Family of Enoch^7 Van Vickle

Van Vickle (Evert^6 Van Vickle, Evert^5 Van Wicklen, Frederick^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 26 April 1814, Morgan, Butler County, Ohio

Married:
(first) Nancy White (b. abt 1819, Ohio) 10 September 1837, Vermilion Co., IL
(second) Cynthia A. (Sowders) Cline (b. 11 Apr 1823, Pike County, Ohio; d. Feb 1906) 21 October 1879, Vermilion, IL

(Photos of Civil War Soldier, Andrew^8 Van Vickle, courtesy of his great grand nephew, Andrew Van Vickle via email 26 Oct 06)

Children:
(All children by first marriage to Nancy White...)
1. Robert^8 Van Vickle, b. 6 Aug 1838, Vermilion Co., IL
2. Andrew^8 Van Vickle, b. 25 Apr 1840, Vermilion Co., IL
3. Elizabeth^8 Van Vickle, b. 3 Nov 1842, Vermilion Co., IL
4. Sarah^8 Van Vickle, b. 10 February 1845, Danville, Vermilion, IL
5. Evert^8 Van Vickle, b. 1848, Blount, Vermilion Co., IL (first name definitely Evert...Enoch may have been middle name)
6. William^8 G. Van Vickle, b. 22 Apr 1851, Blount, Vermilion Co., IL
7. Harriet^8 Van Vickle, b. abt 1852, Blount, Vermilion Co., IL

8. William^8 P. Van Vickle, b. 1855, IL
9. John^8 J. Van Vickle, b. 7 May 1857, Danville, Vermilion, IL

10. Enoch^8 Van Vickle, Jr. b. Dec 1861, Vermilion Co., IL
(second marriage -- Cynthia Cline...)
11. Charles Cline, b. abt 1862...(stepson)

Parents:
Enoch's parents are Evert and Sarah (White) Van Vickle
Nancy's parents are William and Elizabeth [Guillin] White.

Cynthia's parents are John William and Elizabeth [Guthery] Sowders


Background information:

Enoch^7 Van Vickle (Evert^6 Van Vickle, Evert^5 Van Wicklen, Frederick^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 26 Apr 1814, Morgan, Butler County, Ohio and d. 26 Apr 1895 Vermillion Co, IL. He married first to Nancy White (b. 8 Jun1819, Morgan, Butler County, OH and d. 2 Dec 1877, Blount, Vermilion, IL) 10 September 1837 Vermillion Co, IL She is the dau. of William and Elizabeth [Guillin] White. Enoch was a private in Captain Bailey's Company of Col. Moore's Regiment of Mounted Volunteers, Illinois Militia, Black Hawk War [Virgil D. White, Index to Volunteer Soldiers in Indian Wars & Disturbances 1815-1858 (1994)] Enoch can be found on 1850 Vermilion County, IL Census (p. 251) - Enoch 40, Nancy 40, Robert 12, Andrew 10, Elizabeth 8, Sarah 6, Everet 3 (neither parent could read or write) Also on 1860 Vermilion County, Il Census (p. 236 Blount Township: Enoch 47, Nancy 40, Andrew 20, Sarah 16, Everet 12, Wm P 9, Harriet 7, John 3. Also found on 1880 Vermilion Co, IL Census (p. 3): Enoch 66, Synthia 57, Enoch Jr. 18, Charles Cline 18 (stepson). Enoch married his 2nd wife, Cynthia Cline on 21 October 1879; Enoch's second marriage was to Cynthia A. (Sowders) Cline (b. 11 April 1823, Pike Co., Ohio) 21 October 1879, Vermilion, IL. She was the widow of Nathaniel Cline. Cynthia died 26 February 1906.

