Edith Farwell McGraft, was born in Saginaw, Michigan. She was the daughter of ex-mayor Newcomb Farrell McGraft of Muskegon, Michigan, She attended Muskegon High School, the Conservatory of Music at Oberlin in Ohio, and the Ferris Business School. At the time, she was the only female to attend the school.
McGraft met Clarence Wickham while on a trip to Europe, and the two were married in Muskegon, Michigan on June 26, 1900. The Wickhams traveled extensively during their lives, visiting every continent but Antarctica. They frequented China where Clarence visited many of his high school classmates, and where the couple acquired many art objects, some of which are now located in the Oriental Garden in Wickham Park.
Both Clarence and Edith Wickham were generous donors and contributors to the community and other worthy causes. Both were active members of the South Congregational Church in Hartford. They donated money to furnish a room in the Manchester Memorial Hospital and also funded the Wickham Memorial Library in East Hartford, Connecticut, constructed in honor of Wickham's parents. Edith Wickham also donated funds to construct a community building in McGraft Park in Muskegon, and upon her death, her money was left to the trust for this park and to the McGraft Memorial Congregational Church, also of Muskegon.
Clarence Wickham died in 1945 at the age of 85. Upon the death of Edith at age 88 in 1960, the land became Wickham Park. Both are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford.
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McGraft met Clarence Wickham while on a trip to Europe, and the two were married in Muskegon, Michigan on June 26, 1900. The Wickhams traveled extensively during their lives, visiting every continent but Antarctica. They frequented China where Clarence visited many of his high school classmates, and where the couple acquired many art objects, some of which are now located in the Oriental Garden in Wickham Park.
Both Clarence and Edith Wickham were generous donors and contributors to the community and other worthy causes. Both were active members of the South Congregational Church in Hartford. They donated money to furnish a room in the Manchester Memorial Hospital and also funded the Wickham Memorial Library in East Hartford, Connecticut, constructed in honor of Wickham's parents. Edith Wickham also donated funds to construct a community building in McGraft Park in Muskegon, and upon her death, her money was left to the trust for this park and to the McGraft Memorial Congregational Church, also of Muskegon.
Clarence Wickham died in 1945 at the age of 85. Upon the death of Edith at age 88 in 1960, the land became Wickham Park. Both are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford.
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Edith Farwell McGraft, was born in Saginaw, Michigan. She was the daughter of ex-mayor Newcomb Farrell McGraft of Muskegon, Michigan, She attended Muskegon High School, the Conservatory of Music at Oberlin in Ohio, and the Ferris Business School. At the time, she was the only female to attend the school.
McGraft met Clarence Wickham while on a trip to Europe, and the two were married in Muskegon, Michigan on June 26, 1900. The Wickhams traveled extensively during their lives, visiting every continent but Antarctica. They frequented China where Clarence visited many of his high school classmates, and where the couple acquired many art objects, some of which are now located in the Oriental Garden in Wickham Park.
Both Clarence and Edith Wickham were generous donors and contributors to the community and other worthy causes. Both were active members of the South Congregational Church in Hartford. They donated money to furnish a room in the Manchester Memorial Hospital and also funded the Wickham Memorial Library in East Hartford, Connecticut, constructed in honor of Wickham's parents. Edith Wickham also donated funds to construct a community building in McGraft Park in Muskegon, and upon her death, her money was left to the trust for this park and to the McGraft Memorial Congregational Church, also of Muskegon.
Clarence Wickham died in 1945 at the age of 85. Upon the death of Edith at age 88 in 1960, the land became Wickham Park. Both are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford.
Bio Written By: Missing*U*Always ~ Loving*U*Forever
McGraft met Clarence Wickham while on a trip to Europe, and the two were married in Muskegon, Michigan on June 26, 1900. The Wickhams traveled extensively during their lives, visiting every continent but Antarctica. They frequented China where Clarence visited many of his high school classmates, and where the couple acquired many art objects, some of which are now located in the Oriental Garden in Wickham Park.
Both Clarence and Edith Wickham were generous donors and contributors to the community and other worthy causes. Both were active members of the South Congregational Church in Hartford. They donated money to furnish a room in the Manchester Memorial Hospital and also funded the Wickham Memorial Library in East Hartford, Connecticut, constructed in honor of Wickham's parents. Edith Wickham also donated funds to construct a community building in McGraft Park in Muskegon, and upon her death, her money was left to the trust for this park and to the McGraft Memorial Congregational Church, also of Muskegon.
Clarence Wickham died in 1945 at the age of 85. Upon the death of Edith at age 88 in 1960, the land became Wickham Park. Both are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford.
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