John B. Hickman

HICKMAN, HUMBLE

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 21:34:50

John B. Hickman has been a resident of Butler county since 1866. He is a native of England, born in 1838. His parents were Matthew and Frances (Humble) Hickman. In 1854, the family emigrated to the United States, and first located at Kenosha, Wisconsin, but they subsequently resided in Greene county, Wisconsin, Lake county, Illinois, and then again located at Kenosha. In 1866, they came to Iowa and settled in Butler township, where the parents still reside.
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There are seven children in the family – Mary, Dorotha, John B., Anna, Frances, William and Lucy. John Hickman was married at Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Humble, and they now have four children – Frances E., Lucy A., Cora and Roy. Mr. Hickman is a republican in politics, Baptist in religion, and a member of the I.O.O.F.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Pages: 607-608