Children: From 1st marriage: Robert^8 Van Vickle, b. 6 Aug 1838, Vermilion Co., Ohio. He married 6 October 1859 to Julia Ann White [Verm. Co. marriages 1859-60 in Il Gen 12:121]. He died 25 May 1920, Vermilion County, IL; Andrew^8 Van Vickle, b. 25 April 1840, Vermilion Co., Illinois and d. 15 Dec 1863 in Knoxville, Knox, TN Civil War records (Ancestry.com) lists Andrew Van Vickle, enlisted as Pvt on 13 Aug 1863 in Co. E, 115 Inf. regiment, Indiana and died Co. E, 115th IR, Indiana on 15 December 1863 in Knoxville, TN; Elizabeth^8 Van Vickle, b. 3 Nov 1842, Vermilion Co., IL and d. 17 Mar 1859, Vermilion Co., IL; Sarah^8 Van Vickle, b. 10 February 1845, Vermilion, IL. and d. 4 Jan 1931, Chanute, Neosha, KS.  She m. George Newport Wiggins (b. 10 December 1840 Vermilion, IL and d. 4 Feb 1918, Chanute, Neosha, KS) on 4 October 1866, Vermilion, IL; Evert^8 Van Vickle, b. 1848 Blount, Vermilion, IL and d. 1928 Blount, Vermilion, IL. He married Mary Margaret Johnson (b. abt 1861, IL) before 1878. His grandson, Ralph remembers that Evert was a farmer and Mary Margaret was a very large woman; William^8 G. Van Vickle, b. 22 Apr 1851, Blount, Vermilion, IL and d. 13 Jul 1862 Blount, Vermilion, IL; Harriet^8 Van Vickle, b. abt 1852, Blount, Vermilion, IL and d. 23 Apr 1939, Vermilion, IL. She married Luke Horner, 12 September 1872 (Vermilion County, Illinois Marriages, 1826-1874); William^8 P. Van Vickle, b. 1855, IL; John^8 J Van Vickle, b. 7 May 1857, Danville, Vermilion, IL and d. 19 Aug 1929, Pleasant Valley, Wilson, Kansas. He married Leann Wiles 15 Oct 1890, Danville, Vermilion, IL John was a member of the First Christian Church of Danville, IL; Enoch^8 Van Vickle, Jr. (b. Dec 1861, Vermilion Co., IL and d. 15 Feb 1915, Kankakee, Kankakee, IL. He married Annie Ella Swisher 1 Dec 1887, Vermilion, IL); via 2nd marriage: Charles Cline, b. abt 1862 (a stepson).

History of Vermilion County, page 898 --from Brian Christensen's Van Vickle Research, 1982-2000
Enoch Van Vickle, Danville, farmer, section 35 was born in Butler Conty, Ohio on 26 April 1814. He was married to Nancy White (now deceased) on 8 October 1837. She was born in Butler County, Ohio on 18 June 1819. They were the parents of ten children, six living: Robert, Andrew (who died in the Army), Elizabeth (deceased), Sarah, Evart, William (killed by lightning in 1862), Harriett, John, Enoch, and one infant (deceased). Mr. Vanvickle had only 40 acres when he married. He tried hard for years to open up a farm in the timer, but as long as he worked at that he gained but little. Finally went on to the prairie when he soon prospered. he now owns two hundred and ninety-six acres of land. He made a great many trips to Chicago with team in an early day, hauling wheat, oats and produce, and returning with salt. Mr. Vanvickle was in the Black Hawk War, and was one of the early settlers of the county, helping to change it from a barren wilderness to its present prosperous condition.

Portrait and Biographical Album of Vermilion County, Illinois --from Brian Christensen's Van Vickle Research, 1982-2000
Enoch Van Vickle: More than 60 years have gone by since the subject of this biographical review, then a stout manly lad of 14 first came to Vermilion County with his parents from his early home in the Buckeye State. Here he grew to a stalwart, capable manhood, and had since been identified with the development and prosperity of his adopted county, and has been a factor in promoting its agricultural interests, with which it is still connected, having a good farm on section 35, Blount Township, comprising 140 acres of as fine, tillable land as is to be found in the whole precinct. By downright, hard and persistent labor he has brought it to a high state of cultivation, it yielding him a good income, and he has erected suitable buildings. His parents were among the early settlers of the county, and it has been his pleasure to witness and assist in almost its entire development from a state of nature.

The father of our subject, Evert Van Vickle, was born either in Pennsylvania or Virginia. His mother, whose maiden name is Sarah White, was a native of Pennsylvania, and after marriage the parents settled in Butler County, Ohio, from where they removed to Jennings County, Indiana where they lived until 1928. In that year they made another move westward and penetraing to the wilds of Illinois, came to Vermilion county and settled in Blount Township. After a residence here of some twenty years they went to Holt County, Missouti where their remaining years were passed. Through that worthy couple were born five sons, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second.

