Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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ISAAC WICKERSHAM, 
 
proprietor of the livery, feed and sale stables, on Aliso and Alameda streets, 
Los Angeles, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1836. His father's 
name was also Isaac. They came from a celebrated family. The noted J. P. 
Wickersham, so well known in the East as a public educator and State 
superintendent of schools in Pennsylvania, is a first cousin to the subject of 
this biographical sketch. Mr. Wickersham engaged very successfully in the stock 
business in his native State for several years. He was married in 1864 to Miss 
Sallie J. Baker, daughter of William Baker, of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Of 
this union ten children have been born: J. Swayne, the oldest, is proprietor of 
the East Side stables; Mary A., Bessie W., J. Worth, William B., Jessie B., 
Edgar A., Ruth S., Isaac and Ada E. Socially Mr. Wickersham is a Mason and also 
a K. of P. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. During the late 
war he was in the service of his country a few months, and paid for two 
substitutes besides. Since coming to Los Angeles he has built up a lucrative 
trade in the livery business, and is a citizen whom every one honors and 
respects. He has a pleasant home in East Los Angeles, at number 49 North Hellman 
street.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 682
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler