Jacob WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

HISTORY OF NOBLE CO: Jacob Wickham, 18, enlisted in 176th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, on Aug 12, 1864.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS:
Name: Jacob Wickham
Enlistment Date: 13 Sep 1864
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 13 September 1864 at the age of 18.
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, Monroe Co, Enoch Twp: Jacob Wickham, 24, farm laborer, $240 personal property, b. OH; "Young", 23, keeping house, b. OH; Pheobe E., 3, b. OH; Nathen, 5/12, b. OH, b. Dec.; Jessie Archer, 24, luafer?), $1100 personal property, b. OH. (Listed nearby on census were "Jere" Wickham and Daniel Wickham.)

1880 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Enoch Twp: Jacob "Wickam", 34, farmer, b. OH, parents b. OH; "Urye"(?), 33, keeping house, b. OH, father's birth place not known, mother b. PA; dau. Phebe Esther, 13, attended school, b. OH, parents b. OH; son Nathan, 10, attended school, b. OH, parents b. OH; dau. Mary Jane, 7, attended school, b. OH, parents b. OH. (Listed on the same census page were Jeremiah "Wickam", Daniel "Wickam" and Alex "Wickam".)

1900 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Center Twp: Jacob Wickham, Apr 1846, 54, married 35 yrs, b. OH, father b. MD, mother b. PA, farmer; wife "Eurathe", Oct 1846, 53, married 35 yrs, 7 children, 5 living, b. OH, father b. MD, mother b. PA; son Taylor, Sep 1880, 19, b. OH, parents b. OH, farm work; dau. Ellen, Jun 1886, 13, b. OH, parents b. OH.

NOBLE CO. OH CIVIL WAR REUNION, Sept 1909 at Calwell, OH: list of soldiers who attended included Jacob Wickham, Co. G., 176 OVI, Caldwell, OH

1910 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Enoch Twp: Jacob Wickham, 64, 1st marriage, married 44 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH, farmer; wife "Ura", 63, 1st marriage, married 44 yrs, 7 children, 5 living; granddaughter Clara A. Phelps, 16, single, b. WV, parents b. OH. (Listed on same census page were Jeremiah, Daniel and Nathan Wickham.)

OH DEATHS, 1908-1932: Jacob Wickham d. Jan 8, 1913 in Noble Co.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: Jacob Wickham: b. Apr 11, 1846 in OH; married; farmer; father: Jerry M. Wickham who was b. OH; mother: "Ester Ackly" who was b. OH; d. Jan 8, 1913 in Enoch Twp, Noble Co, OH of organic heart disease; married; 66 yrs, 8 mo., 27 days; burial: Jan 10, 1913 at Archer's Ridge; informant: Nathan Wickham, Caldwell, OH, Rt. 1.

CEMETERY RECORDS, Archer's Ridge Cem, Noble Co, OH: Jacob Wickham 1846 - 1913 - Co. G 176th O.V.I. Inf. - G.A.R. Post 312 (Next to "Eurathe" Wickham's stone.)

Jacob married Urithe WELLS on 14 Dec 1865 in Noble Co, OH.¹ (Urithe WELLS was born on 22 Oct 1846 in OH,³ died on 6 Nov 1916 in Enoch Twp, Noble Co, OH ³ and was buried on 9 Nov 1916 in Archer's Ridge Cem, Enoch Twp, Noble Co, OH ³.)