Keokuk County, Iowa Family Center

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Descendants of Charles Wesley Wiggins

Generation No. 1

1. CHARLES WESLEY9 WIGGINS (LEMUEL GREEN8, THOMAS7, ARCHIBALD6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1)1,2,3 was born July 09, 1822 in Hocking County, Ohio4, and died February 10, 1888 in Keokuk County, Iowa5. He married (1) MARTHA A. BENSON October 07, 1847 in Warren County, Indiana. She was born 1824 in Ohio, and died Bef. June 1850 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana6. He married (2) SUSAN SUNDERLAND February 17, 1851 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, daughter of PETER SUNDERLAND and NANCY. She was born October 1832, and died January 13, 1852 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. He married (3) JERENA A. SCHOONOVER7 February 13, 1856 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana7, daughter of WILLIAM SCHOONOVER and CHARLOTTE MARSTELLER. She was born April 15, 1837 in Randolph County, West Virginia8, and died November 29, 1922 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa8.

More About CHARLES WESLEY WIGGINS:
Burial: Springfield Cemetery, Washington Twp., Keokuk Co., IA
Census: 1850, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Occupation: Farmer & Teamster

More About MARTHA A. BENSON:
Cause of Death: Flux

More About SUSAN SUNDERLAND:
Burial: Sand Ridge Cemetery, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Children of CHARLES WIGGINS and JERENA SCHOONOVER are:
i. CHARLOTTE "LOTTIE"10 WIGGINS9, b. October 07, 1857, near Delta, Warren Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; d. May 04, 1884, Delta, Warren Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; m. JOHN W. NELSON10, February 15, 1877, Keokuk County, Iowa11; b. 1856.
ii. THOMAS A. WIGGINS12, b. August 20, 1859, near Delta, Warren Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; d. February 25, 1926, Keokuk County, Iowa; m. MARY ELLIOTT13,14, September 07, 1880, Keokuk County, Iowa15,16; d. March 12, 1925, Keokuk County, Iowa.
iii. ALICE WIGGINS, b. June 07, 1863, near Delta, Warren Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; d. July 22, 1864, Delta, Keokuk County. Iowa.

More About ALICE WIGGINS:
Burial: Springfield Cemetery, Keokuk County, IA

iv. FRANKLIN F. WIGGINS17, b. August 25, 1865, near Delta, Warren Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; d. August 18, 1888.
2. v. WILLIAM LEWIS WIGGINS, b. July 19, 1867, Delta, Keokuk County. Iowa; d. November 09, 1946, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma.
vi. CLARA WIGGINS, b. June 30, 1870, Delta, Warren Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; m. JOHN WESLEY ADAMS18, August 29, 1888, Delta, Keokuk County, Iowa18; b. 1862, Illinois.
vii. MARTHA WIGGINS, b. August 15, 1873, Delta, Warren Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; d. March 16, 1876, Delta, Warren Township, Keokuk County, Iowa.

More About MARTHA WIGGINS:
Burial: Springfield Cemetery, Keokuk County, IA.

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM LEWIS10 WIGGINS (CHARLES WESLEY9, LEMUEL GREEN8, THOMAS7, ARCHIBALD6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1)19 was born July 19, 1867 in Delta, Keokuk County. Iowa20, and died November 09, 1946 in Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma21. He married MARY PHYLINDA BUMP22 October 11, 1893 in Monroe Township, Mahaska County, Iowa23, daughter of ISAAC BUMP and CATHERINE O'CONNOR. She was born July 26, 1870 in Hopewell, Mahaska County, Iowa24, and died June 10, 1950 in Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma.

More About WILLIAM LEWIS WIGGINS:
Occupation: Farmer and cement worker

Children of WILLIAM WIGGINS and MARY BUMP are:
i. CECIL HAROLD11 WIGGINS, b. January 30, 1895, What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa; d. December 07, 1966, Coral Gables, Dade County, Florida; m. ALICE PURL WARNER, March 25, 1914, Osage or Kay County, Oklahoma; b. June 04, 1895, Humansville, Polk County, Missouri; d. October 03, 1994, Baltimore County, Maryland.

More About CECIL HAROLD WIGGINS:
Burial: Coral Gables, Florida

More About ALICE PURL WARNER:
Burial: Coral Gables, Florida

ii. LOYCE WIGGINS, b. December 21, 1896, Keokuk County, Iowa25; d. December 1972, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma25; m. (1) ROBERT ELY, Abt. 1916; m. (2) A. A. LANE, Abt. 1924.
iii. OMA ETOLIA WIGGINS, b. July 09, 1903, Keokuk County, Iowa25; d. January 1974, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma25; m. JOHN M. MONCRAVIE.

Endnotes

1. Tippecanoe County, Indiana Marriage Record, p. 444.
2. Estate Papers of Lemuel G. Wiggins.
3. Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana 1850 Census.
4. WPA Cemetary Records - Keokuk County, Iowa.
5. WPA Cemetary Records - Keokuk County, Iowa, 102.
6. Tippecanoe County, Indiana 1850 Mortality Schedule.
7. Tippecanoe County, Indiana Marriage Record, p. 444.
8. Kristen Schoonover, Schoonover Master Tree, "Electronic."
9. Sigourney Township, Keokuk County. Iowa Census, (1860).
10. Keokuk County Marriage Record, Book 6.
11. Keokuk County Marriage Record, Book 6, 124.
12. Sigourney Township, Keokuk County. Iowa Census, (1860).
13. Keokuk County Iowa Marriages 1881-1885.
14. Return Certificate of Marriage, Keokuk County, Iowa.
15. Keokuk County Iowa Marriages 1881-1885, 3.
16. Return Certificate of Marriage, Keokuk County, Iowa.
17. Warren Township, Keokuk County. Iowa Census, (1870).
18. Return Certificate of Marriage, Keokuk County, Iowa.
19. Warren Township, Keokuk County. Iowa Census, (1870).
20. Kay County, Oklahoma Death Certificate.
21. Oklahoma Death Certificate.
22. Lynn Albert Bumpus, A Genealogy of: Bump-Bumpas-Bumpass-Bumpers-Bumps-Bumpus Descendants of Edouad Bompasse of the "Ship Fortune", (1986).
23. Iowa Marriage Certificate.
24. Lynn Albert Bumpus, A Genealogy of: Bump-Bumpas-Bumpass-Bumpers-Bumps-Bumpus Descendants of Edouad Bompasse of the "Ship Fortune", (1986).
25. Social Security Death Index.