1860 Census for Salem Township, Pomeroy, Meigs, OH

In today's research I researched Eli Nelson my 3rd great-grandfather. I'm trying to provide a good direct link between him and his father in documents which hasn't been easy. His father Sampson Nelson died the year Eli was born.

I hit the Search button on Ancestry.com, and up came an 1860 Census for Ohio. I looked over the page, but there are a few discrepancies with the information stated in the census. So what to do? Is this my Eli Nelson? How do I work through the information?

On line 20, N Nelson is listed. However I need E Nelson not N Nelson. Who is listed with him? Matilda who is a 27 year old female, Roena a 5 year old female, and Mills a 5 year old male.

Facts as I know them: My Eli Nelson has a wife named Matilda who would have been 27 at the time of this census. Eli had a daughter names Rowena/Roena who would have been 5 at this time, Eli had a son named Miles about age 3 at this time.

Right below N Nelson is a N Vonschriltz, 66 year old male.  I believe this was actually my 4th great-grandmother Eli's mother Nancy Nelson Vonschriltz. Nancy would have been 66 or 67 at the time of this census. Listed with N Vonschriltz is L Nelson 36 year old female who was likely Nancy's daughter-Eli's sister Lucinda Nelson who would have been 36 at the time of this census. I don't have Lucinda as ever being married so her living with her mother at age 36 would have been normal, I believe. Under L Nelson is E Rifee 16 year old male. Nancy's daughter Mary Nelson married Andrew Rife and had a son named Eli Rife who would have been 16 in 1860.

Given the info in this census I believe they are my Eli Nelson and Nancy Vonschriltz. This helps me narrow down Nancy's death period as I didn't have anything on her past 1850. I will continue to research this document. I have looked several pages before and after. There are other Nelsons and Vonschriltzs in the the area at that time. Ultimately I would like to know when Nancy died and where she is buried.

Philander Wickham

Researching the Wickham line today after receiving an email about DNA and matching. I
match a Wickham with only 2 segments, but trying to figure out who our common ancestor 
is. I'm starting at the last known male Wickham in my line which is my 4th great-grandfather
George Wickham and his wife Lydia Cox.

George Wickham's life story according to Ancestry.com: When George Wickham was born on February 20, 1813, in New York, his father, Asher, was 25 and his mother, Hope, was 27. He married Lydia Cox on July 4, 1833, in Wood County, Ohio. They had nine children in 26 years. He died in 1890 in Toledo, Ohio, having lived a long life of 77 years.

I have researched the Wickham's before, but I am going back and researching the male line to try and find the match with whom I share DNA. 

I started with George and Lydia's oldest son Philander. Philander is my 4th great-uncle. Philander was from Ohio serving in Union army. He died from wounds encountered in the Civil War: 28 Feb 1864 • Died from wounds Company D, 111th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 12 Apr 1864, Knoxville, Knox County, TN, USA. He is buried in the Knoxville National Cemetery in Tennessee. 

Since Lydia his mother is listed as his beneficiary on the Civil War Pension card, it is my assumption that he died a single man. Thus my match doesn't descend from Philander.

Photo credit from Find-A-Grave.