Person:Alexander Hicklin (2)

Taos County, New Mexico, 1860 census:^[2]

Hicklin, Alexander 45 yrs Farmer (personal estate = $2,000) b. "Unknown (American)"

Bent, Estefana 21 yrs b. Taos County, New Mexico

Hicklin, Alexander 11/12 yr b. Taos County, New Mexico

Pueblo County, New Mexico, 1870 census:^[4]

Hicklin, Alex 50 yrs Farmer b. Missouri

      Estafana 27 yrs Keeping house b. New Mexico

      Alex 11 yrs At home b. New Mexico

      Thos. 8 yrs At home b. New Mexico

[+ 5 servants & employees]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave.

   Alexander Hicklin

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Taos, New Mexico, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 283, dwelling/family 206/206.
3. ↑ United States. U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971. (Ancestry.com [database online])
   Vol. 30.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Pueblo, Colorado, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 469A, dwelling/family 205/196.
5.   Pueblo [Colorado] Daily Chieftain
   14 Feb 1874.

   Alexander Hicklin, one of the pioneers of Southern Colorado, died at six o'clock yesterday morning at his ranch on the Greenhorn. Mr. Hicklin came to New Mexico in 1849, from thence he went to California and returning therefrom, he in 1860 settled at his late residence on the Greenhorn. Mr. Hicklin was one of the most widely known citizens in Southern Colorado. His great generosity, his open handed hospitality and his dry and peculiar humor, rendered him popular with everybody, making the name of Zan. Hicklin a household word in all parts of Colorado and New Mexico. The deceased had been ill for some time, and his death will be sincerely mourned by many who are indebted to him for acts of kindness. He was about fifty-five years of age.

6.   Pueblo [Colorado] Daily Chieftain
   18 Feb 1874.

   A Pioneer Gone. On Friday, the 13th, inst., Alexander Hicklin, one of the oldest settlers of Southern Colorado, died at his ranch on the Greenhorn, where he resided during the last fourteen years. From his old friend, Col. J. M. Francisco, we learn the following particulars of his life: Mr. Hicklin was a native of Lafayette county, Missouri, and came to New Mexico with what was known as the "Merchant's Train," in 1846. He, in company with many others who accompanied the train in various capacities, were mustered into the United States service just previous to Colonel Doniphan's battle at Sacremento. In this battle he took part, and afterwards returned to Santa Fe where he remained several years. After about two years residence in California, he came to Colorado, where he settled on the ranch which he owned at the time of his death. The deceased was married in Taos, New Mexico, to a daughter of Colonel Bent, the first governor of New Mexico, who was killed in the well known Taos rebellion. Few men could boast of more friends than Alexander Hicklin. He was generous to a fault, kind and sympathetic to those in trouble, and many a traveler will bear testimony to his open handed hospitality. There was a knack of story telling and a quaint, original kind of wit about the man that made him a welcome member of many a camp fire party. Many amusing stories are told of him, but one would have to be present to thoroughly enjoy the point of his jokes. It was Zan Hicklin alone who could perpetrate them, and we have never yet met a narrator who could give any idea of his curious style. So one by one our old landmarks pass away, and although the present generation may have more refinement, we doubt very much whether it exceeds in those qualities that make the man.

7.   Las Animas [Colorado] Leader
   20 Feb 1874.

   Alexander Hicklin, one of the pioneers of Southern Colorado, died at his ranch about thirty miles south of Pueblo on last Friday morning. Mr. Hicklin went to New Mexico in 1849; from thence he went to California; and returned to this territory [in] 1860. He then settled at his late residence on the Greenhorn.