Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wickwire, James H. 1910
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Portland Observer, 14 Jun 1910

James H. Wickwire, who established the Portland Observer in 1867 died Saturday, 
June 4, at the Soldiers home in Jackson.  He was stricken with paralysis a year 
ago and never regained his health.  He had been at the home for five weeks.

Mr. Wickwire was born in Genesee county, New York, September 17, 1837, and came 
to Michigan when a boy.  He learned the printer’s trade in the office of the 
Marshall Statesman, but when the war broke out and the president called for 
troops, laid down his stick and rule and enlisted for three months in the First 
Michigan infantry.  At the expiration of this time he re-enlisted and served in 
the same regiment through the war.  He was wounded at Malvern hill.

Returning to Michigan, Mr. Wickwire founded and conducted the Ovid Register, 
the Portland Observer, the Dexter Leader, the Tekonsha Reporter, the Homer 
Index and the Lawton Tribune, directing them all for a time.  In later years he 
worked at his trade on both the Jackson newspapers, retiring when the 
typesetting machines came into vogue.  He leaves a widow and three sons George 
D. of Battle Creek, Edward W. of St. Louis and Robert S. Wickwire of Los 
Angeles, Cal.


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