Williams Carter Wickham
Born: September 21, 1820
Birth Place: Richmond, Virginia
Father: William Fanning Wickham 1793 – 1880
(Buried: Wickham Cemetery at Hickory Hill, Hanover, Virginia)
Mother: Ann Butler Carter 1797 – 1868
(Buried: Wickham Cemetery at Hickory Hill, Hanover, Virginia)
Wife: Lucy Penn Taylor 1830 – 1913
(Buried: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Ashland, Virginia)
Children:
John Wickham 1848 – 1848
Henry Taylor Wickham 1849 – 1943
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Anne Carter Wickham Byerly 1851 – 1939
(Buried: Old Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Virginia)
Julia Leiper Wickham 1859 – 1873
(Buried: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Ashland, Virginia)
William Fanning Wickham 1860 – 1900
(Buried: Grace Cemetery, Genito, Virginia)
Education:
1842: Graduated from University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Attorney in the State of Virginia
Member of Virginia House of Delegates
Captain in the Virginia State Militia
1861: Delegate to Virginia State Convention
Civil War Career:
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 4th Virginia Cavalry
1862: Received a saber wound during the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia
1862: Captured by the Union Army but quickly paroled
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 4th Virginia Cavalry
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Sharpsburg
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: Participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Cavalry
1864: Participated in the Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia
1864: Participated in the Battle of Fishers Hill
1864: Resigned his commission in the Confederate Army Cavalry
1863 – 1865: Confederate States Representative from Virginia
1865: Participated in the Hampton Roads Conference
Occupation after War:
President of Virginia Central Railroad
President of Covington and Ohio Railroad
1869 – 1878: Vice President of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Became a Republican
1872: Voted for Ulysses S. Grant for President
1872: Member of Electoral College from Virginia
Chairman of Hanover, Virginia Board of Supervisors
Virginia State Senator
Died: July 23, 1888
Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia
Cause of Death: Apoplexy
Age at time of Death: 67 years old
Burial Place: Wickham Cemetery at Hickory Hill, Hanover, Virginia
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