William Francis WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

LINN CO, IA OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION: W. F. Wickham arrived Waubeek in 1862.

1885 IA STATE CENSUS, Linn Co, Marion: George W. Wickham, 25, single, laborer, b. Linn Co, IA; Wm. F. Wickham, 22, single, stone mason, b. Linn Co, IA. Both were eligible for military duty & entitled to vote.

FATHER'S OBIT, 1893: William Wickham was married and living in southern KS.

1900 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Maine Twp: Wm. F. Wickham, 37, wd, b. July 1862 in IA (birthplace of parents was not listed); dau. Edith, 11, b. Dec. 1888 in KS, parents b. IA; dau. Goldie, 7, b. June 1892 in OK, parents b. IA.

LINN CO, IA MARRIAGE RECORDS: Groom: William F. Wickham of Waubeek, IA, 40 next birthday, b. Marion, IA, stone mason, 2nd marriage, father: B. P. Wickham, mother: Mary A. Hendrickson. Bride: Estella C. Cochran of Center Point, 25 next birthday, b. Center Point, 1st marriage, father: John Cochran, mother: Elizabeth Hendricks. They were married Oct. 9, 1901 in Marion, IA by Joseph Barnhill, Justice of the Peace. Witness was H. Grandie.

INFO FROM GERALD WICKHAM: William F. Wickham and Estella Cochran were cousins.

1905 IA STATE CENSUS, Linn Co., Center Point: Wm. F. "Wickem"; Stella C. "Wickem": Edith M. "Wickem"; Goldie A. "Wickem"

U.S. INDEXED COUNTY LAND OWNERSHIP MAPS:
Name: W F Wickham
State: Iowa
County: Linn
Town: Center Point; Washington
Year: 1907
Acres: 5 - on the edge of town of Center Point

1910 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Center Point town: William F. "Wickson", 47, 2nd marriage, married 9 yrs, b. IA, parents b. OH, mason house____, worker(?); wife Estella C., 32, 1st marriage, married 9 yrs, 2 children, 1 living, b. IA, parents b. OH; dau. Goldie A., 17, single, b. OK, parents b. IA; son George W., 4, b. IA, parents b. IA.

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Linn Co, Center Point town: William F. Wickham, 52, married, gen. contractor, b. IA, parents b. OH; Estella Wickham, 37, married, b. IA, parents b. OH; George W. Wickham, 8, b. IA, parents b. IA.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Linn Co, Center Point: William F. Wickham, 62, 5th reader, b. IA, father: "Uimel" Wickham who was b. OH, mother: Mary A. Hendrickson who was b. OH & married IA, engaged in manufacturing/mechanical, no church affiliation; wife Stella C., 47, 5th reader, b. IA, father: John Cochran who was b. OH, mother: Elizabeth Hendrickson who was b. OH & married IA, engaged in personal service.

1930 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Center Point, 190 Central Ave: William F. Wickham, 67, 1st marriage age 24, b. IA, parents b. OH, mason, gen. work; wife Stella, 52, b. IA, parents b. OH. (Listed near Leslie & Elta Heefner on census.)

1987 LETTER TO GERALD WICKHAM FROM PAT WORKMAN, Bend, OR: "My great aunt Caroline E. Cochran born in 1877, May 3, married her cousin W. F. WIckham Oct. 9, 1901. She died April 9, 1934. W. F. Wickham and Caroline had 1 son George."

1989 LETTER TO GERALD WICKHAM FROM LEILA WRIGHT, Anamosa, IA: - - - "Now William F. Wickham of Center Point was married to a Caroline Stella or Stella Caroline, I don't know which. I was so young when she passed away. She is buried somewhere in the Center Point Cemetery. I don't know where as she was mom's step mother and we never went to it. I know Grandpa - W. F. Wickham - is also buried there. The drive way by the main gate - turn right at first drive way over the hill, & nearly to the bottom on the left side of road - just up from the family of Balls. He as a stone mason among other things. My mother Goldie A. Wickham married my father Claude S. Wright Oct. 18, 1911.
Yes, mother, Goldie had a half brother George but I don't know where he is buried, all I know is he died at a young age. Goldie had 4 children -
Orville LeRoy Wright, born May 15, 1914;
Lillian Mae Wright (deceased);
Bessie Wright (infant - deceased) her date is at the Troy Mills Cemetery;
both were gone before I was born.
Leila Dorothy Wright b. May 11, 1925" - - -
"I know I had a great uncle Jim, a great uncle John, a great uncle Oath. But I don't remember much of them only their names. Mother had a cousin in Mt. Vernon, Charley Wickham. He had 3 children - - - ." " I know he had 3 children ' Lewis, Warren & Vera. A Merle Wickham, I think lives in Arkansas Mt. Home, the last I know of he is still alive. He was a cousin and a Roy Wickham & a Oris Wickham of the Center Point area. Roy had two daughters Marie & Helen. Marie married a McArthur & Helen a Williams, he was killed." - - -
Edith's oldest daughter, my cousin, Mrs. Lola Armstrong "lives in Canada.

William married Mary Rebecca BROOKS about 1887 in OK. (Mary Rebecca BROOKS died between 1892 and 1900 in probably Linn Co, IA Or OK ⁴.)

William next married Estella Caroline "Stella" COCHRAN, daughter of John COCHRAN and Elizabeth HENDRICKSON, on 9 Oct 1901 in Marion, Linn Co, IA.¹ (Estella Caroline "Stella" COCHRAN was born in May 1877 in Center Point, Linn Co, IA,⁴ died on 9 Apr 1934 in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA ⁵ and was buried in Center Point Cem, Center Point, Linn Co, IA ⁵.)