David Andrew Wickizer
David was the son of Timothy Carpenter and Elizabeth Fulmer Wickizer. He attended Drake University from 1883 to 1889, receiving the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity Degrees. During his student days he preached at What Cheer and Union chapel, Iowa. He became pastor at Oskaloosa, Iowa, in the fall of 1890, and remained there for five years.
From Oskaloosa he went to Des Moines, Iowa, where he served for four years. Following his ministry there served for a year as state evangelist in Iowa, leaving that work to locate in Beatrice, Neb., where he remained two years. In the fall of 1903 he became pastor of the church at Bloomfield, Iowa, remaining there four years. From there he went to Kirksville, Mo., where he remained three years. Leaving Kirksville in the fall of 1907 he became pastor of First Church, Tulsa, Okla., where he served for three years. He often preached a social gospel on Sunday mornings, and his Sunday night and Wednesday night services centered on Bible studies, and individual and family problems. He used great ingenuity and creativeness in his stories and illustrations. The membership grew from about 200 to over 500 while he was there.
He resigned from Tulsa to become the first employed state secretary in Oklahoma following statehood. After four years as state secretary, the last year being shared with the church at Norman, Okla., Mr. Wickizer devoted his full time to the work at Norman. He was with the Norman church seven years, resigning to become pastor at Vinita, Okla., where he served about three years. It was while here that he married Emma Maris. His final pastorate was with the Ravenswood Church, Chicago, Ill. This was Emma's old parish and he started there in 1922. He served for seven years, retiring in July, 1929.
Following his retirement from the active ministry, Mr. Wickizer made his home in Springfield, Missouri. He continued active almost to the time of his death, preaching for outlying churches and being the teacher of the men's class of the South Street church, Springfield. Throughout his ministry he was in partnership with his father in the trading of land, cattle and timber. This provided extra income so that he was able to serve small struggling churches.
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