Person Detail: Wirt Sikes

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General Information:
Full Name: Wirt Sikes
Biography: (1836-1883) Journalist, writer. Wirt Sikes was born in Watertown, New York, and died at Cardiff, Wales.
Author's Timeline:
1836		Jefferson County William Wirt Sikes was born in Watertown, New York, on November 23, 1836.
1856		Oneida County Mr. Sikes worked for the Utica Morning Herald in 1856.
1858		(Unknown) County A Book for the Winter-Evening Fireside (Pub: Ingalls & Haddock ISBN: ) Collection of stories and poems.
1860		Rockland County Mr. Sikes worked at a paper called City and Country in Nyack, New York, around 1860.
1866		(Unknown) County Around 1866, Mr. Sikes moved to New York City.
1868		(Unknown) County The World's Broad Stage (Pub: Published serially in the Toledo Weekly Blade, beginning January 2, 1868, ISBN: ) Novel.
1869		(Unknown) County One Poor Girl: The Story of Thousands (Pub: Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Company ISBN: ) Novel.
1880		(Unknown) County British Goblins; Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends, and Tradidtions (Pub: London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Livington ISBN: ) Collection.
1881		(Unknown) County Rambles and Studies in Old South Wales (Pub: Stewart Williams ISBN: ) Collection.
1881		(Unknown) County Studies of Assassination (Pub: London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1883		(Unknown) County William Wirt Sikes died in Cardiff, Wales, on August 18, 1883.
1883		(Unknown) County William Wirt Sikes was interred at Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Surrey, England.