Wickersham, Isaac

Born: 1806-XX-XX Virginia

Died: 1880-03-25 Jasper County, Missouri

Flourished: 1842-1849 Sangamon County, Illinois

About 1842, Wickersham brought his family from Kentucky to settle in Springfield, Illinois, where he was a merchant. Around 1849, he moved to St. Louis, where he worked as a livestock trader and ran a livery business. Wickersham moved to Lebanon, Missouri, in 1859 and in 1861 he moved to Arkansas.

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