John Henan WICKHAM ¹

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Virginia Majewski

1900 MO CENSUS, Jackson Co, Karo Twp, Kansas City:
John Wickham, 21, single, b. April 1879, b, KS, parents b. OH, laborer.
He was living with his widowed mother, Sarah Van Camp.

AR, COUNTY MARRIAGE INDEX, 1837-1957:
Name: J H Wickham
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1879
Residence: Gentry, Benton, Arkansas
Spouse's name: Lora Knoblitt
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age:1 8
Spouse's Residence: Decatur, Benton, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1905
Marriage License Date: 27 Oct 1905
Marriage County: Benton
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1034753

1910 MO CENSUS, Jackson Co, Kansas City:
John H. Wickham, 31, 1st marriage, married 4 yrs, b. MO, parents b. US, foreman, steam railway;
wife Lora, 22, 1st marriage, married 4 yrs, b. MO, parents b. MO;
dau. Ruth, 3, b. AR, parents b. MO;
son Herbert J., 2, b. MO, parents b. MO;
dau Erma, 1, b. MO, parents b. MO.

WORLD WAR 1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918; John H. Wickham, 5414 E. 12th St, Kansas City, MO; 39, b. April 4, 1879, white, native born, painter, employer: Park Board Dept, City Hall; nearest relative: Laura Wickham, wife (of same address); 5'10", slender build, blue eyes, light hair.

1920 MO CENSUS, Jackson Co, Kansas City, 5414 E. 12th St.:
John H. Wickham, 40, own home, mortgage, b. MO, parents b. IA, laborer, road grading;
wife Lora, 32, b. MO, parents b. MO;
Ruth,13, attended school, b. AR, parents b. MO;
John H., 12, attended school, b. MO, parents b. MO;
Erma, 10, attended school, b. MO, parents b. MO;
Charles, 5, b. MO, parents b. MO.

1930 MO CENSUS, Jackson Co, Kansas City:
John Wickham, owned home $1500, 51, 1st marriage age 26, b. MO, parents b. MO, proprietor of lunch room;
wife Lora, 42, 1st marriage age 18, b. MO, parents b. MO;
son Charles, 15, b. MO, parents b. MO, waiter, lunch room.
(NOTE: Their 3 other children, who were married, were listed on the same census page: Herbert Wickham, Erma Kersey, and Ruth Newby.)

MO DEATH CERTIFICATE: John H. Wickham of 1717 Topping St., Kansas City, Karo Twp, Jackson Co, MO; married to Mrs. Lora Wickham; carpenter; b. Apr 4, 1879 in MO; father: Cyrus Wickham who was b. IA; mother: Sarah Claypool who was b. IA; d. Oct 4, 1933 at Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO of mitral insufficiency; 54 yrs, 6 mo, 0 days; burial was at Mt. Washington on Oct 7, 1933; informant: Mrs. Lora Wickham of 1717 Topping Ave.

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: John H Wickham
Birth Date: 1879
Death Date: 1933
Cemetery: Mount Washington Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Spouse: Lora N Wickham
Children:
Sarah Edna Wickham
Ruth Newby

John married Lora NOBLITT on 5 Nov 1905 in Decator, Benton Co, AR.^{1 2} (Lora NOBLITT was born on 9 Oct 1887 in MO,^{4 5} died on 29 Dec 1978 ⁴ and was buried in Mt. Washington Cem, Independence, Jackson Co, MO ⁴.)