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Benjamin^8 Wallace Van Wickle (John^7, John^6, John^5, Nicasius^4 (Nicholas), Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1851, Lyons, NY

Married: (first to) Harriet Elizabeth Osborne (b. 6 Apr 1863, England, d. before 1898, Sanger, CA) 20 September 1893, Ogden, Weber, Utah

(second to) Ethel Cornellia Hillgrove (b. 10 December 1878, Isleton, Sacramento County, CA and d. 20 April 1955, Los Banos, Merced, CA) 9 October 1898, Fresno, Fresno, California

Children:
(by first marriage to Harriet Osborne)
1. Howard^9 Van Wickle, b. abt 1895

(two other children b. to Benjamin and Harriet between 1893 and 1898 that died before 1905)

(by second marriage to Ethel Hillgrove)

4. Carrie^9 Van Wickle, b. after 1898, CA

5. Sephese^9 Van Wickle, b. after 1898, CA

6. Gladys^9 Van Wickle, b. after 1898, CA

Parents:
Benjamin's parents are John Rue and Mary A. (Hipp) Van Wickle
Harriet's (first wife) parents are Mr. and Mrs. Osborne, and Ethel's (second wife) parents are C.R. and Mary Hillgrove.

Background information: 

Benjamin^8 Wallace Van Wickle (John^7, John^6, John^5, Nicasius^4 (Nicholas), Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 3 September 1851, Lyons, Wayne, NY and d. 12 February 1908, California. He married first to Harriet Elizabeth Osborne (b. 6 April 1893, England, and d. before 1898, Sanger, CA) 20 September 1893, Ogden, Weber, Utah. They had three children b. between 1893 and 1898 but only one, Howard, was living as of 1905. He married second to Ethel Cornellia Hillgrove (b. 10 December 1878, Isleton, Sacramento County, CA and d. 20 April 1955, Los Banos, Merced, CA). They Ethel is d/o C.R. Hillgrove (b. abt 1850, ME; father b. Scotland, mother b. ME) and Mary Hillgrove (b. abt 1856, IL) They had three daughters: Carrie, Sephese, and Gladys. For details on Benjamin, see the biographical material in source section below.

Children: (by first marriage to Harriet Osborne) Howard^9 Van Wickle, b. abt 1895; (two other children b. to Benjamin and Harriet between 1893 and 1898 that were deceased before 1905); (by second marriage to Ethel Hillgrove) Carrie^9 Van Wickle, b. after 1898, CA; Sephese^9 Van Wickle, b. after 1898, CA; Gladys^9 Van Wickle, b. after 1898, CA

Source:
Harry Macy research notes for John Rue Van Wickle, Jr.
Left Wayne Co. before 1877. Two of John's children died in childhood within weeks of each other and are bur. in North Lyons Cemetery, Lyons, NY

Personal visit to North Lyons or Fellows Cemetery on 28 July 2001. There are obviously many markers missing and unreadable so other Van Wickles could possibly be buried here.

1850 Federal Census for Lyons, Wayne, NY lists John Van Wickle, 31, M, Carpenter, b. NY with wife, Mary Van Wickle, 24, F, b. NY and daughter Sarah Van Wickle, 3, b. NY and son, John Van Wickle, 1, M, b. NY and uncle, Jacob Van Wickle, 60, M, laborer, b. NJ. Jacob is the brother of John^6 Rue Van Wickle and the son of John^5 Van Wickle (Nicasius^4, Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes).

History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. An Historical Story of the State's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time, by Prof. J.M.Guinn, A.M., Author of A History of Los Angeles and Vicinity, History of Southern California, Secretary and Curator of the Historical Society of Southern California, Member of the American Historical Association, Washington, D.C. Also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present. The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1905. Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 979.4 H2gj Pt 1 FHL US/CAN Book  BENJAMIN WALLACE VAN WICKLE. A natural mechanic of great ability and ingenuity, Benjamin Wallace Van Wickle, as manager of the Los Banos Planing Mill, is intimately associated with the development and advancement of the lumber interests of this part of Merced county. Using good judgment and wise forethought in his manufactures and dealings, he has built up an excellent business in this locality, now practically controlling the trade on the west side of the valley. A native of New York, he was born, September 3, 1851, in Lyons, Wayne County, New York, which was also the birthplace of his father, John Rue Van Wickle. His grandfather, John R. Van Wickle, was born in New Jersey, where the immigrant ancestor of the family from which he is descended settled on coming to the United States from Holland. Subsequently removing to New York, he improved a farm in Lyons, and was there engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death.

Brought up in Lyons, NY, John Rue Van Wickle learned the millwright trade when young, and followed it in that locality for many years. Removing from there to Michigan, he was busily employed in erecting grist and sawmills, also taking contracts for building, continuing in active pursuits until seventy years of age. Retiring then, he located in Oceana county of the state, where he resided until his death, at the venerable age of fourscore and four years. He married Mary A. Hipp, who was born and bred in Penfield, Monroe County, N.Y. Her father, Horace Hipp, was at that time engaged there in business as a brewer. He afterward removed to Norwalk, Ohio, where he was extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits for a number of years. He spent his last years in Michigan, dying in Van Buren county. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. John Rue Van Wickle two sons and two daughters were born, and of these one daughter and one son are living. The mother died in Michigan when fifty-four years old.

Spending the days of his boyhood and youth in Van Buren County, Michigan, Benjamin Wallace Van Wickle acquired his early education in the public schools of Mattawan. In 1868 he went to Hart, Oceana county, Michigan, then in his seventeenth year, securing work in a saw mill. An accident happening to the owner of the mill, David Benham, who was also the sawyer, Mr. Van Wickle, although so young, took charge of the saw, and ran it winters for nine years, in the summer seasons having charge of the sash and door factory for this employer. In 1877, Mr. Van Wickle assumed the position of foreman in a sash and door factory at St. Joseph, Michigan and remained there two years or more, when, on account of the ague, he left that locality. Going immediately to Butte, Montana, he was for three years foreman in a large planning mill belonging to the Montana Lumber & Produce Company. The ensuing year he was foreman for the Idaho Lumber Company, at Ogden, Utah, after which he was for six years in the employ of the Eckles Lumber Company, having entire management of their business interests throughout Utah.

Coming to Los Angeles, California, in 1893, Mr. Van Wickle was for a year foreman in Lindsey's Mill, at Redondo Beach, and when Dillon Brothers built their mill at Los Angeles he became its manager, holding the position for two years. Removing to Fresno county in 1896, he was foreman for the Sanger Lumber Company for a year, and was afterward with Hollenbeck & Bush, in Fresno, until 1900, and from that time until 1902 was foreman in William Crocker's planning mill, in San Francisco. Accepting a position with Miller & Lux in 1902, Mr. Van Wickle has since been foreman and manager of the Los Banos Planing MIll, and in this capacity has met with characteristic success, building up an extensive and remunerative trade, and becoming widely and favorably known as one of the leading millmen of the San Joaquin valley.

In 1893, in Ogden, Utah, Mr. Van Wickle married Harriet Osbourne, who was born in England. She died in Sanger, California. Three children were born of their union, one of whom is living, namely, Howard. In 1898, in Fresno, Mr. Van Wickle married for his second wife Ethel Hillgrove, a native of Sacramento county, and they are the parents of three children, namely: Carrie, Sephese and Gladys. Politically, Mr. Van Wickle is a staunch Republican, and fraternally he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

(Courtesy, Chris Petersen of Anchorage, Alaska in email dated 23 Feb 2004 --Chris is first cousin three times removed of Harriet Osborne, first wife of Benjamin Wallace Van Wickle)

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