Littleton W.T. Wickham was the son of Richmond, Virginia attorney John Wickham (1763-1839), who tried the federal treason case of Aaron Burr in 1807. Littleton's mother, Elizabeth Selden McClurg Wickham (1781-1853), was John Wickham's second wife. The family lived on the East Tuckahoe plantation in Henrico County, later named Woodside. Littleton attended the University of Virginia and had a successful law practice in New Orleans, Louisiana; eventually he split his time between New Orleans and Richmond. His first marriage to Eliza Wyckoff Nicholson left Littleton a widower in 1850. Through his business travel between Richmond, Charleston, South Carolina, and New Orleans, he met Elizabeth Peyre Laurens, nee Ashby (1824-1859)--also widowed--through business with her father Thomas Ashby of Bunker Hill plantation in Darlington, South Carolina. They had three children: Elizabeth "Bessie" Wickham, b. 1856; Thomas Ashby Wickham, 1857-1939; and Littleton T. Wickham, b. 1858.
From the description of Wickham family letters, 1853-1854. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 623920490
