John WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

To IA at age 4, settled Linn Co, near Cedar Rapids (perhaps Center Point).

FAYETTE CO, IA MARRIAGE RECORD, Book A, p. 24: John Wickham & Emma E. Williams married Oct. 13, 1867.

1880 IA CENSUS, Allamakee Co, Union Prairie Twp: John Wickham, 36, farmer, b. OH, parents b. OH; wife Emma, 31, b. PA, parents b. NY: dau. Ella, 11; William, 8; Almond, 5; Frank, 2. All children were b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. PA. Also living with them was a William Kuston(?), boarder, 22, farmer, b. NY, parents b. NY.

1885 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Windsor Twp: John Wickham, 41, farmer, b. OH, 6 yrs in Iowa; Emma, 36, b. PA; Ella, 16; Wm., 12; Herman, 10; Frank, 7; John W., 3. All children were b. Allamakee Co, IA.

FAYETTE CO, IA MARRIAGE RECORD, Book 3, p. 426: John Wickham, Auburn, 48, b. OH to Reuben Wickham and Ellen "Vanfossen", mar. Betsy Gorham, Auburn, 46, b. NY to David Stricklin and "Betsa" Wheeler on 1-25-1892. It was the 2nd marriage for both.

NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, Jan 25, 1892: married by Wm. Colby, J.P., January 25, 1892 Mr. John Wickham and Mrs. Betsy Gorham, both of Auburn Twp.

1895 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: John Wickham, 50, b. OH, Methodist; B. A., 48, b. NY; "Wilson", 22; "Alman", 20; Frank, 17; "Janny", 13. All the children were b. Allamakee Co.

1900 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Eden Twp: John Wickham, servant, Mch 1844, 56, married 8 yrs, b. OH, birthplace of parents unknown, farm laborer. John was living with the Joseph S. Sanborn family.

1910 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Center Twp: William Wickham, 38, 1st marriage, married 6 yrs, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. PA, farmer, gen. farm; wife Erma, 24. 1st marriage, married 6 yrs, 2 children, 2 living, b. IA, parents b. IA; son Paul, 5, b. IA, parents b. IA; dau. Ella, 10/12, b. IA, parents b. IA; brother John W. Wickham, 29, single, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. PA, farm laborer, working out; father John Wickham, 66, wd, b. OH, father b. NY, mother b. OH, own income; cousin Elva Wickham, 18, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, servant for private family. (Elva was the dau. of William H. Wickham & Hattie Miller.)

1925 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Windsor Twp: W. R. Wickham, 52, b. IA, father: John Wickham who was b. OH, mother: Emma Williams who was b. PA and married IA, engaged in agriculture: wife Erma, 39, b. IA, father: Henry Nims who was b. IA, mother: Hattie Finch who was b. IA, engaged in personal service; son Paul, 20, single; dau. Ella, 15; son Lester, 10; dau. "Dortha", 6; father John Wickham, 80, wd, b. OH, no further record. All children were b. IA, father: W. R. Wickham, mother: Erma Nims. All were S. D. Adventist.

Fayette County Leader, Fayette, IA, June 23, 1927, p. 3:
F. E. Wickham vs. John Wickham.
Petition for appointment of E. D. Miller as guardian of John Wickham, eighty-three, who is alleged to be of unsound mind.

DEATH RECORD: 83 yrs old; widower; died of cardio renal disease; Reuben (? difficult to read) was listed as father; Paul Wickham of Hawkeye was informant.

FAYETTE CO, IA CEMETERY RECORDS, Oak Lawn Cem: John Wickham, b. Mar 11, 1844 d. Dec. 27, 1927.

John married Emma Elizabeth WILLIAMS on 13 Oct 1867 in Fayette Co., IA.¹ (Emma Elizabeth WILLIAMS was born on 25 Aug 1848 in PA,⁴ died on 4 Sep 1885 in Fayette Co, IA ⁴ and was buried in Oak Lawn Cem., Eden Twp, Fayette Co., IA ³.)

John next married Betsy A. STRICKLIN on 25 Jan 1892 in Fayette Co., IA.¹ (Betsy A. STRICKLIN was born about 1847 in NY ⁵ and died before 1910 in probably Fayette Co, IA ⁶.)