JAMES S. WICKERSHAM
WICKERSHAM, JAMES S: Grocer; b Defiance, Iowa July 22, 1896; s of Robert G Wickersham-Sarah J Brewster; ed Defiance; m Gladys Knaves May 16, 1915 Council Bluffs; s George LeMoyne, James Robert, Donald Lee; d Leila Maye; 1914-15 painter, Defiance; 1915-18 owner & opr restaurant, Defiance; 1920-22 emp in gen mdse store, Defiance; 1922-29 Irwin; 1929- owner & opr groc & meat market, Irwin, 1934- mbr city coun, Irwin; helped org Annual Colt Show in Irwin; an orgr Irwin Band, tuba player; during World War enl US army Motor Transport Corps May 1918, training Jefferson barracks Mo, New Port VA, Jacksonville FLA, O/S France 1 year, disch July 8, 1919 Mitchell Field NJ; Amer Legion post 614, 1922 an orgr Irwin post & Shelby Co post; Comml Club; OES; AF&AM 444; RAM; hobby: baseball; off & res Irwin.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1119. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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