The Genealogy of the Millslagle Family

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Eliza Milslagel
b. between 1839 and 1840, d. 1918
Last Edited=13 Jun 2004

     Eliza Milslagel was born between 1839 and 1840 in Ohio.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Andrew Milslagel and Sarah Keith.⁴ She may have been enumerated on the 1840 census for Monroe County, Ohio in the household of her father as a female aged newborn to five.⁵ Follow the link to see the census image. Before 1850, Eliza moved with her parents to Johnson County, Iowa.⁶ Eliza, age 20, was enumerated in the household of her parents on the 1860 Federal Census the Cedar Bluff Post Office in Linn Township, Cedar County, Iowa.⁷ Follow the link to see the census image.
          Eliza married Bimuel R. Wickham, son of John Wickham and Eunice Cunningham, on 19 December 1865 at the M. E. Church in Cedar County, Iowa. He was between 35 and 40 and she was 26.⁸ Bimuel and Eliza had 8 children. Six of these children are: William, Albert, John, Ernest, Caroline and John. Caroline was born circa 1863 - two years before Bimuel and Eliza were married. Is this Bimuel's second marriage? Is Eliza Caroline's stepmother?⁹
          Bimuel, age 44, and Eliza, age 26, were enumerated on the 1870 Federal Census in Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa. Also enumerated in this household were their children (Caroline, age 7, William, age unknown, John, age 6 months) and Mrs. Sarah (Keith) Millslagle (Eliza's mother, age 62).¹⁰ Follow the link to see the census image.
          Bimuel died on 28 November 1916, leaving Eliza a widow.⁹ Eliza applied for a widow's military pension on 4 December 1916.¹¹ Eliza died in 1918 in Hardin County, Iowa.⁹ She and Bimuel were buried in Hazelgreen Cemetery in Hardin Co..⁹
          She is the great-granddaughter of Johann Andreas Mühlschlägel, original immigrant.

Children of Eliza Milslagel and Bimuel R. Wickham:: Caroline Wickham   b. c 1863
William Wickham   b. 1868, d. 1930
John H. Wickham   b. Dec 1869
Albert Wickham   b. 1874
John Franklin Wickham   b. 18 Dec 1876, d. 13 Nov 1948
Ernest Gilmore Wickham+   b. 25 Oct 1879, d. 30 Jul 1946

[S3] Grace Kelso Garner, compiler, Earliest Settlers of Western Frederick - Eastern Hampshire Counties (n.p.: self, 1974), pages 177 & 179.
[S33] Bimuel Wickham household, 1870 U.S. Census, Linn Town, Mechanicsville Township, Cedar County, Iowa, population schedule, page 5 (281), dwelling 33, family 35; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 380, viewed on Ancestry.com (image number 305) October 2001. PDN: Wickham-IA-0004. Gives age of 26.
[S695] She is probably listed as one of the females aged 0 to 5 years old, 1840 U.S. Census, Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio, page 79, line #unknown cd2; National Archives micropublication M704, roll 416, downloaded from Ancestry.com (images 1 and 2 of 16) January 16, 2003. PDN: Millslagle-OH-0008 & b.
[S3] Grace Kelso Garner, Earliest Settlers, page 177.
[S695] 1840 U.S. Census, Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio, p. 79, line #26. PDN: Millslagle-OH-0008 & b.
[S3] Grace Kelso Garner, Earliest Settlers, page 180, she does not cite the source.
[S486] Andrew Millslagle household, 1860 U.S. Census, Linn, Cedar County, Iowa, population schedule, page 222, dwelling 1482, family 1575; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 314, viewed on Ancestry.com 30 Mar 2004 (image 223 of 339). PDN: Millslagle-IA-0041.
[S3] Grace Kelso Garner, Earliest Settlers, pages 180.
[S3] Grace Kelso Garner, Earliest Settlers, page 180.
[S33] 1870 U.S. Census, Linn Town, Mechanicsville Township, Cedar County, Iowa, population schedule, p. 5 (281), dwelling 33, family 35. PDN: Wickham-IA-0004.
[S872] Bimuel Wickham index listing for file number #355384 & 836796; Civil War Pension Files - online images (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com), viewed on Ancestry.com 16 July 2000. PDN: Wickham-IA-0012.