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History of Lawrence, ORANGE, and Washington Counties, Indiana
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers - Chicago, 1884

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           WILLIAM T. HICKS, Clerk of Orange County, was born at Orange-
        ville, Ind., September 5, 1850, and is a son of SAMUEL and ELIZA J.
        (LEE) HICKS, who were descendants from English ancestors, as the
        name indicates. His early years were passed in assisting his father
        and attending the neighborhood schools, but later in life he was
        enabled to attend Asbury University (now De Pauw) and the State
        University at Bloomington.  When scarcely in his teens, in 1864,
        he volunteered for the late war, and was made a member of Company
        F, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but
        owing to the conclusion of the war shortly thereafter, he did not
        get to see much hard service.  In 1874 his marriage with Miss MARY
        M. BITTER was solemnized, and this same year he embarked in the
        milling business in his native town, in which he is yet interested.
        The same year of his marriage MRS. HICKS died, and in 1882 MR.
        HICKS married Miss LAURA M. TAYLOR, his present wife, by whom he is
        the father of one son — SAMUEL W. He has ascended to the Royal Arch
        degree in Masonry, and is a Republican politically. He was elected
        Trustee of Orangeville Township in 1880, and two years later he was
        elected County Clerk, in which capacity he is now serving.

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