Hickman, John F. and Mary L. Lindsey
Lea County Families, "Then and Now" Vol I, 1979
Submitted by: Ruth Dennis Brown
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Sarah Elizabeth (Sally) Hickman, the wife of Thomas Long, was the daughter of John Franklin Hickman, b: January 6, 1831, d: Nov. 15, 1906, in Bronte, Texas and Mary Louise Lindsey, b: Aug 30, 1849 in Arkansas, d: Mar 9, 1918 in Bronte, Texas. They were married Nov 4, 1865, in Drew County, Arkansas.
Her siblings were: (1) Louanna Hickman b: Sept 6, 1869 Warren Arkansas, d: Nov 15, 1856, Bronte, Texas, married October 27, 1889, Tom Modgling b: May 7, 1870, Williamson Co, Texas d: May 7, 1929, Bronte, Texas; (2) Frank Hickman, b: June 7, 1872, Warren Arkansas, married Mary Ake; (3) Will Hickman, b: Dec 6, 1874, Warren, Arkansas, married Daisey Hallmark; (4) Robert E. (Bob) Hickman, married Daisey Casney; (5) Belle Hickman, b: Aug 3, 1878, Llano, Texas, d: Sept 14, 1890, Llano, Texas; (6) Callie Narcissus Hickman, b: Aug 10, 1884, Valley Mills, Texas, d: May 17, 1926, Big Springs, Texas, buried Bronte, Texas, married Jan 3, 1900, Bronte, Texas to Walter Rush Williams, b: Jan 21, 1880, Somervel Co. Texas, d: Jan 10, 1959, Cromwell, Texas, buried Bronte, Texas. (note: They drove over to Brother Cumby's house. It was cold and wet. Jane and Bud Parish went with them and they were married in the buggy); (7) Lillie Hickman, d: Aug 2, 1931, married Jim Offield; (8) Edward Henry (Ed) Hickman, b: Oct 31, 1886, Llano Co. Texas, d: June 15, 1963, Robert Lee, Texas, buried Bronte, Texas, Married Nov 26, 1905, Malinda Frances Herron, b: Aug 9, 1889, Erath Co. Texas.
Elishaby Hickman, b: 1805, Georgia, d: Dec 1, 1882, Llano Co. Texas, was the mother of John Franklin Hickman. To date "1979", no information has been found on his father except he was born in Alabama.
According to the date of the oldest child it is believed that there parents would have been married about 1824/25, in Alabama. The children: Green Hickman b:1825; Thomas Hickman b: 1828; Rebecca Hickman b: 1830; John Franklin Hickman, b:1831; Dekalb Hickman b: 1835; George W. Hickman b: 1836 and Daniel Hickman b: 1840, were born in Alabama. Elizabeth Hickman b: 1843 and Henry Hickman b: 1849, d: 1893, buried in Pecan Cemetery, Llano Co. Texas, were born in Arkansas. So the family came from Alabama to Arkansas between 1840 and 1843.
John Franklin Hickman, served in the Civil War. The following is recorded on his military record: The command was organized at Warren Arkansas. He served from June 16, 1862 to the surrender in 1865. He enlisted in the 24th Arkansas Infantry, Company "D", CSA. Most of this company was captured at Arkansas Post. It was then consolidated with the 19th Arkansas and surrendered at Marshall, Texas.
A statement of deposition of A. G. Stedman who certified he served with John F. Hickman stated, " He became a 3rd Lieutenant in Company "C" in 1862 and served til 1864. Served later in Blocker's Battery. This company was part of the 19th Arkansas Regiment in the "Trans Miso" (?) Department."
John Franklin Hickman first married, Mary Ann Reeves, Jan 3, 1861, Bradley Co. Arkansas, there were no children by this marriage.
Little is known of John F. Hickman's second wife, Mary Louise Lindsey. Her parents were Poly A. Hicks, and George Lindsey, both born in Tennessee. She was apparently reared by her grandmother, Nancy Hicks, B; Jul 10, 1801 in South Carolina, d: Sept 21, 1882, buried in Pecan Cemetery, Llano, Texas, as appears in the Bradley County, Arkansas census records from 1850 (age 9.) and in the 1860 (age 10) in the household of Nancy Hicks.
She was married in Bradley County, Arkansas, Dec 26, 1865, to Isaac Jackson Hunt. One child was born to this marriage. Lee Hunt, who later died in Texas.
I am told that, "Grandmaw Hickman had an old sorrel mare and was the "Doc" in Llano and later in Bronte, Texas. One sister is known, Nancy Jane Lindsey, who married, Thomas Hickman, brother to John Franklin Hickman. Thomas and Nancy were married by 1858, and I am sure this was in Bradley County, Arkansas.
