Sarah C. MOORE ²

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PHOTO: submitted by Betty Wickham House

TWIN: Sarah C. Moore had a twin sister, Sophia F. Moore, who married Geroge H. Hoskins.

CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX - GENERAL INDEX TO PENSION FILES, 1861-1934: Sarah C. Wickham applied for a widow's pension on Apr. 25, 1903 in Oregon. Sarah's pension was dropped on June 8, 1914, due to her death.

1910 OR CENSUS, Clackamas Co, Oregon City: Sarah Wickham, head, 68, wd, 4 children, 2 living, b. PA, father b. OH, mother b. NY, own income; Alonzo W., son, 41, 1st marriage, married 16 yrs, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. PA, laborer, odd jobs; Mary E., daughter-in-law, 39, 1st marriage, married 16 yrs, b. OR, parents b. MO; Cecil E., grandson, 11, b. OR, father b. IA, mother b. OR.

OBITUARY: Morning Enterprise, Oregon City, OR, June 9, 1914: LONG ILLNESS ENDS IN WOMAN'S DEATH - Mrs. Sarah C. Wickham died Monday morning after an illness of four years of cancer of the stomach. She was 72 years old.
She came to Oregon City with her husband, Robert, who died 11 year ago, April 30, 1880, from Harden county, IA. Two sons and an adopted daughter survive her, William and Alonzo Wickham and Mrs. F. F, Curran, all of this city. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2o'clcok from the residence at Third and Madison streets, Rev. W. T. Milliken, of the Baptist church officiating. Mrs. Wickham was a member of the Christian church.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: Sarah C. Wickham; widowed; housewife; born April 14, 1842 in Iowa; parents not listed; died June 8, 1914 at Oregon City, Clackamas Co, OR of fracture at base of skull; 72 yrs, 1 mo, 23 days; burial June 9, 1914 at Mountain View Cemetery; informant: Geo. Wm. Wickham of Oregon City.

MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY: No gravestone for Sarah Wickham.

Sarah married Robert M. WICKHAM, son of John WICKHAM Jr. and Eunice CUNNINGHAM, on 31 Dec 1865 in Eldora, Hardin Co, IA.¹ (Robert M. WICKHAM was born on 30 Jan 1839 in OH,³ died on 25 Mar 1903 in Oregon City, Clackamas Co, OR ⁴ and was buried on 26 Mar 1903 in Mountain View Cem., Oregon City, Clackamas Co, OR ⁴.)