Clarence Earl Wickham came to oil field work via the Kansas wheat field and to Oklahoma to see his sister, Mrs. George Beekman. He began work as a pipeliner in 1916 at Shamrock, Oklahoma. From that, he became a roustabout for the Gypsy Oil Company. In 1919, he became a pumper for that company at Sapulpa, Oklahoma. In November, 1923, he moved to Texas with his family, and worked for C.W. Bollen before his transfer to Farmer, Texas on 20 May 1927. At Farmer, he was employed by different companies: C.W. Boller, Whitehill Oil Corporation and Crenshaw & Whitehill, and was working for Joe Crenshaw of Wichita Falls when he retired in 1968. During those years, he fought mud roads to school at Farmer and helped to clear the right-of-way for the highways in the area. Clarence Earl Wickham served as trustee several years when Farmer had a school, and at one time, he had eight children in school in Young County, four at Farmer and four in Graham.
Clarence Earl Wickham has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1938. He retired in 1968 after 48 years in the oil field and received a gold watch from his employer, Joe E. Crenshaw.
Clarence Earl Wickham came to oil field work via the Kansas wheat field and to Oklahoma to see his sister, Mrs. George Beekman. He began work as a pipeliner in 1916 at Shamrock, Oklahoma. From that, he became a roustabout for the Gypsy Oil Company. In 1919, he became a pumper for that company at Sapulpa, Oklahoma. In November, 1923, he moved to Texas with his family, and worked for C.W. Bollen before his transfer to Farmer, Texas on 20 May 1927. At Farmer, he was employed by different companies: C.W. Boller, Whitehill Oil Corporation and Crenshaw & Whitehill, and was working for Joe Crenshaw of Wichita Falls when he retired in 1968. During those years, he fought mud roads to school at Farmer and helped to clear the right-of-way for the highways in the area. Clarence Earl Wickham served as trustee several years when Farmer had a school, and at one time, he had eight children in school in Young County, four at Farmer and four in Graham.
Clarence Earl Wickham has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1938. He retired in 1968 after 48 years in the oil field and received a gold watch from his employer, Joe E. Crenshaw.
Family Members
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Minnie B. Wickham Scott
1877–1955
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William A. Wickham
1881–1924
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Henry A Wickham
1883–1969
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Eliza Mae Wickham Atkinson
1886–1913
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Pearl Ada Wickham Ritter
1888–1964
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Goldie Emaline Wickham Bole
1891–1989
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Charles Edward Wickham
1893–1968
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Flora Edith Wickham Rice
1897–1985
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Oscar Arthur Wickham Sr
1901–1974
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