The children of Thomas Long and Sarah Elizabeth Hickman were:
(1) Lelah Mae Long, b: Mar 10, 1890, married Aug 29, 1906, Robert Lee, Texas, Alexander E. Rodgers b: Mar 9, 1884, Erath Co., Texas, d: May 29, 1975, Hobbs, NM, buried Eunice, NM.
(2) Leona Long, b: Sept 12, 1891, d: March 24, 1969, Ceres, California, first married June 3, 1915, Robert Lee Raine, b: Aug 29, 1877, Loyalton, CA. Second marriage, Jan 11, 1930, Benjamin Franklin Butler;
(3) Willie Belle Long, b: Jan 29, 1893, Llano Co. Texas, d: Apr 11, 1976, buried Bronte, Texas, married in Grandma Hickman's home, Nov 2, 1913, Robert Harrison Herron, b: Apr 20, 1892, Coke Co, Texas, d: Sept 4, 1971, buried Bronte, Texas, son of Edward Mack Herron, b: Jan 29, 1848, Arkansas, d: Feb 1937, Bronte, Texas and Susan Rosanna Herron, b: Aug 9, 1843, Arkansas, died: Feb 1947, Bronte, Texas.
(4) Frances Elizabeth Long, b: Mar 9, 1895, Kingsland, Texas, married Nov 26, 1912, Los Angeles, Calif., Jesse Randolph Reeder, b: Sept 29, 1885, Tyler, Texas, d: Nov 14, 1948, Los Angeles, Calif., buried Winslow, Arizona, who was the son of John Martin Reeder, b: Nov 20, 1860, Athens, Texas, d: 1945, Ralls, Texas and Sally Matilda Stephens b: Jul 10, 1873, d: Sept 4, 1901.
Jesse Randolph Reeder had 1st married Vente Leola Adams, b: Sept 18, 1888, Killeen, Texas, d: Nov 1909, Killeen, Texas.
(5) Tomie Ethel Long, b: Jan 9, 1897, Llano, Texas, married Walter Oscar Meeks, b: 1891, Texas. Note of interest: Family tradition states that Joe and Clell's great-grandfather Meeks was killed by the Klu Klux Klan, in Kansas or Missouri during the time of Quantrell's Raiders. His great grandmother told him that one night they came for him and asked which "side" he was on, the Klan or those for the abolition of slavery? When he said "neither", they hanged him.
(6) Wylie Long, b: Jan 14, 1899, Llano, Texas, d: Jul 12, 1970, Ft. Davis, Texas, buried Eunice, NM. Wylie was a bachelor who lived at home for many years. He had bought a ranch out of Ft. Davis, living there alone and was murdered in his bed. It was several days before he was found. To date "1979" his murderers have not been identified.
(7) John Wesley Long, b: Feb 19, 1901, Llano, Texas, married Jul 27, 1927, Farewell, Texas, Leatha Pearl Higgins, b: May 2, 1906, Navarro County, Texas, daughter of Charlie Edwin Higgins, b: Aug 15, 1878, Hancock Co. Indiana, d: Feb 2, 1907, Rice, Texas, and Hanna Elizabeth Griffith, b: Mar 27, 1878, Knox Co., Indiana, d: Aug 6, 1927, Knowles, NM. They were married Apr 24, 1900 in Clinton, Missouri.
(8) Dollie Ray Long, b: Dec 28, 1903, Llano, Texas. 1st married, D. C. Gates, who died, from this marriage there were one child, who died. 2nd marriage, in 1923 at Tahoka, Texas, Walker J. Lane, b: Feb 6, 1880, d: Tucumcari, NM, Apr 21, 1948, buried San Jon, NM. 3rd Marriage May 24, 1967, Clovis, NM, Robert Climon Rhodes, b: Jan 1, 1897, Waco, Texas, son of Robert L Rhodes Sr. and Mattie Schooler.
(9) Mittie Lou Long, b: Oct 28, 1905, Llano, Texas, d: Mar 5, 1920, Eunice, NM.
(10) Oscar Deal Long, b: May 31, 1908, Iron County, Texas, d: May 7, 1877, Amarillo, Texas, buried Tucumcari, NM, married Dec 1, 1930, Lillian Ida Olsen, b: Apr 2, 1916, Adrian, Texas.
(11) Evy Jo Long, b: Dec 18, 1910, Iron County, Texas, d: June 13, 1913, Eunice, NM.
(12) Neomi Long, b: Mar 10, 1915, Eunice, NM, married Jan 18, 1938, Fredericksburg, Texas, Claude William Chandler, b: Jan 26, 1907, Brady, Texas, d: Mar 28, 1977, Bakersfield, Calif.
My maternal grandparents were Alexander E. Rodgers, b: Mar 9, 1884, Erath Co. Texas, d: May 29, 1975, Hobbs, NM, buried Eunice, NM and Lelah Mae Long, b: Mar 10, 1890, Llano, Texas. Everyone called them "Alec and Lelah.