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Jeff (bio) HICKS

Magnolia City Cemetery
Columbia County,
Arkansas

1831 - 1927

Jefferson Hicks, farmer and miller, Magnolia, Ark. This name is not unfamiliar to those in the vicinity of Magnolia, as well as those in the county, for he who bears it is numbered among the wide-awake, enterprising citizens of this community. Born in Coweta County, Ga., October 28, 1831, he is the son of Amos and Permelia (Terry) Hicks, the father supposed to have been born in Virginia, about 1806. The latter emigrated from Georgia to Alabama about 1833, from there back to North Georgia about 1846, then again returned to Alabama in 1854. About 1867 he moved to Little River County, Ark., and there his death occurred in 1878. His wife died several years previous to this. Their family consisted of five sons and five daughters, of whom Jefferson Hicks is the seventh in order of birth. The latter was reared in Georgia and Alabama, and was fairly educated in the common schools. In 1855 he was united in marriage, in Alabama, to Miss Julia Furlow, a native of Greene County, Ga., born in 1841, and four children are the result of this union: Edwin T., Nettie N., Walter and Lula. Mr. Hicks emigrated from Alabama to Columbia County, Ark., in January, 1858, and with the exception of three years in the army and two years that he resided in Louisiana, he has been a resident of this county ever since. Upon entering the Confederate army during the war, he joined the Thirty-first Louisiana Regiment, afterward, in 1863, being transferred to Company K, Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment Infantry, and served until the surrender. He was in the battle of Vicksburg, Champion's Hill and other engagements. He was taken prisoner at Vicksburg, but was immediately paroled. He joined the Masonic fraternity at Summerville, Ga., in 1853, and is now Master Mason of Killgore Lodge. He is also a member of the Wheel. When he first came to the county he was engaged in the saw-mill business, but he has not done much in this line for several years, paying all his attention to huis farming interest. He bought his present farm in 1872, all unimproved land, and now has about 100 acres under cultivation. He has about 1,300 acres in all, and he has some land in Louisiana. He owns his father's old place in Little River County. He was formerly a Whig, but is now a Democrat in politics, and his first presidential vote was for Cass. Mrs. Hicks is a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. They are highly respected citizens. (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, 1890. Goodspeed Publishing Company)

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Submitted: 9/1/11 • Approved: 12/21/19 • Last Updated: 12/24/19 • R582751-G0-S3

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