HICKENBOTTOM, Joseph Sr., 1802 - 1882

SMITH, STARKIE, STARKEY, RIDINGER, TOOTHAKER, FERGUSON, HICKENBOTTOM, MOBERLY

Posted By: Deborah Brownfield - Stanley (email)
Date: 2/23/2004 at 02:30:20

(First obituary added by Admin, 26 Oct 2019)

"The Fairfield Tribune"
April 6, 1882
Page 3, Column 2

DOTS AND DASHES.

… Mr. Joseph HICKENBOTTOM, Sr., whose health has been poorly for a number of years, died this morning about four o'clock at the residence of his son Stephen, in Round Prairie township. Mr. HICKENBOTTOM was in his eightieth year, and had been a resident of this county since 1838. He leaves nine children, all married, and all residents of this county, excepting Charles, who lives in Oregon. The others are, Stephen, James, Elisha, and Joseph, and Mrs. Elizabeth SMITH, Mrs. Annie STARKIE (sic - STARKEY), Mrs. Lea RIDINGER, and Mrs. Rebecca TOOTHAKER. The funeral will take place to-morrow (Friday,) from his late residence in Round Prairie township, at 10 o'clock.

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Fairfield Ledger
April 12, 1882
Page 3 column 7

AN OLD RESIDENT GONE. In the death of JOSEPH HICKENBOTTOM, SR., which occurred Thursday last, April 6, another of Jefferson County’s oldest residents takes his farewell of earthly scenes. MR. HICKENBOTTOM was born in Cumberland County, Ken., October 10, 1802, and in 1820, at the age of eighteen years, was married to Rebecca FERGUSON, in the same county. In 1829 the family removed to Morgan County, Ill., where they resided nine years. In 1838 they came to this county, taking up land in the locality then known as Lockridge, near what is now Parsonsville, the wife dying there in 1861, and the husband continuing to live there until 1868. In 1862 Mr. HICKENBOTTOM was married to Mrs. Margaret MOBERLY, and in ’68 they removed to this city, where they lived until 1880, when, both being in feeble healthy and unable to care for each other, a separation was mutually agreed upon….Mr. HICKENBOTTOM then went to live with his son, Stephan, near Glasgow, at whose home he died. Mr. HICKENBOTTOM was the father of eleven children, all by his first wife, nine of whom are now living, five sons and four daughters, and all but one son, Charles, in this county. The funeral occurred on the 7th inst., from the home of his son, and the remains interred in the Union cemetery, near his old home. A large number of old friends and neighbors followed the remains to their last resting place, among whom were Messrs. J. R. Parsons, Smith Ball and Wm. Taylor, who had known him through nearly all his almost half a century’s life in this county. Rev. J. Lee, of the Baptist church, conducted the exercises at the funeral and delivered an excellent sermon. All that is mortal of Joseh HICKENBOTTOM is gone, but he will have a place in the memory of his friends while their lives last. His patient sufferings are over and he sleeps the everlasting slumber.

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