groom's Name: W. S. Wickham
Groom's Birth Date: 1851
Groom's Age: 19
Bride's Name: Mary E. Hartwell
Bride's Birth Date: 1851
Bride's Age: 19
Marriage Date: 04 Dec 1870
Marriage Place: Steamboat Rock, Hardin, Iowa, Usa
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I10080-9
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1034939
Reference Number: p 273

HARDIN CO, IA DEEDS: 1875/1879 W. S. and Mary E. Wickham purchased Lots 1, 2, in Block 20

1880 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp, Steamboat Rock city: W. S. Wickham, 29, carpenter, b. OH; wife Mary, 29, b. IA; son Arthur, 8, b. IA; dau. Bertha, 6, b. IA; brother-in-law James Hartwell, 11, b. IA.

1885 IA STATE CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp: Winfield S. Wickham, 33, married, carpenter, father b. NY, mother b. OH; Mary E., 34, married, father b. NY, mother b. OH; Arthur E., 13; Bertha L., 10; Marvin J., 3; Anna, 1. All were b. Hardin Co, IA.. (Listed on the same census page was Peter Millslagle.)

IOWA STATE GAZETTEER, 1884-1885:
Wickham, Winfield S., carpenter.

1900 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp, Steamboat Rock, 6th St.: Winfield S. Wickham, 49, b. Apr 1851 OH; Mary, 49, b. Feb 1851 OH; Dora A., Mar 1884 IA; Rachel, 12, Nov 1887 IA; Ernest, 10, 1889 IA; Benj. H, 8, b. Aug 1891 IA.
(Joseph "Greenleaf" was listed on the same census page.)

1905 IA STATE CENSUS, Hardin Co, Steamboat Rock P. O.:
Winfield S. Wickham; Mary E.; Rachel; Ernest; "Bengamin".

1910 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp, Steamboat Rock city: Winfield S. Wickham, 59, b. IA, bridge builder, contractor, own account, own farm; wife Mary E., 59, b. OH (first marriage for both - married 39 yrs); son Ernest, 20, single, b. IA, farmer, home farm; son Benjamin, 18, single, farmer, home farm.

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp, Steamboat Rock P. O.: Winfield S. Wickham, 64, bridge builder, 6th grade education, b. IA, father b. NY, mother b. OH; Mary E., 64, 6th grade education, b. OH, father b. VT., mother b. NY, in IA 58 yrs, Methodist; Benjamin H., 23, single, farmer, 6th grade education, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. OH.

1920 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp.; Winfield S. Wickham, 69, b. IA, father b. NY, mother b. OH, house carpenter, own account; wife Mary E., 68, b. OH, father b. VT, mother b. NY.

1925 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co: W. S. Wickham, 73, wd, 6th grade education; b. IA ; father:"Acel" Wickham who was b. NY; mother: Katherine Millslagle who was b. OH and married OH: employed in manufacturing/mechanical, Protestant; dau. Bertha Smith, 50 wd, 12th grade education; father: W. S. Wickham who was b. IA, age 74; mother Mary Hartwell who was b. OH and married IA, employed in personal service, Protestant: granddaughter Ethel Smith, 18, single, 12th grade education, b. Wash; father Wesley Smith, b. MO; mother Bertha Wickham who was b. IA, age 50, married IA; employed professional service, Protestant; granddaughter Alice Wickham, 8, b. IA; father Ernest C. Wickham who was b. IA, age 36; mother: Alice Hendricks who was b. IA and married IA, Protestant.

STEAMBOAT ROCK (IA) CEMETERY RECORDS:
Winfield S. Wickham
1851-1929

FAMILY BIBLE OF WINFIELD SCOT WICKHAM (submitted by Gregg Wickham)
Presented by J. W. Hartwell to Winfield Wickham
Accept this sacred volume and study well it's contents for therein lies the majesty the beauty of life eternal God's Holy Word
Marriages
W S Wickham And Miss Mary E. Hartwell Were Married on the fourth day of December
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy (1870) at Steam Boat Rock Hardin County Iowa
By A. W. Wales A Justice of the Peace
Winfield S. Wickham Was Born In Johnson Co, Iowa in 1851 Apr 13(?)
Mary E. Hartwell Was Born In Lake Co, Ohio 1851 Feb 9(?)
Births
Arthur Everett Wickham Was Born Sept Eighteenth (18) Eighteen Hundred And Seventy-
one (1871) Hardin Co., Iowa
Bertha Lorinda Wickham Was Born August Thirty First (31) Eighteen Hundred And
Seventy Three (1873) Hardin Co, Iowa
Marvin John Wickham Was Born Feb Fifteenth 1882 Hardin Co, Iowa
Anna Eudora Wickham Was Born March 31st 1884 Hardin Co, Iowa
Catherine Rachel Wickham Was Born November 15th 1887 at Steamboat Rock, Hardin
Co, Iowa
Clarance Ernest Wickham was born August 10th 1889 at Steamboat Rock Hardin Co
Iowa
Ben Harland Wickham was born Aug 6th 1891 at Steamboat Rock Hardin Co, Iowa
Deaths
Marvin John Wickham died Nov 29, 1891
Memorandn
Arthur Everett Wickham and Minnie Fisher were married at Des Plaines, Ill Nov 7, 1895
Bertha L. Wickham and J. Wesley Smith were marreid at Steamboat Rock Iowa Jan
22nd 1896
Anna Eudora Wickham was married to Harry J. Greenlief Oct 8 1905 a Seattle Wash.
C. Rachel Wickham was married to Howard Pikens Nov 27 1907 at Steamboat Rock
Ia.
Clarence Erinst Wickham and Alice T.(?) Hinricks Was Married at Ft. Dodge Iowa on 31
Dec 1911(?) by William H. Spencer(?) M E. Pastor
Ben H. Wickham Was Married to Lillian Fink of Garwin Ia at Des Moines Feb 21, 1917
(transcribed as written)

LETTER TO ARTHUR WICKHAM FROM ? (Ernest C. Wickham or possibly Benjamin H. Wickham?), Steamboat Rock, IA, Apr. 4, 1941: "My father's name was Winfield S. - he was born in Johnson Co, Ia, April 13, 1851 and died at St. Bt. Rk April 1, 1929. My mother's maiden name was Mary E. Heatwell. She was born in Lake Co, Ohio Feb. 9, 1851 and died Aug. 26, 1923. They were married at St. Bt. Rk. Dec. 4, 1870. The children were:
Arthur E. was born at St. Bt. Rk Sept 18, 1871
Bertha L. " Aug 31, 1873
Marvin J. " Feb 15, 1882
Anna Eudora " Mar 31, 1884
Rachel C. " Nov 15, 1887
Ernest C. " Aug 10, 1889
Ben H. " Aug 6, 1891
My sister has quite a bit of information on our family - her address is Mrs. H. J. Greenlief of 918-4th Ave. N, Ft. Dodge, Iowa. I got these dates from our family Bible."

Winfield married Mary E. HARTWELL on 4 Dec 1870 in Steamboat Rock, Hardin Co, IA.^{1 2 3} (Mary E. HARTWELL was born on 9 Feb 1851 in Lake Co, OH,^{1 2 3} died on 26 Aug 1923 and was buried in Steamboat Rock Cem, Steamboat Rock, Hardin Co, IA ⁵.)