Nathan Henry WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

PHOTO OF TOMBSTONE: submitted by Craig English

BIRTH DATE: a DAR application states Nathan was born about 1782 in NY.
(Note: It is possible that Jerusha is not the mother of Nathan, since she would only have been 3 when he was born - if birth dates listed here are correct. Therefore, it is possible that Nathan was the son of Benjamin and another wife.)

MARRIAGE INDEX: OH, 1789-1850: Nathan Wickham married "Jemime Bajs" Dec 24, 1818 in Guernsey Co.

1820 OH CENSUS, Morgan Co, Olive Twp: Nathan "Wickam", 1 m. under 10, 1 m. 18-26, 1 f. 16-26. Nathan was engaged in agriculture.

1830 OH CENSUS, Morgan Co, Olive Twp: Nathan Wickham, 1 m. 10-15, 2 m. 30-40, 2 f. under 5, 2 f. 5-10, 1 f. 20-30,1f. 50-60

1840 OH CENSUS, Monroe Co, Union Twp: Nathan "Wickam", 1 m. 5-10, 1 m. 40-50, 3 f. under 5, 2 f. 10-15, 1f. 30-40.

1850 OH CENSUS, Monroe Co, Union Twp: Nathan Wickham, 58, farmer, $1080 real estate, b. NY; Jemima, 51, b. NY; Rouse, 18, farmer, b. OH; Martha, 15, b. OH; Mary, 12, b. OH; Sarah Ann, 8, b. OH; Jacob Douglas, 34, farmer, b. VA; Julia Douglas, 20, b. OH.
(Note: Julia was Nathan's married daughter.)

ESTATE OF BENJAMIN WICKHAM: Nathan Wickham signed his name April 21, 1853 as he received $15.80 from his father's estate.

1860 OH CENSUS, Noble, Co, Enoch Twp: Nathan Wickham, 66, farmer, $1500 real estate, $300 personal estate, b. NY; Jemima, 60, b. NY, cannot read or write; Mary, 20, b. OH; Sarah, 18, b. OH; Thomas "Shamlin", 9, b. OH.
(Note: Thomas Shamlin was a son of Nathan's daughter, Aseneth, who died in 1855.)
(Ambrose Merry was listed on the same census page.)

1870 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Jackson Twp, Caldwell P.O.: Nathan Wickham, 77, farmer, $3,000 of real estate and $300 personal property, b. NY, blind; Jemima, 68, b. NY, cannot read or write; Mary, 30, helps mother, b. OH, cannot read or write; Jacob W. Ackley, 10, b. OH.
(Rouse Wickham was listed next to them on census.)

FIND A GRAVE - Archers Ridge Cem, Fulda, Noble Co, OH:
WICKHAM
Nathan Henry
26 Aug 1793
3 May 1877
Jemima
5 May 1800
11 Sep 1880

History of Noble County, Ohio, by L. H. Watkins Co, Chicago, 1887, p. 338: "Owners of Real Estate", Center Twp (prior Union Twp), Monroe Co., Nathan Wickham - section 31, 55 acres, $60.00.

1977 LETTER TO MRS. SKINNER FROM MYRA T. TORBERT, Leawood, KS: - - -
"I note you named a Jacob Douglas Wickham. The son-in-law of my Nathan Wickham was Jacob Douglas who md. Nathan's daughter, Julia. Jacob and Julia seemed to stay with Nathan and his wife, and they helped raise the children of Sena Wickham Shamblen (Julia's younger sister) after Sena died. Sena was my great, great grandmother.
Other names that tie in from what is now Noble County (formerly Monroe, Morgan, etc.) in my line are Bates, States, Slaughter, Archer, Merry, Bass, Rouse, Ackley, Devolld (DeVoll), Rubel, and Shamblen." - - -
I note that your Wickhams went to Harrison County, Iowa. My Eliza Schamblen Gilpin (daughter of Sena Wickham, and granddaughter of Nathan Wickham) went to Mills County, Iowa about the time of the Civil War. She was widowed, and the life history she gave stated that some of her mother's family had gone to Iowa, and that was what made her decide to go to Iowa, also. Mills County (Glenwood) is south of Harrison County."

Nathan married Jemima BASS on 24 Dec 1818 in Guernsey Co, OH.¹ (Jemima BASS was born on 5 May 1800 in NY,^{3 4} died on 11 Sep 1880 in Jackson Twp, Noble Co, OH ^{3 4} and was buried in Archer's Ridge Cem, Fulda, Noble Co, OH ³.)