Our subject was born in the pioneer home of his parents in Butler County, Ohio on 26 April 1814. he accompanied his parents to the county in 1828 and has ever since been an honored citizen of this place. After attaining man's estate he adopted the calling of agriculture to which he had been reared and for which he had a nature taste, and as the years have rolled by he has acquired a comfortable competency, and with the aid of a good wife he has built up a cozy home, in which they are spending the declining years of life of usefulness in quietness and peace, enjoying the full respect and affection of their neighbors and friends.

Mr. Van Vickle has been twice married. The first time in Vermillion County in 1837 to Miss Nancy White. Nine children were the fruits of that union, of whom the following seven grew to maturity: Ruth; Andrew (who was a soldier in the army, enlisted from Indiana, and gave up his life for his country at Knoxville, TN); Sarah, Evert, Harriet, John, and Enoch. Mrs. Van Vickle departed this life in her husband's home in Blount Township. She was a thoroughly good, upright woman, and an esteemed member of the Christian church. Mr. Van Vickle was married a second time in Blount Township to Mrs. Cynthia (Souders) Cline. She was a native of Pike County, Ohio, b. 11 April 1823. She has also been twice married. Her first husband was Nathaniel Cline. He was a native of Gallatin, Tenn and took part in the company A, 125th Illinois Infantry. he died at Gallatin, Tenn. By that marriage Mrs. Van Vickle became the mother of eight children--Amanda, Martha, Mary, Benjamin F., John R., Charles, Luketta, and Emma. Amanda and Martha are deceased.

Our subject is held in veneration by his fellow men not only for his pioneer labors in Blount Township in whose welfare he has always taken a genuine interest, but those honest traits of mind and heart that mark him as a good man and a desirable citizen. he is one of the few survivors of the famous Black Hawk War, in which he served about 30 days, being then a youth of 18 years. he, and his worthy wife are esteemed members of the Christian Church, with which he connected himself some 20 years ago, and she joined thirty years ago. Mr. Van Vickle is a true Republican, and in him the party finds a devoted follower.

Source:
Harry Macy, Jr. The Van Wicklen/Van Wickle Family: Including its Frisian Origin and Connections to Minnerly and Kranchheyt; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 128, No. 4 (October 1997); p. 245-8.

Notes from Harry Macy:

1840 Enoch Vanvickle, he and wife, 20-30, 2 males 0-5
1850 Enoch Vanvickle, 40, Nan, Rob, And, Eliz, Sarah, Everett
1860 Enoch Vanvickle, 47 Nan, And, Sar, Enoch, WmP, Harriet, and John
In 1852 Enoch owned 36 acres in Town of Newell, sec. 18, Town 20N, Range 11W per Illiana Genst. 9:40

Illinois marriages, 1790 - 1860 lists Enoch Van Vickle and Nancy White, 10 Sep 1837, Vermilion, IL

Civil War records (Ancestry.com) lists Andrew Van Vickle, enlisted as Pvt on 13 Aug 1863 in Co. E, 115 Inf. regiment, Indiana and died Co. E, 115th IR, Indiana on 15 December 1863 in Knoxville, TN [115th Regiment Indiana Infantry. Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in for 6 months' service August 13, 1863. Moved to Nicholasville, Ky., September 16. Attached to Mahan's 1st Brigade, Willcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1864. SERVICE.--March from Nicholasville, Ky., to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, 1863, and to Morristown October 6-8. Action at Blue Springs October 10. Duty at Greenville till November 6. Moved to Bull's Gap November 6, and duty there till December. March across Clinch Mountain to Clinch River. Action at Walker's Ford December 2. Guard and patrol duty in East Tennessee till February, 1864. Mustered out February 25, 1864. Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 69 Enlisted men by disease. Total 70.
Source: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer. Copyright, 1908.]

1870 US Census for Blount, Vermilion, IL lists Enoch Vanvickle, 56, farmer, b. OH with Nancy, 57, keeps house, b. OH, and Harriett, 17, b. IL, John 12, b. IL, Enoch, 8, b. IL. Also residing in household is Langford White, 33, b. IL. (Enoch's first wife's maiden name was White so this could be a younger sibling of Nancy perhaps?)

