BIO: Harrod, DR. S. H. s/o Harrod, Wm. - Unknown Co

HARROD,  NEW,  RUSSELL,  THOMPSON,  ARBUCKLE
BIO:  Hicks, James B. - Barren Co

HICKS,  KEMP  HOWELL,  MILLER

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA"  GOODSPEED
BROS.  1884

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA

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JAMES B. HICKS, a pioneer of Salem, was born in Barren County, Ky, August
25, 1812,  a son of John and Eleanor Hicks.  His father dying when he was
yet a child, his mother removed to this county shortly after the State was
admitted into the Union, and here he was raised and has always considered it
his home.  By trade he is a plasterer and bricklayer, and has followed that
through life.  Since 1829 he has continuously resided in Salem, and in that
year his marriage with Elizabeth Kemp was celebrated.  In politics he is a
Republican, but previous to 1856 was a Whig, and for the past fifteen years
has been Postmaster of Salem.  He belongs to the Masonic brotherhood, and he
and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  The names of their
children are as follows: Benjamin F., a Postal Clerk in the Government's
employ for the past sixteen years;  Francis A., a traveling salesman for a
wholesale Cincinnati dry goods house;  Adaline, now Mrs. Capt. James T.
Howell, of Oregon, Mo.;  Thomas V., for the past sixteen years in charge of
the Salem Postoffice;  Ella; James P., who married Minnie Miller, and is now
a partner in a wholesale house at St. Joe, Mo. ; William A., deceased;
Edwin, deceased, and Nora. 


Transcribed by: Diana Flynn 
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Date: 1 Sep 1997