Ira Winfred WICKHAM ¹

  General Notes:

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: Ira Winfield Wickham, 29; residence: Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH; b. Nov. 18, 1887 at East Union, OH; employed in trucking, B & O Ry, employer: Baltimore & Ohio Ry at Zanesville; single; no dependents.

1920 OH CENSUS, Muskingum Co, Zanesville: Ira "Wickam", 33, laborer, steam road(?); wife Hazel, 25(?); step-dau. Jessie Powell, 8; step-dau. Vera Powell, 5; step-dau. Martha Powell, 2. All were b. OH and parents b. OH.

1930 OH CENSUS, Muskingum Co, Zanesville: Ira W. Wickham, 40, 1st marriage age 30, laborer, floor - Wall Tile: wife Hazel D., 36, 1st marriage age 16, mechanical girl, floor -wall tile; step-dau. Vera R. Powell, 15; step-dau. Martha E. Powell, 12; son Ira, 8; son Wilbur, 8. All were b. OH, parents b. OH.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: Ira W. Wickham, Sr; resided 515 Warwick Ave, Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH; married; wife: Hazel Best Wickham; retired glass blower - Kerns-Gorsuch Glass; b. Nov. 9, 1887 in Noble Co, OH; father: Alexander Wickham who was b. OH; mother: Susan Butler who was b. OH; d. Jan 8, 1948 in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH of aortic cardiac decompensation; burial: Jan 12, 1948 in Greenwood Cem; informant: Hazel Wickham of Zanesville.

Ira married Hazel D. BEST, daughter of Charles BEST and Kizziah AILES, on 12 Jun 1919 in Muskingum Co, OH. (Hazel D. BEST was born on 11 Feb 1894 in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH ⁴ and died on 19 Nov 1977 in La Mesa, San Diego Co, CA ⁴.)