Re: john & Julia Hickey
HICKEY AND HART
Posted By: Marilyn Dose (email) In Response To: john & Julia Hickey (Shirley)
Date: 2/21/2006 at 17:16:51
Julia Hart Hickey
John and Julia Hickey emigrated to the United States from Ireland. John came in 1802. Julia was born in Ireland in 1814 and then the time of famine was in her country. Her parents sent her and her brother away from home "to try to make their way to America" because there was no food at home for them. Her mother's last words as she shut the door were 'never look back'. She and her brother started walking to the sea. Julia boarded a ship as a stowaway and reached the United States. She never saw or heard from her brother again. At that time it was common to send only the boys to school, so Julia never had the opportunity in Ireland to read or write.
John and Julia farmed in New York and had four children; Eliza, John, William H. and Jennie. About 1858 the family moved to Wisconsin and then to Iowa. The son John was born about 1842 and farmed. He and his wife Celia had 5 children in Iowa and 5 more after they moved to the mountains of Western Montana, near Victor. John discovered a vein of gold and sold stock in the mine to some of his Iowa relatives. It never paid off to the investors.
The daughter Jennie became a teacher and purchased 80 acres of land in Iowa in 1881. She sold one acre for $30 for use as a school ground in 1882. The school had been erected before the sale of the land. She sold 3/4 of an acre for $100 to be used as a site of a church.
Son William H. was born in 1843 and married Sarah Taylor. William became a director of the First National Bank of Aurelia, and later named the First Trust and Savings Bank. He was elected a representative to the State Legislature in 1906. William and Sarah had six childrenn; Clarence born in 1873, William Francis born in 1873, Arthur born in 1878, Stella born in 1884, Luella born in 1888, and Edna born in 1890.
John the father died July 7,1887 and Julia died May 18,1893.
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