William Wickware was born 1862 in Logan County, Kentucky to Alpheus and Martha Eve (Hughes) Wickware. The Wickware family Bible list the following: "William Wickware was born the 27 (space) 1862". No month was listed. By 1870 William had moved with his parents from Logan County to Elm Springs Township in Washington County, Arkansas. He was listed as William, age 7, born KY. In 1880, William was living in Benton Township in Crawford County, Kansas with his sister, Gemima and her husband, Covington Williams. 1880 Crawford Co., KS, Benton Twp., #139 #139 Williams, Covington w m 27 farmer KY KY KY Jemima w f 21 wf keeps house KY KY KY Wickware, William w m ? b-i-l farm laborer KY KY KY William Wickware died from cancer in Decemter 1904 in Frontenac, Kansas. His obituary was listed in "Johnson Jottings", Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas.Johnson Jottings Wickwire, William - (from Johnson) William Wickwire died last Sunday morning at his home near Frontenac, Kan. after a long illness from a malignant cancer. Elijah Wickwire returned recently after spending some time attending his brother during his fatal illness. {The Springdale News 12/2/1904} I have found no record of William being buried in Frontenac, Crawford Co., KS cemeteries. Neither have I have any record that William married.
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