Mills County, Iowa

Civil War Burials in Mills County

Louis Hicks

Born in Louisville KY, 20 Jun 1839, died in Tabor IA, 14 Feb 1897, age 57 years 8 months 24 days. Spending the day in the shop as usual, he went home and attended to his evening chores, entering his home only to fall, never to rise again. This fatal stroke came about 6:30 Saturday evening, and a little after 2 o'clock Sunday morning, he breathed his last.

Born and raised in the sunny South, his sympathies were naturally there during the late war. He enlisted and served as a recruiting officer. Since the war he has spent much of his time in the north, working at his trade for several years here in Tabor. He was a good workman, and to know that Lou Hicks did a job of work in his line was to know that it was well done. This was characteristic of his life - honesty. For the greater part of his life, he was his own worst enemy.

On 5 Apr 1881 at Council Bluffs, he was united in marriage to Sallie W. Hales, who is left with their two children to mourn this sudden loss. The funeral took place from the Baptist Church, 15 Feb 1897 at 4 P.M.

(Stone in Tabor Cemetery - Louis B. Hicks. d. 14 Feb 1897, Co. K 2 KY Reg. CWV-GAR)

The above obituary and gravestone info was transcribed and submitted by Cay Merryman.

~ Courtesy of Steve Hanken