Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Wickens, W. W. 1854 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  W. W. Wickens, manager of the Mijo Telephone Company, of Spring Hill, is a
representative Johnson county business man. Mr. Wickens was born in DeKalb
county, Illinois, in 1854, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Corke) Wickens,
both natives of England. The father was born in Sussex county in 1829, and the
mother in Kent county in 1833 The father came to America when a young man and
settled in Ohio where he remained a few years, and the mother immigrated to
America with her parents who settled in Illinois when she was a child. James
Wickens and Elizabeth Corke were married in Illinois about 1850, and followed
farming in that State throughout their lives. W. W. Wickens was reared to
manhood in Illinois and learned the machinist's trade. He received a good common
school education which has been supplemented by a broad and varied experience in
the school of life. He was married in 1884 to Miss Angie Adair, a daughter of
George and Martha (Simpkins) Adair, natives of Canada. After his marriage he
worked at his trade for a time in Illinois, and in 1887 went to Chardon, Neb.,
where he was in the employ of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company as a
machinist about ten years. He then worked at his trade and also followed farming
for a time and in 1903 came to Johnson county, Kansas, and bought a farm of
eighty acres which he still owns. He was engaged in farming until 1913 when he
became manager of the Mijo Telephone Company, and has successfully conducted the
intricate details of that institution since. Mr. Wickens is capable and
conscientious in the administration of his business affairs and has been very
successful in the conduct of this important public service company. Practically
the entire management of the affairs of the company is in his hands, and he has
given uniform satisfaction both to the stockholders and the patrons of the
company. Politically Mr. Wickens is a Republican and Mrs. Wickens is a member of
the Adventist church.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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