CHAPTER SIX
NINTH GENERATION
Father:
Mother:
Uriah (1816 – 26 March 1892)
Rosanna Michaeli (died 23 September 1863 ii) married in Frederick Co. on 12
August 1844.
Children:
(1) William, who died young
(2) Mary Catherine (1845 - ?) She married Daniel Sills in Montpelier, IN. They
had 14 children.
(3) Sarah A. (1845 - 3 March 1861) who died “as a young woman”
(4) Richard (15 September 1851 - ?)
(5) Emily Frances (20 September 1853 – 14 December 1931) She married
John A. Mahon (c.1853 – 1879)
(6) John (1858 - ) Born in Indiana. He married Mary ? – at least one daughter
Floss Glenn (1888 - 1956)
(7) Michael
Mother:
Sarah Jane Wickersham Kitterman (18 July 37 - 28 June 1912)iii. Married in
1876.
Sarah Jane Wickersham, on 9 January 1856, married her first husband Harvey
Leroy Kitterman (23 March 1834 – 10 July 1866).
Children:
(8) Unnamed twin infant who died at birth (26 January 1877),
(9) Alonzo William (26 January 1877 – 24 March 1919) the other twin,
(10) Clinton (1879 - 1954).
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Her father was Andrew Michael of Frederick County Virginia.
Burial site in Asbury Cemetery near Montpelier, Indiana.
Sarah Jane Wickersham was a Quaker and the Wickersham family goes back to Chester Pennsylvania. Cousin
Patty Escalante who is the expert on the Wickersham family writes: “I have a census extract for 1850 for the family
of William and Idema Wickersham. They already had 10 children by 1850, Sarah Jane being # 5 (see below). The
William Wickersham, who married Idema Lloyd in Wayne County, Indiana, is the son of Sarah Wickersham, who
was born in 1782 in North Carolina. She is the daughter of Jehu and Mary (Kirk) Wickersham. Sarah Wickersham
had a child out of wedlock in 1809. The Quaker meeting (N.C.) records complaints of Sarah Wickersham for having
a child in an unmarried state. She was disowned in 1809, but was reinstated in 1814. She remained unmarried until
1824 (age 42) when she married Jacob Griffin in Wayne County, IN. (Jehu is the son of Thomas the first's son James.) It appears that William named Sarah Jane after his own mother, Sarah. I do not know of any other children
born to Sarah and Jacob Griffin, although there might have been a few...I have not investigated the Griffin
descendents. So, you see . . . you come from a family of very strong Sarahs, God bless them both!Thanks again for
your family line. Your family will be well represented in Chapter 6.Patty Escalante
1850 Wayne County, Centre Township, Indiana
William Wickersham, age 41, farmer, born in MD
Idema, age 41, born in Ohio
Calvin, age 22, b in IN
Eliza, age 20, b in OH
Joshua, age 17, b in OH
Eli, age 15, b in OH
Joseph, age 12 b in OH
John, age 10, b in OH
Mary, age 8, b in OH
A. C., age 10/12, b in OH
I don't know why Sarah Jane was not on that census record. She would have been 13, so she would have been born
after Eli, and before Joseph. Maybe she was visiting or working in another household. The death certificate that
you sent me is convincing evidence that she does belong in this family, as it
definitely states that her parents are William and Idema.
When Sarah Jane married Harvey Kitterman (1834-7 October 1876) she was dismissed from the Quakers for
marrying outside of the Quaker communion. She and Harvey Kitterman had the following children:
(1) Dorilas Claude E. (30 November 1856 – 23 February 1937)
(2) Eliza Ella known as Ellen (b. 8 January 1859)
(3) Mary Susan (b. 1860). NB She married Uriah Dick’s son Richard Dick on 31 January
1877 and they had the following children:
  Minnie
  Verna Myrtle
  Charles
  Walter Erwin
  Harvey Ross
  Ennis
  Sherman
  Louisa
(4) Edward Charles (10 march 1862 – 30 march 1950).
(5) Ennis C. (15 September 1864 – October 1946)