Wickersham, John Riley
(1866-1938)




Birth: May 1866
Death: 1938, Urbana, Champaign County, OH
Parents:
Spouse: Jessie Emerson Cowles, married January 5, 1889
Known Children: Paul, Leon, John Donald
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Other Occupations While Photographer: crayon artist
Other Occupations: teacher
Individual Number: 4340


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1890-1900 Unknown





1890 Stigleman Employee Richmond, Wayne County, IN





August 1891*-1895 J. R. Wickersham Studio owner Huntington, Huntington County, IN























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OriginalNotes: Schmitt Fischer Family Tree maintained by Susan Fischer (viewed July 23, 2020 by Joan Hostetler, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/116189190/person/141000323956/facts), listed death as 1838 in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio

1900 Census, Urbana Township, Champaign County, Ohio
John R. Wickersham, b. May 1866, age 34, b. OH, m. 11 years, photographer
Jessie E., wife. B. Nov. 1869, 5/5 kids
Paul D., son, b. Dec. 1889, 10, b. OH
Jerome L., son, b. July 1891, 8, b. IN
Donald J., son, b. June 1896, 3, b. OH

Cowles Families in America, p. 1023 - Jessie Emerson Cowles married 2nd John Riley Wickersham, a school teacher and crayon artist of Center township, Morgan Co., Ohio. Re. 1894. Urbana, Ohio, where he owned a photograph gallery.
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OriginalSource: Richmond Item, June 12, 1890. p. 2 - J. R. Wickersham, an artist from Cincinnati, will probably taken employment with Stigleman.

1900 Census, Urbana Township, Champaign County, Ohio
John R. Wickersham, b. May 1866, age 34, b. OH, m. 11 years, photographer
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PersonID: 4135 CATNUM: 4340 NameFirst: NameLast: Wickersham LocationID: 7628 Address1: Address2: City: Richmond State: IN StudioID: 5477 ---------------------------------- ID: 5477 StudioName: Stigleman SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 6:04:52 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: Stigleman Alternate Studio Names: StartMonth: StartDay: StartYear: StartCA: EndMonth: EndYear: EndDay: EndCA: KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 8239 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Wayne Country: USA Longitude: Latitude: NameNewFirst: John KnownDates: 1890 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: OutputStartYear: 1890 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: OutputStartStar: OutputEndStar: OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: Riley NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: Richmond Item, June 12, 1890. p. 2 - J. R. Wickersham, an artist from Cincinnati, will probably taken employment with Stigleman. OriginalWorkerType: Employee PersonSexTypeID: PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 8733

PersonID: 4135 CATNUM: 4340 NameFirst: NameLast: Wickersham LocationID: 5329 Address1: Address2: City: Huntington State: IN StudioID: 3837 ---------------------------------- ID: 3837 StudioName: J. R. Wickersham SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:59:23 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: J. R. Wickersham Alternate Studio Names: StartMonth: 8 StartDay: StartYear: 1891 StartCA: True EndMonth: EndYear: EndDay: EndCA: KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 5630 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Huntington Country: USA Longitude: Latitude: NameNewFirst: John KnownDates: 1891-, 1892, 1895 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: 8 OutputStartYear: 1891 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: 1895 OutputStartStar: * OutputEndStar: OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: Riley NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: Huntington Democrat, August 13, 1891, p. 3 - E. B. Radabaugh announced that his business passed into the hands of Mr. J. R. Wickersham. Thanks patrons for support for the past 16 years and introduces J. R. Wickersham, who is an artist and photographer of superior ability. All persons having work at gallery, please call for same by August 29th, 1891, and oblige. Followed by announcement by John R. Wickersham. Will make a substantial reduction in the price of better grades of cabinet work for a short time as a means to introduce our work. Huntington Weekly Herald (Huntington, Indiana), Aprili 8, 1892, p. 1 Mr. Wickersham, the photographer, was compelled to leave his gallery Thursday on account of sickness. The Blue Book for Amateur Photographers American Edition, 1895, p. 241 OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner PersonSexTypeID: PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 5907




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