Person:Charles Hickman (2)

Subject: GED File
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 17:41:31 -0500
From: dwreece <[email protected]>
To: HOWARD HICKMAN <[email protected]>

Howard,

The GED file came through just fine! Thank you!

I just got a chance this week to go through the file, and it looks like
we are cousins. I was talking to my aunt Mary Lou, Bud's oldest
daughter, and she remembers going to John Wesley's funeral in 1937. She
remembered much more about Hattie Simpson's first husband (the Crane
family) and their family then she did the Hickmans. She said that Bud
didn't really mention his family too much, and she always thought that
was strange. Do you know why that is?[I learned that he had alcoholism HMH]

Where are you located? Do you have an address? Although Mary Lou isn't
on the Internet, I'm sure she'd love to write and ask a bunch of
questions.

Thanks again!

David Reece
[email protected]
http://home.sprintmail.com/~dwreece

Probably correct, but different death place than given by Reece.
Name: CHARLES HICKMAN
Birth: 07 Dec 1909
Death Feb 1979
Last Residence 64701 (Harrisonville, Cass, MO)
Last Benefit(none specified)
SSN510-10-8017
Issued Kansas

Subject: Re: GED File
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 11:18:17 -0500
From: dwreece <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]

Howard,

When I spoke with my aunt, I had always wondered why my mother never talked
about her childhood, and suspected it was alcoholism. She confirmed that my
grandfather, C.W., was an alcoholic, and didn't get cleaned up until around
1957, when he started attending AA. She also mentioned that what she
remembered of John Wesley was that while he was a very old man, he still
would
play the fiddle at the square dances in Hutchinson, and during the day, he
would go around and collect bottles, usually with a "full" bottle to nip at.
Of course, this was right after the Depression, so maybe there was no work
around.

It's funny you mention fights between Baptists and Methodists. My mom was
raised (and remains) a Baptist, but my father and his family were Methodist.
I
was raised in the Baptist church, so I guess Mom won. <grin>

>From what I hear, Hattie Simpson was quite a gal. She had married Crane when
she was 18 or 19, and he was in his 50s. She packed both he and her father up
during the land rush, and drove the wagon from IL down to OK to start a new
life. They had quite a few children together, and about a year or so after
he died, she married John Wesley, who was also much older, and had my grandfather
and his brother, who died at birth.

My aunt and mom both mentioned that they can remember an "Uncle Charlie" who
sent them pecans for Christmas every year. It could be John Wesley's brother
Charles H.., although I don't know when he died.

I'm going down to my aunt's sometime soon, and will have to talk more about
the Hickman family. I'll let you know what more I find out.

David Reece
[email protected]
http://home.sprintmail.com/~dwreece

KS, Barber Co, Vol 4, ED 6, Sheet 3, Line 23 SOUNDEX