Notes for: Samantha Cynthia Wickham
1850 Census, Athens Co, Ohio (Bern Twp), enumerated on Nov 2 1850:
James Oldcraft, 31, farmer; Samantha, 23; Sarah E, 4; John W, 3; Mary A, 1. All born in Ohio except James, born in Pennsylvania.
1860 Census, Athens Co, Ohio (Bern Twip, post office Amesville), enumerated on Aug 9 1860:
James Holdcroft, 44, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $200; Samantha, 33; Sarah, 15; John W, 12; Mary A, 11; James W, 9; George H, 6; Mary A. C., 4; Ida J, 2. All born in Ohio except the elder James, born in Pennsylvania.
1870 Census, Athens Co, Ohio (Bern Twp, post office Amesville), enumerated on Jun 4 1870:
James Holdcroft, 50, farmer, value of real estate $375, value of personal estate $348, cannot read/write; Samantha, 43; John, 22, farm laborer; Mary A, 20; James, 18; George, 16; Clara, 13; Ida J, 12; Rosella E, 8. All born in Ohio except the elder James, born in Pennsylvania.
1880 Census, Athens Co, Ohio (Bern Twp) enumerated on Jun 13 1880:
Jas. Holdcroft, 62, b. Pennsylvania (father b. New Jersey, mother b. Pennsylvaina), farmer, cannot write; wife Samantha, 53, b. Ohio (both parents b. Ohio); son Henry, 26; dau Ida J, 22; son Roswell E, 18; son Christopher, 9.
At some point after the senior James Holdcroft's death, Samantha became a member of their son Roswell's household. It is also possible that Roswell simply remained at the family homestead following his marriage and became the head of household.
1900 Census, Athens Co, Ohio (Bern Twp), enumerated on Jun 13 1900:
R. E. Holdcroft, 38, b. Jul 1861 in Ohio (father b. Pa, mother b. Ohio), farmer, married 9 yrs; wife Dessie B, 31, b. Jan 1869 in Ohio (both parents b. Ohio); dau Mable, 5, b. Oct 1894 in Ohio; son James P, 3, b. Oct 1896 in Ohio; son Gale, 7 months, b. Oct 1899; mother Samantha, 73, b. Apr 1827 in Ohio (father b. England, mother b. Ohio), widowed.