Earl Clinton WICKHAM ^{2 3}

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TOMBSTONE PHOTO: submitted by Jean Robb.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: Earl C Wickham
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Age: 24
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1892
Birth Place: Steamboat Rock, Iowa, USA
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Street Address: 108 W Nevada St
Residence Place: Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
Occupation: Plumber for Western Grocery Store
Physical Build: Slender
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Marshall Co, Marshalltown:
Earl Wickham, 22, plumber, 6th grade education, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. unknown; Germany Evangelical Church.

1920 IA CENSUS, Marshall Co, Marshall Ward 5:
Fred Bell, head, 24, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, RR;
"Rubie", wife, 26, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, grocery mill;
Leon, son, 4-11/12., b. IA, parents b. IA, attended school;
Earl Wickham, bro. in law, 27, married, b. IA, parents b. IA, plumber, plumbing co.

IA MARRIAGES, 1809-1992:
Groom's Name: Earl C. Wickham
Groom's Birth Date: 1891
Groom's Birthplace: Hardin County, Iowa
Groom's Age: 29
Bride's Name: Christina "Back"
Bride's Birth Date: 1901
Bride's Birthplace: Marshall County, Iowa
Bride's Age: 19
Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1920
Marriage Place: Tama, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: Sherman Wickham
Groom's Mother's Name: Rosie Rainsbarger
Bride's Father's Name: Henry "Back"
Bride's Mother's Name: Belle Martin
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02710-2
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1764589
Reference Number: 1001 Pg.J464

US MILITARY RECORDS, 1925: OFFICIAL NATIONAL GUARD REGISTER:
Earl C. Wickham, IA, Rank: 2Lt.; 168 Inf. Co. H.; Marshalltown; b. Dec. 7, 1892 in IA.

1925 IA CENSUS, Marshall Co, Marshalltown:
Earl C. Wickham, 32, 6th grade education, b. IA, father: Sherman Wickham who was b. IA; mother: Rosa Rainsberger, 50, who was b. IA and married IA, Army, engaged in manufacturing/mechanical work, Protestant;
wife Christina E., 21, 7th grade education, father; Henry Bach who was b. Germany, 42, mother Bell Martin, 42, b. IA, married IA, Protestant; dau. Betty G., 3, b. IA;
son Richard E., 1, b. IA.
Parents of both children were Earl C. Wickham b. IA and Christine E. Bach, b. IA, 21, married IA.

1930 IA CENSUS, Marshall Co, Marshalltown:
Earl C. Wickham, owned home $1000, 36, b. IA, married age 26, plumber for plumbing company;
wife Christine E., 23, married age 17, b. IA;
dau. Betty G., 8, b. IA;
son, Richard E., 7, b, IA;
sister-in-law Phylis Cordt(?), 21, married age 20.
The father of Christine and Phylis was b. Germany.

1940 IA CENSUS, Marshall Co, Marshalltown:
Earl Wickham, 47, 5th, b. IA, 1935: same place, plumber, self;
Christina, wife, 37, 7th, b. IA, 1935: same place;
Betty, dau, 18, H-4, b. IA, 1935: same place, clerk, book store;
Richard, son, 17, attended school, H-2, b. IA, 1935: same place;
Jay Dee, son, 4, b. A;
Beatrice Banzhaf, lodger, 39, wd, H-4, b. KS, 1935: same place, clerk, bakery;
Robert Banzhaf, lodger's son, 16, attended school, H-1, b. IA.

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: Earl Clinton Wickham
Gender: Male
Registration Age: 49
Birth Date: Dec 1892
Birth Place: Steamboat Rock, Iowa, USA
Residence Place: Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
Registration Date: abt 1941
Military Draft Date: 1942
Height: 5 8
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Weight: 180
Complexion: Ruddy
Next of Kin: Mrs Christine Wickham

1950 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay:
Earl C. Wickham, 58, b. IA, plumbing & fitting, construction;
Christina, wife, 47, b. IA;
Jay Dee, son, 14, b. IA.

SSDI: Earl Wickham; b. Dec. 7, 1892; d. Aug. 1973; issued IA; last residence: Ackley, Hardin Co, IA.

DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BIRLS DEATH FILE, 1850-2010:
Name: Earl C Wickham
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1892
Death Date; 4 Aug 1973
SSN; 479100712
Enlistment Date: 18 Sep 1917
Discharge Date: 2 Jul 1919
Page number: 1

OBIT, Aug. 4, 1973: Ackley - Earl C. Wickham, 80, of rural Ackley, died yesterday at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Aplington. Services at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Brandt-Fritz Funeral Home in Ackley. Burial in the Steamboat Rock Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Christine; one dau., Mrs. Harold Penelerick of Ackley; two sons, Richard of Urbandale, and Jay D. of Palmer, Alaska; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Collins of Steamboat Rock and Mrs. Gladys Smith of Steamboat Rock; and one brother Richard of Horseshoe Bend, Ark.

STEAMBOAT ROCK CEMETERY RECORDS:
Earl C. Wickham
Dec. 7, 1892 - Aug. 4, 1973
WWI Pfc US Army

Earl married Christine Emily BACH on 18 Dec 1920 in Tama Co, IA.¹ (Christine Emily BACH was born on 14 Feb 1903 in Marshall Co, IA,^{6 8 9} died on 18 Jun 1974 in Ackley, Hardin Co, IA ⁵ and was buried in Steamboat Rock Cem, Steamboat Rock, Hardin Co, IA ⁶.)