Rouse WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

1856 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Pleasant Ridge Twp.:
"Raws" Wickham, 24, b. OH, farmer;
Lucinda, wife, 25, b. OH;
D. F., 3, b. OH;
Nancy A., 2, b. OH;
George W., 1, b. IA.
All had lived in IA 1 yr.
(Listed next to Caleb Shamblen on census.)

1860 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Enoch Twp:
Rouse Wickham, 27, farmer, b. OH;
Lucinda, 28, b. OH;
Alice, 3, b. OH;
Emily, 1, b. OH;
Vincent Archer, 23, farmer, b. OH.

HISTORY OF NOBLE CO, OH:
Rouse Wickham, 31, enlisted in 176th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry on Aug 22, 1864, with his nephew Nathan Wickham.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS:
Name: Rouse Wickham
Enlistment Date: 22 Aug 1864
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 22 August 1864 at the age of 31.
Enlisted in Company G, 176th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 21 Sep 1864.
Mustered Out Company G, 176th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 14 Jun 1865 at Nashville, TN.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR REGIMENTS:
REGIMENT: 176th Infantry Regiment Ohio
Date of Organization: 1 Sep 1864
Muster Date: 14 Jun 1865
Regiment State: Ohio
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 176th
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 0
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 102
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers

Regimental History
OHIO ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY(One Year)

One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Infantry. - Col., Edwin C. Mason; Lieut.-Col., William Nesbitt; Maj., William F. Cummings.

This regiment was organized at Columbus, Sandusky, Wooster, Alliance, Camp Chase and Circleville, from Aug. 10 to Sept. 21, 1864 to serve for one year. As soon as the organization was completed the regiment was ordered to Nashville, Tenn., and assigned to the 2nd brigade, 4th division, 20th army corps. Soon after its arrival it was detailed to perform provost guard duty at Nashville. During the battle of Nashville it was in the works, but with the exception of a few companies under Maj. Cummings the regiment was not engaged. It was mustered out on June 14, 1865 in accordance with orders from the war department.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

Battles Fought by 176 OH Infantry: only a few companies were engaged in any battles

1870 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Jackson Twp, Caldwell P.O.: Rouse Wickham, 36, farm laborer, $250 personal property; Lucinda, 38, parents of foreign birth;
Alice, 13;
Emily J., 10;
Evaline, 9;
Israel, 8;
Edmund, 5;
Nathan, 3;
"Atta Jane", 2.
All were b. OH.
(Listed next to them on the census were Nathan & Jemima Wickham.)

1880 IA CENSUS, Henry Co, Baltimore Twp:
R. Wickham, 48, laborer, b. OH, parents b. NY;
wife Lucinda, 37, b. OH;
dau. Emily J., 20;
dau. Mary E., 18;
son Israel, 17;
son Edmund, 17;
son Nathan, 13;
dau. Elta J., 12;
dau Anna, 10.
All children were b. OH and parents b. OH.

1885 IA STATE CENSUS, Lee Co, Pleasant Ridge Twp:
"Rous" Wickham, 53, farmer, b. OH;
Lucinda, 51, b. OH;
Emily, 25, b. OH;
Eva, 24, b. OH;
Edmund, 21, farm hand, b. OH;
Nathan, 18, farm hand, b. OH;
Elta, 16, b. OH;
Anna, 14, b. OH.

IOWA CIVIL WAR VETERANS: Rouse Wickham, Comp G, 176th Inf. OH; b. Dec 8, 1834, Noble Co, OH; d. May 25, 1887, Lee Co, IA; listed children Ed & Nate of Spokane, WA and Mrs. Annie Wilson of Lockridge, IA.

OBIT: Ft. Madison Weekly, June 8, 1887, 5th page, 1st column-
R. "Wicam" of Pleasant Ridge Twp,

FIND A GRAVE:
Williamson Cem, West Point, Lee Co, IA -
Rouse Wickham
d. May 25 1887
age (?difficult to read)
Lucinda Wickham
died Jan 20, 1887
age (?difficult to read)

2nd military stone:
Rouse Wickham
Co G
176
OH Inf.

Rouse married Lucinda SHAMBLEN, daughter of Caleb SHAMBLEN and Matilda Dolly Ann SLAUGHTER, on 12 Feb 1852 in Noble Co, OH.¹ (Lucinda SHAMBLEN was born about 1832 in OH and died about 1857.)

Rouse next married Lucinda HURST on 17 Oct 1858 in Noble Co, OH.¹ (Lucinda HURST was born about 1833 in OH,⁴ died on 20 Sep 1887 in Pleasant Ridge Twp, Lee Co, IA ⁴ and was buried on 21 Sep 1887 in Williamson Cem, West Point, Lee Co, IA ⁴.)