Betsy A. STRICKLIN ¹

  General Notes:

1880 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: James Gorham, 33, married, farmer, b. IL, father b. MI, mother b. NY; Betsy, 32, married, keeping house, b. NY, parents b. NY; niece Myrtle Gorham, 9, b. IA, parents b. NY. (Listed on the same census page were Reuben & Ellen Wickham.)

1885 IA STATE CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: David Strickland, 41, single, farmer, b. NY; Betsy Strickland, 73, wid., keeping house, b. NY; Bettie Gorham, 37, div., keeping house, b. NY; Mertie Gorham, 12, b. Chickasaw Co, IA.

Betsy married James GORHAM before 1892. (James GORHAM was born about 1847 in IL ⁴.)

Betsy next married John WICKHAM, son of Reuben R. WICKHAM and Elenor "Ellen" VANFOSSEN, on 25 Jan 1892 in Fayette Co., IA.¹ (John WICKHAM was born on 11 Mar 1844 in New Cornerstone, Tuscarawas Co, OH,⁵ died on 21 Dec 1927 in Fayette Co, IA ⁵ and was buried on 23 Dec 1927 in Oak Lawn Cem., Eden Twp, Fayette Co., IA ⁵.)