"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN
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JAMES HICKEY, stock-raiser and farmer, is a native of Sullivan County, E.
Tenn.; was born January 5, 1824, and is the eldest of the nine in family of
John and Catherine (Shell) Hickey, the former a native of East Tennessee,
and of English, the latter of Pennsylvania and of German descent, who
emigrated to this township in 1843, and lived and died here. James Hickey
received the rudiments of an education from the public schools, in the
meantime working on the home farm and assisting his father at the trade of
brick-laying. He continued to perform these duties until he was
twenty-four. In 1854, he commenced mercantile business at Morgantown, and
was recognized as a successful and leading merchant until his retirement,
November 1, 1883. He now resides on a snug and attractive farm of
thirty-five acres, cultivated and improved, and still deals largely and only
in the purchase and disposition of timber. November 23, 1848, he married
Miss Hulda Swain, which union was blessed by five children--George S.
(deceased), John H. (deceased), Mary C., Elbert M., and Walter S.
(deceased). Mr. Hickey is an old-time member of the I. O. O. F., an active
Republican since the rebellion and a liberal and benevolent gentleman. He
and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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