Charles Adison WICKHAM ²

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PHOTO: submitted by Suzanne Krogh

1910 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk, Keokuk: Chas. Wickham, boarder, 33, single, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. IL, street car conductor.

WORLD WAR 1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: Charles Adison Wickham 400 Belknap Place, Keokuk, Lee Co, IA, 42, b. Nov. 1, 1876; white, native born; painter, Mississippi River Power Co., Keokuk, Lee Co, IA; nearest relative: Mrs. Clara Wickham, wife (of same address); tall, medium height, blue eyes, brown hair;

1920 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk, Belknap Place #400: Charles A. Wickham, 43, b. MO; Conna, 45, b. IL; Richard L. Foster, 9, b. CA.

1925 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk: Charles Wickham, 48, 8th grade education, b. MO, father: Jacob Wickham who was b. OH: mother: Sarah Thompson who was b. IL and married MO, Unitarian; Conna Wickham, 50, 10th grade education, b. IL, father: Leon Roache who was b. PA; mother: Anna Misal(?) who was b. Germany and married MO, Unitarian; Ann Rocha, 76, wd, 5th grade education, b. Germany

1930 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk: Charles A. Wickham, owned home worth $5,000, 53, married age 34, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. IN, contractor, painter; wife Conna, 55, married age 36, b. IL, father b. Switzerland, mother b. Germany.

OBIT, Gazette-Herald, Kahoka, MO, Jan. 10, 1947: Charles Addison Wickham, a resident of Keokuk (IA) for more than half a century and in later years bailiff for the grand jury in district court, died at the Graham hospital Sat. night. He had been a patient in the hospital since Nov. 15 when he broke his hip in a fall. Mr. Wickham, known as "Kid", came to Keokuk as a young man from Kahoka, MO, to play ball and hoped to make this a career but had to give it up due to illness. For more than 12 years he served as conductor on the Warsaw Interurban. In later years he engaged in the house and sign painting and decorating business. Born Nov. 1, 1876, in Kahoka, he was the son of Jacob and Sarah Thompson Wickham. On May 9, 1911, he married Conna Roche in Keokuk. Surviving in addition to his wife is a sister, Mrs. Anna Butler of Kahoka. His parents, 2 brothers, John W. and Thomas A. Wickham and 2 sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane Bash and Mrs. Flora Whitehead, preceded him in death. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon in the Schmidt Memorial home with burial in Oakland Cem, Warsaw, IL.

Oct. 10, 1940 LETTER TO ARTHUR WICKHAM FROM MR. & MRS. C. A. (CHARLES ADDISON) WICKHAM of Keokuk, IA: "Mr. Wickham's fore fathers came early to this country from England, this is all any one left knows."

Charles married Conna ROCHE\ROACHE, daughter of Leon ROACHE and Living, on 9 May 1911 in Keokuk, Lee Co, IA.¹ (Conna ROCHE\ROACHE was born on 3 Nov 1874 in IL,³ died on 28 Mar 1949 ³ and was buried in Oakland Cem, Warsaw, IL.)