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id 2501 firstname Joseph lastname Wicker birthdate 1785 deathdate 1852-10-22 source findgrave sourceid 2390281:144319935 sourceurl http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=2390281&GRid=144319935
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id 1375 lastname Wicker firstname Joseph sex m birth_date 1790.03.23 birth_place Rutland or Bennington, VT date_admitted 1809.06.20 covenant_signed 1814 shaker_residences Unknown, c1804. Hancock 1809, 1813, 1814, 1819, 1829-1831, 1833, 1841-1844, 1847-1849, 1850-1852. health Ill in epidemic 1813.04.13. Apoplexy 1849.11.16. Thrown from wagon 1852.07.10, DeWint.851. Dr. Wright treated his last sickness 1852.10.18, MPH.8329. Apparent heart attack, cardiac insufficiency 4 weeks before dying, Hancock letter to Ministry 1852.10.27, OClWHi.IV:A-20. See notes for other symptoms including itch. occupation Elder, 1829-1831. Deacon? 1833. Elder, 1843, 1846, 1848. Tailor, 1852. departure_apostasy Names, Ages & Birth Places, OClWHi.III:A-8. Adm Shakers c1804, MPB.1842-43. Adm Hancock Chh 1809.06.20, MPH.1314. Ill, very low & feeble, Wm Deming letter to sister Hortence, 1813.04.13, OClWHi.IV:A-19. Signed Chh covenant 1814.12.02, MPH.854. Age 29, 1819.09.00, OClWHi.III:A-17. 2d Elder, Hancock 1st Order 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Signed covenant (2d brother) 1830.12.25, NOC.10,345. Assigned place in meeting, Hancock Chh 1831.11.20, MPH.1784. 1st Elder, Chh 1831.12.19, DeWint 1064. Selling razor straps: ad, Pittsfield Sun, 1833.11.21. Instrument, 1841-42 (poems), OClWHi.VIII:B-20. Instrument (poem), MPB.1842-43. Signed Sacred Roll, instrument, 1843.04.20, OClWHi.III:A-17. Testimony in Philemon Stewart, A Holy Sacred & Divine Roll & Book (1843), p. 312. 2d Elder 1843.04.20, OClWHi.II:B-126. His role at mountain meeting May 1843 described, Lamson.2010, p92-96, 105, 121-125, 159, 184-185, 194. 2d Elder Chh Family, 1846.01.01, NOC.TDM. Visited Harvard 1847.09.13, DeWint.851. 1st Elder 1848.03.27, DeWint.851. Elder, Grove Wright letter to Grove Blanchard 1848.04.11, OClWHi.IV:A-19. At inquiry into Solomon Wollison misbehavior, the 15 brethren unanimously decided to excommunicate, 1849.06.21, NOC.TDM. Had 'Apoplexa,' doctor drew quart of blood from his arm 1849.11.16, DeWint.851. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock family 119: age 60, $57,400 real estate, born VT. Attested West Family covenant 1851.01.01, MPH.854. 'My own [health] is better ... although the difficulty of the heart still continues to trouble me and I have to walk carefully,' Joseph Wicker letter to Grove Blanchard, 1851.12.08, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Rode to Pittsfield with 2 sisters, horse bolted, overturned wagon & threw them, his 'head was cut in several places ... badly bruised by falling,' Hancock Ministry to Harvard Ministry 1852.07.14, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Final illness: could not bear to lie down, sat in chair several weeks, retained senses but could talk little, skin broke out & itched, rubbed raw head to feet, ate little for 4 weeks, Hancock letter to Harvard Ministry 1852.10.22, OClWHi.IV:A-10. Died age 61 in 1852, MPH.8000 p171. Obituary: 'intelligent, kind, discreet, systematic, and honest,' 'Died,' Pittsfield Sun, October 28, 1852. Cause: Complicated disease of the chest, 1852.10.22, MPH.8329. Died Oct 22, 1852, age 62 y 7m, tailor, b. Rutland, VT, son of Frederick & Persis Wicker, cause of death unknown, Hancock MVR. notes 1852.10.22 death_date Hancock death_location Dropsy, OClWHi.III:A-6. Apparent heart attack & cardiac insufficiency, Hancock letter to Ministry 1852.10.27, OClWHi.IV: death_cause MPH.8000 p171.
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