LeRoy McVey Bickett Cars




 


           

Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1922 (left), and again in 1925 at the Bickett residence at 700 Clyman St., Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI.

The picture at the far right is stock photo of a 1921 Studebaker Model EJ Light Six Touring Car.

Back row: Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett. Front row: Jean Elizabeth Chapman and Robert Alfred "Bob" Chapman, 1925. Location Wisconsin. Reed Allan Larson picture 20.

LeRoy McVey "Roy" Bickett's 1921 Studebaker Model EJ Light Six Touring Car, with a 1926 Wisconsin license plate with Weight Class E, is in the background.


   

Helen Means Bickett, Ruth Gertrude Bickett, and Gertrude Pearl Patricia (Baker) Bickett, possibly in April, 1930, when Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Bickett, of Watertown, Wisconsin, were in Yellow Springs, Greene Co., OH, to take  Earl Bickett by automobile to St. Louis, where Earl will take the train for Galveston, Galveston Co., TX. Earl Bickett will make his home with his sister, Mrs. Chapman. It appears that the Bickett family automobile still has the 1921 Studebaker Model EJ Light Six Touring Car. Reed Allan Larson picture 18.


The above array of Wisconsin automobile plate designs from the 1920s and 1930 is from the La Crosse County Historical Society.


           

LeRoy McVey "Roy" Bickett purchased at least four Lincoln-brand cars from Voss Motors in Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, between 1940 and 1956, all 4-door sedans. During these years Lincoln was a true luxury car. Typical pictures of the cars he owned, from the internet are, left to right: 1940 Lincoln-Zephyr, 1946 Lincoln, 1947 Lincoln, and 1955 Lincoln Capri. Most likely the 1940 Lincoln-Zephyr was purchased new, and kept as a spare vehicle until his death. The 1946 and 1947 Lincolns were also likely purchased new, and kept until they were both traded in 1956 for a one-year-old 1955 Lincoln Capri, which he owned until his death in 1958.