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   The Goodspeed Publishing Company,
   History of Tennessee, 1887

       H. C. HICKS was born in this county April 15, 1824, the son of JAMES
   G. HICKS, Sr., and MARY (KETRON) HICKS; the former a son of JOHN HICKS,
   of English descent, and a pioneer of this county, was a Virginian by
   birth.  He came to this county in 1795, was a farmer, and a devoted
   member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also his wife, who was
   also a Virginian by birth, of German descent. The father died in 1869,
   aged eighty-two years; the mother died in 1874, aged eighty-nine years.
   Our subject, one of five sons, learned blacksmithing and farming, and
   attended country schools. He began with no capital, and after a life in
   his trade and farming he is now one of the most prosperous men of this
   county. On May 5, 1845, he married SARAH E., daughter of Maj. JOHN
   JOHNSON.  He was a fife-major in the war of 1812-15, serving two terms
   in said war; was a pioneer of this county. Our subject H. C. HICKS, is
   the father of twelve children, three sons and nine daughters, the first
   two born - twin boys, died at the age of eleven months, and were buried
   in one and the same grave; one daughter died when young. Of the living
   eight daughters, seven are married; one daughter and the only son, the
   youngest, are unmarried.  Our subject owns a farm of 400 acres, and is
   in good circumstances.

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