Benjamin "Bennie" Harland WICKHAM ^{1 3}

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Marty Greenlief

COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM, Steamboat Rock High School, Monday Evening, June 8, 1908: eight graduates including Bennie H. Wickham.
(Copy of commencement program submitted by Marty Greenlief.)

IA, MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1880-1947:
Name: B H Wickham
Gender: Male
Race: American
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1891
Birth Place: Steamboat Rock
Father: Winfield S Wickham
Mother: Mary E Hartwell
Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1917
Marriage Place: Des Moines, Polk Co, Iowa, USA
Spouse: Lillian W Fink
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: American
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Date: abt 1898
Spouse's Birth Place: Garwin
Spouse's Father: Henry Fink
Spouse's Mother: Minnie Seeman

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.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: Ben Harland Wickham
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1891
Birth Place: Steamboat Rock, Iowa, USA
Occupation: Self-employed farmer
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place: Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa, USA
Physical Build: Slender
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Brown

1920 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Eldora Twp:
Ben H. Wickham, rent, 29, b. IA, farmer;
wife Lillian, 22, b. IA.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Hardin Co, Jackson Twp:
B. H. Wickham, 33, 12th grade education, b. IA, father: W. W. Wickham was b. IA, 73, mother: Mary Hartwell who was b. OH and married IA; engaged in agriculture, no religion;
Lillian, 26, 10th grade education, b. IA, father: Henry Fink who was b. Germany, 74, mother: Mimmie Gumann who was b. Germany and married IA, no religion.

1930 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Hardin Twp:
Ben H. Wickham, 38, married age 26, b. IA, farmer;
wife Lillian W., 32, married age 19, b. IA;
son Gayle H., 5, b. IA;
dau. Gweneth, 1/12, b. IA.

1940 IA CENSUS, Franklin Co, Lee Twp:
Ben Wickham, 48, H-4, b. IA, 1935: Iowa Falls, Hardin Co, IA, operator, farming;
Lillian, wife, 42, H-2, b. IA, 1935: Iowa Falls, Hardin Co, IA;
Gayle, son, 14, 8th, b. IA, 1935: Iowa Falls, Hardin Co, IA;
"Jolaine", dau, 10, 3rd, b. IA, 1935: Iowa Falls, Hardin Co, IA.

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: Ben Harland Wickham
Gender: Male
Registration Age: 50
Birth Date: Aug 6, 1891
Birth Place: Hardin, Iowa, USA
Residence Place: Lee, Iowa, USA
Employer: Farmer, for self
Registration Date: abt 1941
Military Draft Date: 1942
Height: 5 10
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Red
Weight: 125
Complexion: Ruddy
Next of Kin: Lillian W. Wickham

1950 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Iowa Falls:
Ben Wickham, 58, b, IA, salesman, Hybrid Seed Corn;
Lillian, wife, 52, b. IA.

SSDI: Ben Wickham; b. Aug. 6, 1891; d. Feb. 1982, b. IA; last residence: Henagar, DeKalb Co, AL

OBIT: Ben H. Wickham - Word has been received here of the death Feb. 1 of Ben H. Wickham, a former Iowa Falls resident. Services and burial were at Henagar, Ala. Ben Harland Wickham was born Aug. 6, 1891 at Steamboat Rock, the son of Winfield Scott and Mary Wickham. He and Lillian Fink were married Feb. 21, 1917, and farmed in this area for many years. Later they operated the Siloam Grocery in Iowa Falls. They moved to California in 1865 and had lived at Henagar for the last four years.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Wickham is survived by a son, Gayle of Henagar, a daughter, Jolaine Butterwick of Costa Mesa, Calif; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and was proceeded in death by two brothers and three sisters. (submitted by Marty Greenlief.)

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Benjamin Harland Wickham
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1891
Birth Place: Iowa, United States of America
Death Date: Feb 1982
Death Place: Henagar, DeKalb County, Alabama, United States of America
Cemetery: Eldora City Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: Winfield Scott Wickham
Mother: Mary E Wickham

Benjamin married Lillian W. FINK on 21 Feb 1917 in Des Moines, Polk Co, IA.^{1 2} (Lillian W. FINK was born on 26 Mar 1898 in Garwin, Tama Co, IA,^{2 4} died in Oct 1985 in Henagar, Dekalb Co, AL ⁴ and was buried in Green Haven Memorial Gardens, Central, Jackson Co, AL ⁶.)