Wickersham, Milton F.

Born: 1814-XX-XX Kentucky

Died: 1880-12-15 Chicago, Illinois

Flourished: Sangamon County, Illinois

By 1848, Wickersham was jailor of Springfield, Illinois. He held until this position until 1855, when he resigned and ran for street commissioner. In 1860, he was a street commissioner and he owned $5,000 in real estate. Politically, Wickersham was a Whig and later a Republican.

U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 77; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Springfield County, IL, 251; Illinois Journal (Springfield), 6 July 1848, 1:7; 20 July 1848, 2:1; Illinois Daily Journal (Springfield), 18 April 1855, 3:2; Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 4 March 1856, 3:1; 2 April 1857, 2:1; 8 April 1858, 2:3; Illinois Statewide Death Index, Cook County, 15 December 1880, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.