Lucretia "Jennie" WICKHAM ³

  General Notes:

Note: There is some uncertainty about which children Lucretia was the mother of, so information is listed as recorded.

BENTON CO, IA MARRIAGE RECORDS, Book C., p. 519: John Fowler & Lucretia J. Wickham applied for marriage licence Aug. 23, 1873 and Martin Scott gave testimony. They were married Aug 23, 1873 at Vinton by W. F. Kirkpatrick, J.P.

Vinton Eagle, (IA): marriage was listed in the Aug 27, 1873 paper

1880 IA CENSUS, Benton Co, Vinton: John Fowler, 35, day laborer, b. OH, father b. England, mother b. OH; wife Jennie L., 24, b. IA, parents b. OH; dau. Hattie, 2, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. IA.

1885 IA STATE CENSUS, Linn Co, Marion: John Fowler (Fawler?), 40, married, laborer, b. OH; Lucretia J., 28, married, b. Linn Co, IA; Hattie M., 7, b. Linn Co, IA; Laura M., 3, b. Linn Co, IA; Bertie, 1, b. Linn Co, IA.

LINN CO MARRIAGE RECORDS: A. N. Massey, resides Marion, salesman, 34, 2nd marriage, b. IA, father: Anson L. Massey, mother: Elizabeth Nied. He married Jennie Fowler, maiden name Wickham, resides Marion, b. Marion, 38, 2nd marriage, father: Bimel(?) P. Wickham and mother: Mary Hendrickson. Married Feb. 11, 1894 in Marion by Alex S. Marshall; witness: Jas. Wickham

1895 IA STATE CENSUS, Linn Co, 1st ward: Alfred H. Massey, 34, b. IL; Lucretia Massey, 38, b. Linn Co, IA; Laura M. Massey, 10, b. Taylor Co, IA; Marion Massey, 8, b. Taylor Co, IA; Hattie M. Fowler, 17, b. Linn Co, IA; Gracie J. Fowler, 8, b. KS. (Due to how the 1895 census is listed on Ancestry.com, it is unclear whether all of these people were living together or if there were others living with them.)

1900 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Monroe Twp: Alfred N. Massey, b. Nov. 1860, 39, married 6 yrs, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. NY, farmer; wife Lucretia, b. Nov. 1856, 43, married 6 yrs, 3 children, 3 living, b. IA, parents b. OH; dau. Laura, b. Sept 1885, 15; son Marion, b. Aug 1886, 13; dau Grace F., b. Jan. 1888, 12. All children b. IA, father b. IL, mother b. IA.

1910 SD CENSUS, Hughes Co, Rader Twp; Alfred H. Massey, 49, 2nd marriage, married 16 yrs, b. IL, father b. OH, mother b. NY, farmer; wife Lucretia, 53, second marriage, married 16 yrs, 7 children, 2 living, b. IA, parents b. OH.

1930 SD CENSUS, Beadle Co, Banner Twp: Amos Sawvell, 43, 1st marriage age 19, b. IA, parents b. IA, farmer, gen. farm; wife Grace, 43, 1st marriage age 19, b. KS, parents b. IA; son Lyle, 14, b. SD, father b. IA, mother b. KS; son Raymond, 12, b. SD, father b. IA, mother b. KS; mother-in-law Jennie Massey, 73, wd, 1st marriage age 16, b. IA, parents b. OH.

SD DEATH INDEX, 1905-1955:
Name: Lucretia J Massey
Certificate Number: 247366
Death Day: 14
Death Month: Jun
Death Year: 1949
County: Beadle

Lucretia married L. John FOWLER on 23 Aug 1873 in Vinton, Benton Co, IA.¹ (L. John FOWLER was born on 17 Jan 1845 in Sandusky Co, OH,⁶ died on 22 Dec 1915 in Vinton, Benton Co, IA ⁶ and was buried in Evergreen Cem, Vinton, Benton Co, IA ⁷.)

Lucretia next married Alfred N. MASSEY on 11 Feb 1894 in Marion, Linn Co, IA.² (Alfred N. MASSEY was born about 1860 in Knoxville, Knox Co, IL ² and died on 29 Oct 1915 in Fall River Co, SD ⁸.)