John W. Lickiss (b. 1826)

LICKISS, HANCOCK

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 9/21/2002 at 20:35:14

Lickiss, John W., farmer, Section 23; PO Brush Creek; born in Lancashire, England, Oct. 5, 1826; he, with his parents, emigrated to the United States in 1828, first settling in New Jersey; in 1833, they emigrated to Wayne Co., Michigan, where he married Sarah Jane Hancock Feb. 25, 1849; she was born in Orleans Co., New York, Oct. 24, 1831; in 1852, they emigrated to Jones Co., Iowa, when, in 1854, they came to this county, and in the spring of 1855, settled on his present farm, consisting of forty acres, worth $2,000. Mr. L. put the finishing touch on the first dry goods store or room in Brush Creek, as the store was then kept in one of the bedrooms at the hotel. George A., born Feb. 20, 1850; Carrie M., born April 21, 1851; John W., born Jan. 3, 1856; Perry P., born April 27, 1859; Lorena E., born Jan. 26, 1861; William A., born Sept. 27, 1862; Fanny E., born July 26, 1864; Maggie, born April 22, 1866; Mary E., born Jan. 4, 1868; Robert W., born Oct. 30, 1870 and Percie, born Sept. 14, 1873, are the names of their living children; two children deceased --- Edwin, born Sept. 15, 1852, died Aug. 29, 1853; Lucy A., born Nov. 15, 1857, and died Feb. 25, 1865.

Page 610 & 611, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"