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Title

WPL-988

Creator

Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Subject

Grocery Store Owner; Famous Wichitans; Wichita; Sedgwick County; Kansas

Description

  • William Leonidas Sexton was born 17 September 1859 in Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, a son of William and Jane T. (Kelly) Sexton. He married Julia Kirkpatrick in March 1884 and had one daughter before her death in 1916. He married Lola Eleanor Brown Whitelaw in 1918.
  • William came to Wichita with his parents when he was twelve years old, 1872. He opened a grocery store by 1896 on 118 W. Douglas Avenue.
  • William died on 23 July 1955 and Lola died on 4 June 1961, both in Wichita and are buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery. One daughter born to William and Julia.
  • NOTE: the spreadsheet states he had a daughter Kathryn however I only found documentation of a daughter named Lola.

Date

2023-07-12

Type

TIFF

Identifier

WPL-988