Edward Allen Wickes

1843 - 1918  (74 years)

• Name	Edward Allen Wickes
  Birth	10 Apr 1843	Ballston Spa, Saratoga, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1918
  Person ID	I25176	Scudder
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2011

  
  

  Father	Reverend Thomas Scudder Wickes,   b. 18 Apr 1795, Jamaica, New York d. 30 Nov 1876, Poughkeepsie, New York (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Julia Fitch Penniman,   b. 31 Jan 1809   d. 17 Nov 1895 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1829	Queens county, New York
  Family ID	F8798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Williams Forsyth,   b. Sep 1849, Newburgh, Orange, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	11 Oct 1871
  Children	1. Mary Forsyth Wickes   2. John Forsyth Wickes,   b. 26 Oct 1876, New York City, New York, New York d. Dec 1964, New York City, New York, New York (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F8799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  While in his boyhood, Edward's family moved to Poughkeepsie. His preparatory course was passed at College Hill School, in Poughkeepsie, and in Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts. He entered Yale and remained to the end of Junior year, in August, 1862. While in college he joined the Sigma Phi fraternity; was a member of the 'Technian Literary Society, and assistant librarian of the society library; a member of the Williams Art Association, and Class orator at the Biennial Celebration, and was elected one of the editors of Williams Quarterly, 1862-63. Edward left college to enter the army, and on 11 October 1862, was mustered into the United States service as captain of Company G, 150th New York Volunteers. He served with his regiment at Gettysburg, The regiment, "Dutchess County Regiment," was commanded by Colonel John H. Ketcham at Gettysburg. He later served with the Army of the Potomac, until the Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps were transferred to General Sherman's command in Tennessee. During the Sherman campaigns, after this transfer, namely, the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea, Wickes was on the staff of Major-General A. S. Williams. After the close of the war, by order of the President, Captain Wickes was retained in the service for six months to muster out portions of the Fourteenth and Twentieth Army Corps. In March, 1865, Wickes was brevetted major of volunteers. At the end of the war, Edward returned to New York City, and was active and very successful in various financial projects. From 1869 to 1873 he was the New York representative of the Tredegar Iron Works of Virginia. Toward the close of 1873 he became vice-president and acting president of the Canada Southern Railway and its allied companies. In 1889, with Francis Lynde Stetson (Williams, 1867) and William B. Rankine (Union College), the work of utilizing the power of Niagara Falls was undertaken and a construction company was formed. Wickes was made vice-president of this company and still remains in this position, and first vice-president of the Niagara Falls Power Company, a successor company. Edward was also president of the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railway Company, director in the Cataract Power and Conduit Company of Buffalo, New York, and the Tonawanda Power Company; also a governor of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. He was a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce and the New England Society of New York. He was a member of the following clubs: Metropolitan, University, Suburban, Midday, and Chatworth.

  
  

• Sources

  [S915] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, ARC Identifier 566612 / MLR Number A1 508; NARA Series: M1372; Roll #311.