Edward Bartlett Wicks

Life in context.

24. Edward Bartlett Wicks (1805–1872)
Edward Bartlett Wicks was part of the commercial generation that established the Wicks family’s nineteenth-century prominence in Syracuse. Yale biographical material about his son Frederick describes Edward as a leather merchant associated with Ellis & Wicks and as president of Mechanics Bank. His business position helps explain the professional and educational opportunities available to the next Wicks generation.
Evidence status. Direct relationship supported by Yale and Doane family sources.
Original Stephen Chamberlain Wicks family genealogical wheel supplied by Harriet Powell. Used here as a genuine family-history artifact, not as a portrait.
Research sources: Yale biographical material for Frederick Stanton Wicks; Published Doane family genealogy
Batch 5 — Wicks industry, invention and World War I
Six-person research batch 5. Each profile below was checked for relationship, historical role, overstatement, and image integrity before inclusion.