Clara Emeline WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

FAYETTE CO, IA MARRIAGE RECORDS: Clara Emeline Wickham, 21, Auburn, parents Ruben Wickham and Ellen Van Fossen, Jan 1, 1884, to Edwin Mayo, Eden Twp, 21, parents Joseph Mayo and Mary J. Smith. Licence: Book 3, p. 41; certificate: Book 3, p. 29; marriage: b. 1, p. 61.

1900 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Bethel Twp: Ed Mayo, Apr 1863, 37, married 16 yrs, b. IA, father b. IL, mother b. NY, farmer; wife Clara, June 1863, 36, married 16 yrs, 4 children, 4 living, b. IA, parents b. OH; son Seth, Jan 1886, 14; son Earl, Oct 1889, 10; son Archie, Mar 1892, 8; son Howard, Dec 1895, 4. All children were b. IA, parents b. IA.

1910 IA CENSUS, Chickasaw Co, Stapleton Twp: "Edd" Mayo, 47, 1st marriage, married 26 yrs, b. IA, father b. IL, mother b. NY, farmer, farm; wife Clara E., 47, 1st marriage, married 26 yrs, b. IA, parents b. OH; son Archie, 18, single, farm laborer, farm; son Howard, 14; son Fred, 9; dau. Doran(?), 4. All children were b. IA, parents b. IA.

1920 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Eden Twp: Edward Mayo, 56, b. IA, father b. MA, mother b. NY, farmer, gen. farm; wife Clara E., 56, b. IA, parents b. OH; son Fred J., 18, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, common labor; dau. Doria, 14, b. IA, parents b. IA.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Fayette Co, Eden Twp: Ed Mayo, 61, 4th grade education, b. IA, father: Joseph Mayo who was b. MA, mother: Mary Smith who was b. NY and married IA, engaged in agriculture; wife Clara E., 61, 5th grade education, b. IA, father: Reuben Wickham who was b. OH, mother: Ellen Vanfossen who was b. OH and married OH, engaged in personal service; dau. Doris Hartson, 19, married, 7th grade education, b. IA, father: Ed Mayo, mother Clara E. Wickham who married IA, engaged in personal service. All were Protestant.

FAYETTE CO, IA CEMETERY RECORDS: Clara E. Mayo 1861 - 1951 and her husband Edward Mayo 1863 - 1943 are buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Also listed in the same cemetery was Lester C. Mayo, b. May 27, 1899 d. June 29, 1899 (Possibly a son?)

Clara married Edward MAYO on 1 Jan 1884 in Fayette Co., IA.¹ (Edward MAYO was born in Apr 1863 in IA,³ died in 1943 in IA ⁴ and was buried in Oak Lawn Cem., Eden Twp, Fayette Co., IA ⁴.)