Jacob Van Meter Hickman (1793 - 1869)

Born 22 Nov 1793 in Monogalia Co, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Coplin) Hickman — married 25 Oct 1821 in Monongalia County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1869 at age 75 in LaPorte, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Rolling Prarie Cemetery, Le Porte Co, Indiana

The fourth child of Joshua Hickman and Josinah Van Meter. He was a sergeant in the War of 1812. In 1832 he moved to Union Co, Indiana, about the time of the great family migration to Henry Co, Indiana. In August of 1833 he moved to La Porte Co, establishing his home in Section 17 of Kankakee Township, near the present village of Rolling Prairie. By trade he was a blacksmith. But in his middle and later years he devoted his entire energies to farming. He married Rachel Coplin in 1821. They had 11 children. Children: Benjamin, Joshua, William, Frederick, Joseph, Josinah, Sophronia, Edgar, Mary, Jacob and Charles. She passed away in 1869.

Sources

• Mellett and Hickman families of Henry Co, Indiana by Franklin Miller, Jr. and headstone.
• "Ohio, Church Records, 1762-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLF-BBD5 : 15 October 2019), Jacob V Hickman, 22 Nov 1793; citing Birth, Ohio, United States, multiple educational, religious, and private organizations.
• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-CHGC : 8 March 2021), Jacob Hickman, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 98; FHL microfilm 882,616.
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRZP-VLN : 30 January 2020), Jacob V. Hickman, 1821.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJP-QDH : 12 April 2016), Jacob V Hickman, Kankakee, La Porte, Indiana, United States; citing family 152, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N5-7FF : 13 December 2017), Jacob V Hickman in entry for F M Hickman, 1860.
• https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/123847/?offset=0#page=249&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
• https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/123847/?offset=0#page=250&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9311054/jacob-van_meter-hickman