Sophia WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

FAYETTE CO, IA MARRIAGES: Sophia Wickham & Frank Woodson were married Aug 18, 1876. Marriage licence in Book 2, p. 111, marriage certificate in Book 2, b. 165.

1880 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: Frank Woodson, 23, farmer, b. IA; wife Sophia, 20; son James W., 2; (unnamed) daughter, 1/12. b. May 1880.

1885 IA STATE CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: Frank Woodson, 27, farmer; Sophia, 24, keeping house; James W., 7; Mary E., 4; John, 2. All were b. Fayette Co, IA. (Listed next to Isaac & Sophonia Wickham on census.)

1895 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: Frank Woodson, 38; "Sippio", 34; James 17; Ella, 14; John, 12; Lula, 9; Ruben, 7; Glen, 4; Frances, 2: All were b. Fayette Co., IA.

1900 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: Frank Woodson, Jan. 1857, 43, married 24 yrs, b. IA, father b. KY, mother b. IN, farmer; wife Sophia, Jul 1863, married 24 yrs, 9 children, 9 living, b. IA, parents b. OH; son John, Jan. 1883, 17, single, farm laborer; dau. Lulu, Mar 1885, 15; son Reuben, Sep 1887, 12; girl Glenn, Apr 1890, 10; dau. Frankie, Jul 1894, 5; dau. "Alvina", Aug 1896, 3; dau."Eveling", Nov. 1897, 2. All children were b. IA and their parents were b. IA.

1905 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp, P.O. Hawkeye: Frank Woodson, Sophia, John, "Ruben", "Glenn", "Franke", "Elelyan" and "Ciltz"(?).

1910 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: Frank Woodson, 58, 1st marriage, married 34 yrs, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. IL, farmer, gen. farm; wife Sophia, 49, 1st marriage, married 34 yrs, 10 children, 10 living, b. IA, parents b. OH; son "Rubin", 22, single, farmer, home farm; dau "Alvina", 14; dau. Evelyn, 12; dau. "Alto", 9. All children were b. IA, parents b. IA. (John Woodson and James Woodson were listed on the same census page.)

1920 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: Frank Woodson, 63, b. IA, father b. KY, mother b. IL, farmer, gen. farming; wife Sophia, 59, b. IL, parents b. OH; dau. Melissa? (or Melanie?), 24, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, house maid, at home. (Listed on same census page as John Woodson, James Woodson and Ella Miller.)

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: Frank Woodson, 68, 4th grade education, IA, father: Andrew Woodson who was b. IA, mother: Elisabeth Megan who was b. IL, married IA, engaged in agriculture; wife Sophie, 65, 4th grade education, b. IA, father: "Ruben Wikham" who was b. OH, mother: Helen "Wenfossen" who was b. OH and married OH; son-in-law Harry Iliff, 29, 6th grade education, married, b. IA, father: James Iliff who was b. IA, mother: Ellen S. Clark who was b. IA and married IA, engaged in agriculture; dau. Babe Iliff, 24, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: Frank Woodson who was b. IA, mother: Sophia "Wikham" who was b. IA and married IA; "Herold" Frank Iliff, 3, b. IA, father Harry Iliff, mother: Babe Woodson who married IA.

1930 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: Harry J. Iliff, 34, 1st marriage age 23, b. IA, parents b. IA, farmer, farming; wife Babe E. H., 18, 1st marriage age 16, b. IA, parents b. IA; son Harold, 8, b. NE, father b. IA, mother b. US; "son-in-law" Sophia, 69, wd, 1st marriage age 16, b. IA, parents b. OH.

1941 LETTER FROM MRS. CHARLES (EDNA ELLEN) CARTER TO ARTHUR WICKHAM: "Aunt Cartretta (Mrs. Sophia Woodson) had a daughter Florence Ansel/Ansell in WA."

OBIT: Born July 1860 in a cabin along Turkey Creek. (info from Connie Hines)

FAYETTE CO, IA CEMETERY RECORDS, Oak Lawn Cem: Sophia Woodson, b. 1860, d. 1955

Sophia married Frank WOODSON on 18 Aug 1876 in Fayette Co, IA.¹ (Frank WOODSON was born in Jan 1857 in Windsor Twp, Fayette Co, IA,⁴ died in 1929 in Windsor Twp, Fayette Co, IA ³ and was buried in Oak Lawn Cem., Eden Twp, Fayette Co., IA ³.)