1880 US Census for Blount, Vermilion, IL lists Enoch Vanwickle, 66 (b. abt 1814), b. OH, farmer, with wife, Synthia, 58, b. OH, son, Enoch Vanwickle, 18, (b. IL) and stepson, Charles Cline Vanwickle,18, (b. IL) farm laborer

Illinois Marriage Records, 1851-1900 lists Enoch Van Vickle and Cynthia A. Cline, 21 Oct 1879, Vermilion, IL

1900 US Census for Pleasant Valley, Wilson, KS lists John Van Vickle, head, 42, b. May 1857, IL (OH, IL), (M-10), farmer, Lean, wife, 31, b. Feb 1868, IL (IN, IL), Lankford, son, 7, b. June 1893, IL (IL, IL) at school, Don, son, 5, b. Mar 1895, IL, Flossie, dau., 3, b. Dec 1896, KS, Andrew, son, 1, b. Sep 1898, KS, James Van Vickle, nephew, 36, b. IL (IL, IL), farmer, and Reuben, nephew, 18, b. Apr 1882, MN (IL, IL)

1910 US Census for Pleasant Valley, Wilson, KS lists John Van Vickle, 52, (M1-20), b. IL (OH, OH), Farmer, with wife, Leann, 41, (M1-20), b. IL (IN, IL), son, Lankford, 19, b. IL, laborer (home farm), Don, son, 15, b. IL, laborer (home farm), Flossie, dau., 13, b. KS, Andrew, son, 11, b. KS, and Frederick, son, 8, b. KS 

1910 US Census for Ward 7, Danville, Vermilion, IL lists Enoch Van Vickle, head, 47, M1-21, b. IL (OH, IL), house carpenter, with wife, Ella, 42, M1-21, 2/1, b. IL (IL, KY), and son, Arthur, 8, b. IL (IL, IL)

Also...research notes of Harry Macy, Jr. as forwarded in 6 July 2000 email by Michael Wolfe.
Letter with charts from Harry Macy dated 28 July 2000 and 2 August 2000 email from Michael Wolfe.

IGI, familysearch.com - for Sarah V.V.'s birth date and marriage.

Information on Sarah White marriage, Enoch^7 birth and Enoch's sibs supplied in 28 Sept 2000 email by Kathy (Van Vickle) Velasquez

Vermilion County, Illinois Marriages, 1826-1874 for marriage of Harriet Van Vickle and Like Horner --from Brian Christensen's Van Vickle Research, 1982-2000

Vermilion County, Illinois Deaths through 1945 for death date of Cynthia (Cline) Van Vickle and for Robert Van Vickle --from Brian Christensen's Van Vickle Research, 1982-2000

Notes from Dorothy Williams in Brian Christensen's, Van Vickle Research, 1982-2001
Dorothy writes... There is a discrepancy with the date of marriage for Enoch and Nancy (White) Van Vickle. The Vermilion County, IL Marriages 1826-1874 lists the marriage date as 10 September 1837, but the History of Vermilion County, p. 898 lists their wedding date as 8 October 1839. Which is most reliable? (I would tend to agree with Dorothy that the County Marriage listings would be the more accurate source.-jvw)

1 August 06 email from Charles Van Vickle, great grand nephew of Andrew^8 Vanvickle "He was my great uncle from Illinois, enlisted in the army in Indiana, went to Tennessee where he contracted some disease and died. We know quite a bit about him but need to run down where he was buried."

2 Mar 2015 email from Drew Van Vickle provided many vital statistics for children of Enoch and Nancy [White] Van Vickle. This email also included an Obituary for John J Van Vickle

John J Van Vickle dead. Resident of this vicinity for thirty-four years. John Van Vickle, 72 years old died last evening at 8:45 o clock at his home, 117 South Kansas, following a long illness. Mr. Van Vickle was born in Vermilion County, near Danville, IL, May 7, 1857. He was married to Miss Leann Wiles, October 15, 1890 in Danville and they came to Kansas thirty-four years ago, locating on a farm in Pleasant Valley in Wilson County. They moved to Chanute four years ago. The deceased was a member of the First Christian Church at Dansville. Besides his wife Mr. Van Vickle is survided by one daughter, Mrs. Leo Huffman of Earlton, four sons, Lankford J. Van Vickle, Don M. Van Vickle, who lived in Wilson County, Andrew F. Van Vickle of the home address, and Frederick F. Van Vickle of 218 South Steuben; six grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. G. N. Wiggins, 121 South Kansas, and Mrs Harriett Horner of Danville, IL who was with him at the time of his death.