Jacob Douglas WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

MACPHERSON FAMILY: lists birth and death dates and states he died Hanover, Kansas.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS:
Name : Jacob Wickham ,
Residence: Hardin County, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 3 May 1864
Side Served: Union State
Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a Musician on 3 May 1864 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company G., 44th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 1 Jun 1864.
Mustered Out Company G, 44th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 15 Sep 1864 at Davenport, IA.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR REGIMENTS:
REGIMENT: 44th Infantry Regiment Iowa
Date of Organization: 1 Jun 1864
Muster Date: 15 Sep 1864
Regiment State: Iowa
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 44th
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 1
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 0
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 15
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers

Regimental History
44th, 45th, 46th and 47th Regiments and the 48th Battalion IOWA (100 days)

The Hundred Days Men (The 44th, 45th, 46th and 47th Regiments and the 48th Battalion of Iowa Infantry)

Cols., 44th, Stephen H. Henderson; 45th, Alvah H. Bereman; 46th David B. Henderson; 47th, James P. Sanford; Lieut.-Cols., 44th Henry Egbert; 45th, Samuel A. Moore; 46th, Lorenzo D. Durbin; 47th, John Williams, 48th Oliver H. P. Scott, Majs., 44th, Josiah Hopkins, 45th James B. Hope; 46th, George L. Torbert; 47th, George J. North.

These regiments were mustered into the service mostly in June 1864, and performed willing and loyal duty. The 44th, 45th and 46th were held in Tennessee, garrisoning posts and guarding railways. The 47th was sent to Helena, Ark., where it suffered much from the malaria of that unhealthful locality. The 48th battalion guarded prisoners at Rock island, in the Mississippi river.

Col. Henderson of the 46th reported an engagement between some of his men and the enemy at Collierville, Tenn., about the middle of August. Capt. Wolf and 16 men were sent to rescue, if possible, 2 men of the 6th IL. cavalry, captured by the enemy, and in the attempt Wolf and 3 of his men were wounded -- the captain and 1 man severely.

At the end of the time for which they had enlisted, these four regiments and the battalion were honorably mustered out, having faithfully and with credit accomplished their mission.

The loss of the 44th was 1 death from battle, and 15 from disease; of the 45th, 3 from battle, 18 from disease, and 1 wounded; of the 46th, 3 from battle, 23 from disease, and 21 wounded; of the 47th, 1 death from battle, and 46 from disease, and of the 48th, 4 deaths from disease.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 4

Battles Fought by 44 IA Infantry: none listed

CIVIL WAR: Musician, Comp G, 44th IA Inf. - pension application filed by his widow in KS

HISTORY OF HARDIN CO - 1883, p. 442: article about the 44th IA Inf.: "Musician: Jacob D. Wickham"

NORTON CO, KS CIVIL WAR VETERANS: J. D. Wickham, 44th IA Inf.

CIVIL WAR VETERANS OF DECATUR CO, KS: J. D. Wickham, Fifer, Comp. G, 44th Inf. IA.

US & INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE RECORDS: Anna Louise Sorick, b. PA in 1851 m. Jacob Douglas Wickham, b. OH in 1845. They married 1871 in IA.

HOMESTEADING ENTRIES IN DECATUR CO, KS: Jacob D. Wickham, 1st receipt: 9-12-1878 Patent date: 10-17-1890 Grant Twp sections 14 & 15.

1880, KS CENSUS, Decatur Co, Grant Twp: J. D. Wickham, 34, b. OH, farmer; wife "Louie" A., 29, b. PA; son Carl E., 5, b. IA; son Percy M., 3, b. KS; dau. Laura E., 7/12, b. KS. A 12 yr. old servant girl was living with the family. (census taker was J. D. Wickham)

1885 KS CENSUS, Decatur Co, KS: J. D. Wickham, 37; A. L., 32; C. E. 9; P.M., 7; L. E., 5; M. L. 2.

DECATUR CO, KS BIRTH RECORDS: male Wickham b. July 10, 1886 to Jacob Wickham & Anna Louise Sorick.
1895 KS CENSUS Decatur Co, Grant Twp: J. D. Wickham, 47; L. A., 42; E. C., 20; M. P., 17; Laura E., 14; "Mable" L., 12; Claude A., 10; Harrison, 6; Ruth A., 2.

1895 KS STATE CENSUS, Decatur Co, Grant Twp: J. D. Wickham, 47, b. OH, to KS from OH; L. A., 42, b. PA, to KS from PA; E. C., 20, b. IA, to KS from IA, school teacher; M . P., 17, b. KS; Laura E., 14, b. KS; "Mable" L., 12, b. KS; Claude A., 10, b. KS; Harrison, 6, b. KS; Ruth A., 2, b. KS.

1900 KS CENSUS, Decatur Co, Grant Twp: Jacob D. Wickham, May 1847, 53, married 29 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH, farmer; wife Lulu A., Mar. 1851, 49, married 29 yrs, 9 children, 7 living, b. PA, father b. Germany, mother b. PA; son Edgar C., Feb 1875, 25, single, bookkeeper; dau."Lura", Sept 1879, 20, single, school teacher; dau. Mabel, Sept 1882, 17, single; son Claude, July 1886, 13; son Harrison, Nov. 1888, 11; dau. Ruth, June 1892, 6. All children were b. KS, father b. OH, mother b. PA.

1905 STAND ATLAS OF DECATUR CO, KS: landowners: J. D. Wickham section 14, 15 & 23 Grant Twp.

DECATUR CO. COMMISSIONERS FROM 1879 to PRESENT: J. D. Wickham 1907-1909 Appointed - Haden's District 1.

1910 KS CENSUS, Decatur Co, Grant Twp: Jacob D. Wickham, 64, 1st marriage, married 39 yrs, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. PA, farmer; wife "Louia" A., 59, married 36 yrs, 9 children, 6 living, b. PA, father b. Ger., mother b. PA, farmer; son Harrison L., 21, single, b. KS, father b. OH, mother b. PA; dau. Ruth A., 16, single, b. KS, father b. OH, mother b. PA.

1915 KS CENSUS, Decatur Co, Grant Twp: J. D. Wickham, 69, farmer, b. OH, from IA to KS, 44th IA Inf. Comp. G; L. A., 64, b. PA, from IA to KS; Ruth A., 21, b. KS, steno, from IA to KS; Harry P. Witham, 25, farming, b. KS, from IA to KS.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: Jacob D. Wickham died July 15, 1917, age 71 yrs, 1 mo, 27 days; cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage caused by arterioscleroses; retired farmer. Informant: E. C. Wickham of Norcatur, Decatur Co, KS.

DECATUR CO, KS CEMETERY RECORDS: Lyle Cemetery - Jacob D. Wickham 1945 - 1917 American Legion marker

1985 LETTER TO GERALD WICKHAM FROM ELIZABETH WICKHAM SKINNER, Colorado: All children of Jacob D. Wickham, except for possibly Mary, were b. Lyle, Decatur Co, KS.

Jacob married Anna Louise SORICK, daughter of Michael Pierce SORICK and Lois\Lucy (---), on 1 Mar 1871 in Missouri Valley, Harrison Co, IA.¹ (Anna Louise SORICK was born on 24 Mar 1851 in Mercer Co, PA,⁴ died on 21 May 1925 in Spokane, Spokane Co, WA ¹ and was buried in Lyle Cem, Decatur Co, KS ⁵.)