Family of William
Niccum
William Niccum
b. circa 1816, Ohio, or abt 1818, KY (LDS-AF)
m. (1) September 12, 1833, to Elizabeth Smith, Vermilion County, Illinois
See marriage record here.
m. (2) June 2, 1836, to Maria Smith, Vermilion County, Illinois
See marriage record here.
m. (3) February 9, 1873, to Matilda
(Smith) Billings, Vermillion
County, Indiana
See marriage record here.
d. October 4, 1894, south of Flat Iron Inn, buried Niccum cemetery, 1/4 mile
west of Lowe's Chapel Church
Tradition is that he married 3 times to 3 sisters.
Father: Michael Niccum
Mother: Phoebe Harris (LDS-AF)
(1) Elizabeth Smith
b.
d. about 1834
(2) Maria(?) Smith
b. circa 1812, Ohio (1850 census)
Brother of Elizabeth & Maria Smith - Luke Smith
(3) Matilda Smith Billings
b. about 1821, Ohio (1880 census)
m.(1) Archibald Billings February 11, 1841, Vermilion
County, Illinois
CHILDREN of William Niccum and Elizabeth Smith:
1. Andrew J. Niccum
b. June 15, 1833, Vermilion County, Illinois
m. September 25, 1853, to Sarah (Sally) Ann Niccum
d. April 19, 1911
Both buried Niccum family cemetery, Danville, Illinois. Sarah’s birth year on
tombstone is erroneously given as 1853.
CHILDREN of William Niccum and Maria
Smith:
2. Christiana (or Christena) J. Niccum
b. circa 1838, Illinois
m. November 28, 1854, to Andrew Davis
3. Phoebe E. Niccum
b. circa 1840, Illinois
m. to ? Hines
d. 1921, buried Niccum cemetery, Danville, Illinois
4. Mary R. Niccum
b. circa 1842, Illinois
5. Lucinda (Lucy) Ellen Niccum
b. December 14, 1844, on the old Pen Sanders farm south of what is now Flat Iron
Inn on Perrysville
Road, Vermilion County, Illinois (or Vermillion County, Indiana?) (1844-IGI)
m. July 16, 1863, Vermilion County, Illinois, to Parker Kelley Wilcoxen
(Vol. 4,
Page 79)
d. May 10, 1918, buried Niccum family cemetery, Danville, Illinois
6.
Abigail A. Niccum
b. circa 1846, Illinois
7.
Archibald Niccum
b. 1849, Illinois
m. (1) to Clarissa C. Boggs
m. (2) April 29, 1877, to Sarah Maelvina Strawser, Vermillion
County, Indiana
d. 1908
Both he & Sarah buried in unmarked graves, Niccum
cemetery, Danville, Illinois
8. William G. Niccum
b. 1850, Illinois
m. September 5, 1868, to Jane Hines
d. October 4, 1894, buried Niccum Cemetery, Danville, Illinois
Possible match on federal pension #1250993, William Niccum.
