Martha Ann WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

MARRIAGE LICENSE, WV, Tyler Co: Robert Light, 25, & Miss Martha Ann Wickham, 21, were issued a marriage licence on July 7, 1888. Both were b. Monroe Co, OH and both resided Tyler Co, WV. Informant was E. J. Wickham.
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE: Robert & Martha were married July 7, 1888 at Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV by H. R. Mc Donald, Minister of the Gospel.

1900 WV CENSUS, Tyler Co, Lincoln District: Robert Light, Jan 1865, 35, married 12 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH, day laborer; wife Martha, Sep 1870, 29, married 12 yrs, 2 children, 2 living; son James M., May 1889, 11, b. WV, parents b. OH, at school; son William F., Feb 1891, 9, b. WV, parents b. OH, at school; boarder Charles Sine, 24, unknown month, 1876, 24, single, b. WV, parents b. WV, day laborer.

1910 WV CENSUS, Tyler Co, Lincoln Dist: Robert Light, 52, 1st marriage, married 21 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH, laborer, glasshouse; wife Martha, 39, 1st marriage, married 21 yrs, 3 children, 3 living, b. OH, parents b. OH; son James L., 20, single, laborer, glasshouse; son William, 17, laborer, glass house; son George, 7. All children were b. WV, parents b. OH. (Listed on the same census page were John Wickham, "Elija Wickan", Sarah C. Bennett, Joseph R. Bennett and Harrison Lightner.)

1930 WV CENSUS, Tyler Co, Lincoln Dist: Martha Light, 59, wd, 1st marriage age 17, b. OH, parents b. OH, no occupation; son George W. Light, 27, b. WV, parents b. OH, laborer, odd jobs.

Martha married Robert Rawson LIGHT on 7 Jul 1888 in Sistersville, Tyler Co WV.¹ (Robert Rawson LIGHT was born in Jan 1865 in Monroe Co, OH ^{1 3} and died on 29 Jul 1921 in Lincoln Dist. Tyler Co, WV ⁴.)