Emma Louisa WICKHAM ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Buelah DeVore Stock

ARTHUR WICKHAM RESEARCH FILES: lists Emma's birth year as 1896

IA MARRIAGES, 1809-1992:
Groom's Name: Benjamin W. Devore
Groom's Birth Date: 1886
Groom's Birthplace: , Poweshiek, Iowa
Groom's Age: 22 B
ride's Name: Emma Louisa Wickham
Bride's Birth Date: 1885
Bride's Birthplace: Dumont,
Bride's Age: 23
Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1908
Marriage Place: Butler, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: Alphus Devore
Groom's Mother's Name: Elizabeth M. Johnson
Bride's Father's Name: Thos B. Wickham
Bride's Mother's Name: Hattie R. Parris
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02572-4
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1035399 Reference Number: Item 1 Page 38

1910 IA CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp:
Benjamin W. Devore, 22, 1st marriage, married 1 yr, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. IA, farmer, gen. farm; wife Emma L., 23, 1st marriage, married 1 yr, 1 child, 1 living; dau. Thelma, 8/12, b. IA, parents b. IA.

1920 IA CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp:
Ben W. Devore, 32, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. IA, farming, gen. farm; wife Emma L., 33, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IL; dau. Thelma M., 10; son Kenneth W., 9; son Ralph G., 7; son Cecil G., 5. All children were b. IA and parents b. IA.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp:
B. W. Devore, 37, 3rd grade education, b. IA, father: Alpheus Devore who was b. OH, mother: Elizabeth Johnson who was b. IA and married IA, engaged in agriculture; wife Emma, 38, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: Thos. Wickham who was b. IA, mother: Hattie Parris who was b. IL and married IA, engaged in agriculture, U. B. church; dau. Thelma, 15; son Kenneth, 14; son Ralph, 13; son Cecil, 10; nephew Oscar Meade, 12, b. IA, father: Ray Meade who was b. IA, mother: Christina Devore who was b. IA and married IA. All the Devore children were b. IA, father: B. W. Devore who was b. IA, mother: Emma Wickham who was b. IA and married Dumont, IA, U. B. church.

1930 IA CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp:
Benjamin Devore, 43, 1st marriage age 21, b. IA, parents b. OH, farming, gen. farm; wife Emma, 43, 1st marriage age 22, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IL; son Kenneth, 19; son Ralph, 17; son Cecil, 16. All children were b. IA and parents b. IA.
(On the census they were listed next to the family of Ervin O. Wickham.)

1940 IA CENSUS, Butler Co, Pittsford Twp:
Ben W. DeVore, 52, 3rd, b. IA, 1935: Butler Co, IA, farmer, farm;
Emma L., wife, 53, 5th, b. IA, 1935: Butler Co, IA;
Kenneth W., son, 29, H-4, b. IA, 1935: Butler Co, IA, laborer, nursery.

BUTLER CO, IA CEMETERY RECORDS, Dumont Cemetery: Emma L. DeVore 1886 - 1957 Section A, Row 4.

Emma married Benjamin Wickham DEVORE, son of Alpheus R. DEVORE and Margaret Elizabeth JOHNSON, on 26 Nov 1908 in Dumont, Butler Co, IA.^{1 2} (Benjamin Wickham DEVORE was born on 3 Aug 1887 in Hartwick, Poweshiek Co, IA,⁶ died on 20 Jul 1951 in Dumont, Butler Co, IA ⁵ and was buried in Dumont Cem, Dumont, Butler Co, IA ⁵.)