Bio: Wicker, J. W. (History - 1849) 

Contact: Janet Schwarze

Surnames: WICKER LAMOTTE STEVENS

----Source: 1881 HISTORY OF NORTHERN WI, Chicago: The Western Historical Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor (grammar as is), Pg. 576

J. W. WICKER, farmer, Sec. 30. P. O. Unity. Born in Onondaga Co., NY, June 19, 1849. Father moved to Washington County and opened a store and hotel in the village of Barton. In 1863 the family moved to New York City he soon followed and was soon employed in a wholesale tea house, where he remained till 1864, when his brother and himself enlisted in the 78th NY Vol., and was transferred to the Metropolitan Guards was mustered out and stayed in New York till 1866, then himself and sister came to Wisconsin locating at Barton on a farm came to town of Hull in 1872, to Township 27, Range 2 east, where he pre-empted 160 acres letting his brother have eighty of it. He is farming and lumbering, having stocked La Motte's sawmill for four years. In 1870, he married Mrs. A. Stevens of Washington County. They have three children Oliver, Anna Bell, and Willie. He has been constable for two years and belongs to the I. O. O. F.

WICKER LAMOTTE STEVENS