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Identifier: 20thcenturyhisto01rock (find matches)
Title: 20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Rockel, William M. (William Mahlon), 1855-1930, ed
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Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing co.
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and the concern was incorporated in the above year. Great preparations were immediately made for the carrying on of a large industry, eight acres of land being secured, adequate and appropriate buildings being erected there-on, and machinery being installed to make the plant one of the best and most cora-plete of its kind in the world. Experi-enced and capable workmen were brought together and each year the business as-sumed larger and larger proportions. On September 28, 1903, the whole plant was destroyed by fire, when Mr. Chapman retired and Mr. Wickham and James Johnson, Jr., organized a stock company known as the Wickham Piano Plate Com-pany. A fire-proof structure was erected,it being in every way a much more elab-orate plant, and here the business is still conducted. The manufactured articles include piano plates, piano hardware, the latter designation covering action brack-ets, pedal feet, pedal guards, bearing bars, organ pedal frames and all other devices. Their field of distribution covers
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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 669 the world. Mr. Wickham never lost his practical interest in the business, which he thoroughly understood in every detail,and as long as he lived he took a justifi-able pride in the fact that no matter how many changes entered into the business of many competitors, the same high stan-dard of perfection continued in his own as had prevailed at the beginning. On October 15, 1878, Henry Wickham was married to Theresa Murphy, who was born at West Jetferson, Ohio, and is a daughter of John Murphy, who was in a grocery business in Madison County, fora number of years. Mr. and Mrs. Wick-ham became parents of five children,namely: Grace, who married L. C. Gor-such, residing at Spring-field; Edna, re-siding with her mother; Frank, residing at Springfield; and John and Henry, both of whom are students in St. Marys In-stitute, at Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Wickham and family are members of St. Raphaels Catholic Church, at Springfield. Mr. Wickham was a consistent churchman and gave libe

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