Crawford-Clinton County IA Archives Biographies.....Wickwire, James 1853 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

JAMES WICKWIRE, one of the successful and enterprising farmers of Crawford
county, was born in Clinton county, Iowa, December 7, 1853, a son of Charley
Wickwire, a native of Madison county, New York, and  of English  and Scotch
ancestry. Our subject's, mother was formerly Christina Fulck, of Pennsylvania
Dutch descent. She was twice married, first to E. Wright, and they had nine
children, four sons of whom were soldiers in the late war. Mr. and Mrs. Wickwire
were the parents of seven children.

  James, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in his native
county, where he remained until 1880. In that year he bought and improved wild
land in Crawford county, which is now one of the best farms in the neighborhood.
He owns 320 acres, has a beautiful dwelling of gothic style, squares up 24 x 40
feet, one and a half stories high, and which was erected at a cost of $1,250.
His barn, 34x 40 feet, cost $600, and everything about the Wickwire farm shows
the thrift and good management of its owner. In addition to his farming
interests he also raises a good grade of stock.

  Mr. Wickwire was married January 2, 1878, to Miss Allethea Nutter, who was
born in Ohio, and reared and educated in Illinois and Iowa, a daughter of
Franklin and Elizabeth Nutter, the history of whom appears in this work. Our
subject and wife have had five children: Effie, Albert, Florence, Burrell and
Mabel. Mr. Wickwire affiliates with the Republican party, and has held the
office of Township Trustee five years. Religiously, he is a member of the
Methodist Church. He is intelligent and progressive, favors education, religion
and temperance, and is interested in everything for the good of his county.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF 
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."—Emerson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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