Nancy Jane MATHENY ²

  General Notes:

1880 NE CENSUS, Burt Co, Silver Creek Twp: "Theadore Mathena", 15, b. OH, parents b. OH, farm laborer; Nancy "Mathena", 22, b. OH, parents b. OH, servant. They were living with the H. C. Santell family.

1900 IA CENSUS, Des Moines Co, Danville Twp: Marshall E. "Willcox", Jan 1851, 49, married 19 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH, teamster; wife "Metheny", Jun 1856, 43, married 19 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH; dau. Kate, Oct 1883, 16, single, b. IA, parents b. OH; son Clarence, Oct 1885, 14, b. IA, parents b. OH; nephew "Alven" Hower, nephew, 7, b. NE, parents b. OH. Also living with the family were 3 boarders: Homer Mathews, Charles Mathews and Fred Anderson.

1910 IA CENSUS, Des Moines Co, Danville town: Marshall "Wilcox", 57, 1st marriage, married 29 yrs, b. OH, birthplace of parents unknown, laborer, odd jobs; wife Nancy, 52, 1st marriage, married 29 yrs, 2 children, 2 living, b. OH, parents b. OH; dau. Kate, 26, single, b. IA, parents b. OH, dressmaker, at home; nephew "Alvin Howard", 17, single, b. NE, birthplace of father unknown, mother b. OH, farm laborer, working out.

1920 IA CENSUS, Des Moines Co, Danville town: Marshall E. "Wilcox", 70, b. OH, parents b. OH, no occupation; wife Nancy, 68, b. OH, parents b. OH, no occupation.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Des Moines Co, Danville Twp: Nancy J. "Willcox", 67, wd, owned home, 5th grade education, b. OH, father: Thomas J. Matheny who was b. OH, mother: Martha Wickham who was b. OH and married OH, engaged in personal service, Protestant. (Listed next to her on the census were Frank & Kate Johnston.)

1930 IA CENSUS, Des Moines Co, Danville town: Nancy "Wilcox", 74, owned home, wd, b. OH, parents b. OH; dau. Kate Johnston, 46, 1st marriage age 26, b. IA, parents b. OH, seamstress, general public; son-in-law Frank Johnston, 51, 1st marriage age 19, b. IL, father b. Sweden, mother b. Scotland, barber, barber shop.

Nancy married Marshall E. WILLCOX, son of J. S. WILCOX and Mercy (---), about 1881 in Daville, Des Moines Co, IA.¹ (Marshall E. WILLCOX was born in Jun 1851 in OH ¹ and died between 1920 and 1925 in IA ⁴.)