James Madison Hicks (1802 - 1862)

Born 1802 in Christian County Kentucky

Ancestors

Biography

As a child he was called "Mattison"

His Father Absalom's Will provides; 160 acres (a quarter section) of land for his second son, James Madison Hicks, whom the family called Mattison, plus a slave boy named London, a horse, saddle, bridle, one bed and furniture, two cows and calves.

On February 1, 1830, Mattison married Tabitha Brink and Elizabeth and Young paid him as per the will.

Absalom Hicks (Young E Hick's son) During the Civil War he sided with the Confederacy and convinced his uncle, James Madison “Mattison" Hicks, to enlist.

Mattison was promptly captured by Union forces and sent to the infamous Myrtle Street Federal prison in St. Louis where he died on May 22, 186(2). His body was returned to the family cemetery and buried next to his brother, Young E. Hicks, and his parents, Absalom and Elizabeth Hicks.

An article was written about the Hicks Family

SANTA FE TRAIL ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY VOLUME 24 FEBRUARY 2010 NUMBER 2 HICKS FAMILY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI PART II by Maryellen H. McVicker Written Family History

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records

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