WICKHAM FAMILY PICTURES:

Some of E. T. Wickham's grandchildren and one of his daughters, Mary (in the center).  From the left, Nancy and Eddy, Charles and Pat, Vennie (behind her mother, Mary), Tony, Arlen, and Joe with his boy, Will.  People in bold print are descendants of E. T. Wickham. (photo taken on April 18, 2005)

Will Schibig rides a sheep beneath the Lady of Fatima statue which is on a concrete tree; E. T. placed this statue in the center of what was the largest sundial in the world.  Fragrant Wisteria flowers adorn the statues.
(photo taken on April 18, 2005)

E. T. Wickham (in the back center), children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.  Sportsman Club in the background. (photo taken in late 1960s)

Ernest in Italy (about 1943); died in Europe from "friendly fire".

Wickham family and friends at the Wickham Homeplace.  Front row from left to right, Turkeys.  second row, Nora, AC; third row, Annie, Mary, Rita.  Fourth row, Effie, Iris, Betty, Lester, Clifton, Anthony.  Back Row, Ernest, E. T.  Despite very little formal education, Anthony became a very successful business man in Clarksville.  He recently told me that when he was a boy, his father (E. T.) gave him only one bullet per day to kill a squirrel for dinner.  On some days the family had squirrel and dumplings but on the days that he missed the squirrel something else was on the menu--like turkey.
Photo taken in 1941

E. T. leading his oxen (photo made about 1940); he took his oxen and wagon to Palmyra to get supplies in the 1930s and early 1940s.  Although he installed his own electrical wiring, had some modern appliances, and some cars, he liked to do some things the old fashion way; he preferred mules over tractors and in the hard times of the 30s, oxen and wagon over a car. He never owned a TV set, but enjoyed listening to the radio at night and he read a lot of history books especially those on the wild west.

Iris, Mary feeding the turkeys, and Rita (1941).  The old home place is visible in the background.  The room with the logs was built in the late 1700s.  The house still stands today.

From right to left, front row: Ernest, E. T., Father Deschamps,  Anthony.  second row: Nora (Sister Justina),  Iris.  third row: Mary, Rita, Betty, Minnie (E. T.'s sister) and Annie  (photo made at the Wickham homeplace, Palmyra area, in the late 1930s)

Front:  Nora, Anthony, E. T., Rita, Ernest.  Back:  Iris  (photo made at the Wickham home in the Yellow Creek community in the 1930s)

An old check for 75 cents made out on May 22, 1916 from E. T. Wickham to his wife, Annie Wickham.
Annie used the 75 cents to pay a Dr. Nesbitt for delivering Iris Wickham, my mother.  Annie gave this check to my mother and my mother kept it all these years as it was a memento from the time of her birth.  The front of check is displayed above while the back of the check is shown below

To the left is Annie Yarbrough (she became Tanner Wickham's wife) and her sister Minnie.  (photo taken about 1905).

To the left is a photo of Tanner on a pin (early 1900s).  He was courting Annie at the time and I presume he gave this pin to her.  He looked spiffy in this picture, but most of the time he dressed much more casually (this photo provided by Frankie Sellas and Doris Hammett).  To the right is another photo of Tanner as a young man, also made in early 1900s (this photo provided by Nancy Ledbetter)

Elizabeth (Marsh) Wickham (E. T.'s mother; photo taken in early 1900s) and Robert L.Wickham (E. T.'s father; photo taken in late 1880s or early 1890s)

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