William A. WICKHAM ²

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Virginia Majewski

FAMILY BIBLE: name was listed as William "Aderson". (This could be a phonetic spelling of Addison, or perhaps Anderson. Addison was used in the names of many other Wickhams, so it is assumed that Addison was his middle name.)

AR, COUNTY MARRIAGES INDEX, 1837-1957:
Name: W A Wickham
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1866
Residence: Strawberry, Lawrence, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Mollie Bolen
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Residence: Lawrence, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1889
Marriage License Date: 2 Jul 1889
Marriage County: Lawrence
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1290706

Family reported that they had not heard from him since 1893, when he was living in the Black Mountains. (Black Mountains are found in multiple states - or did they mean the Black Hills??) He was married and had 2-3 children.

1900 AR CENSUS, Jackson Co, Jacksonport city:
William A. Wickham, Mar 1966, 34, wd, b. MO, parents b. MO, (occupation difficult to read);
Rosa F., dau, Oct 1890, 9, b. AR, father b. MO, mother b. AR, attended school;
Nora, dau, Feb 1893, 7, b. AR, father b. MO, mother b. AR, attended school;
Emma, dau, Jan 1896, 4, b. AR, father b. MO, mother b. AR;
Ida, dau, Oct 1898, 1, b. AR, father b. MO, mother b. AR.
(Ben Jr.(?) Bolland & his mother, Mary E. Bolland, were living in the same household.)

1910 AR CENSUS, Jackson Co, Jacksonport city:
W. A. Wickham, 44, wd, 4 children, 4 living, b. TX, parents b. KS, forman of sawmill;
dau. Rosa, 19, single, no occupation, b. AR, father b.TX, mother b. TN;
dau. Flora, 17, single, no occupation, b. AR, father b.TX, mother b. TN;
dau. Emma, 15, single, no occupation, b. AR, father b.TX, mother b. TN;
dau. Ida, 12, b. AR, father b.TX, mother b. TN.

1930 MI CENSUS, Wayne Co, Van Buren Twp:
Edward J. Moore, 38, 1st marriage age 26, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. MI, crane operator, automobile factory;
Emma M., wife, 34, 1st marriage age 22, b. TN, father b. MO, mother b. TN;
Frances M., dau, 10, attended school, b. MI, father b. MO, mother b. TN;
Ruth V., dau, 7, attended school, b. MI, father b. MO, mother b. TN;
Paul E., son, 3, b. MI, father b. MO, mother b. TN;
William A. "Wiskham", boarder, 64, wd, b. MO, parents b. MO, no occupation.

MI DEATH CERTIFICATES, 1921-1952:
Name: William Wickham
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 23 Jan 1932
Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 07 Mar 1865
Birthplace: Missouri

ARTHUR WICKHAM RESEARCH FILES: not heard from since 1911; lived CA; married to Nora(?); had 2 children

William married Mollie BOLEN on 4 Jul 1889 in Lawrence Co, AR.¹ (Mollie BOLEN was born about 1871 in MS ^{1 6 7} and died before 1900 in probably AR ³.)