Edwin Temple HICKMAN

An entire site devoted to Edwin Temple HICKMAN and Elizabeth ADAMS and their descendants: http://hickmansfamily.homestead.com/

Elizabeth ADAMS (HICKMAN)

No picture of Elizabeth has yet been found, but this is a picture of her tombstone, found broken to pieces in a pig pen by Hope and Lynn Hilton on the Hickman family farm in Missouri. Accompanied by a depiction of a weeping willow, It reads:

OUR MOTHER
( )
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
Edwin T. Hickman
DIED
Dec. 5th 1877.
Aged 84 Yrs. 1 Mo. 20 d.

The following is a letter written by Elizabeth Adams Hickman in 1867 to her son George Washington Hickman who had converted to Mormonism and was living at Benjamin, Utah Territory. This was after the end of the Civil War, and a reference is made to the slaves having been freed. The letter is filled with a variety of family news, including mention of the death of George's brother Josiah Harvey Hickman. The church that is mentioned is probably a local Methodist church:

Adair, Missouri
May 2, 1867
Dear Son:
It has been a long time since we have had a line from you you may want to know how we are doing since the Blacks left we are doing very well we have a plenty to live on we are in common health at this time health is good here. We have had a cold winter we had colder weather in March than any time in the winter. We received 2 letters from Iowa, one from Jane, one from Easom they bring us distressing news. George your dear Brother J.H. is dead he died on the 7th of April he was sick about 7 weeks. We hoped to live by again but he has left this troublesome world he has gone to rest we ought not to grieve after him believing he is happy.

George we are all alone now have no child in the State and our time cannot be long in this world we are getting old, your father is 75 I am 73 soon and let us know how you are do not wait for me to write it is a hard task for me to write

E.T. & Elizabeth Hickman

We had a protracted meeting here in this neighborhood last August there was 39 addition to the Church your father and I was of that number 2 days after the meeting broke up we went to Iowa we went to J.H. first and he went with us all the round we went to Easoms next and then we went to see Rhoda he appeared to enjoy himself. Well I am glad that we went to see him he was much rejoiced that his father had joined the Church.

--Hope Hilton, Edwin and Elender Webber Hickman, Some Progenitors and Descendents, 3rd ed., 1978, p. 110-111

The picture of this headstone and this quoted information comes from this website on Elijah Hickman (http://hickmansfamily.homestead.com/ElizAH.html).

Fountain Green Burials 5

Only one set of Maria Barentsen's Grandparents are buried in Fountain Green:

N. C. Jorgensen (Niels Christian); Born Feb. 28, 1833; Fyen Denmark

Kjersten Erecksen; Wife of N.C. Jorgensen; Born Dec 11, 1822; Fyen Denmark; Died Jan. 5, 1894; Ft Green

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Joshua Coombs' grandparents were:

George Coombs: Born in Stafford, Eng. Feb 2, 1815; Died July 22, 1894

Eliza A (for Astbury - picture below); His Wife; Born in Burslam Stafford Eng; Nov 5, 1812; Died Aug 25, 1881

I learned that George Coombs (and William, his son) were stone masons. An example of their work is featured on this headstone (above) and on William's (link to be added).

William Huggins: June 2, 1811 - Jan 5, 1879

Emeline (Aker) Huggins: (In Memory) Wife of W. Huggins; Born in New Jersey; Mar 14, 1816; Died Jun 16, 1899

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Maria Barentsen's parents were:

Andrew Marcus Barentse(o)n: Jan 22, 1833 - Jan 9, 1915
Petrea (Jorgensen) Barentsen: Sept 11, 1856 - Dec 4, 1936

Fountain Green Burials 2

Joshua David Coombs' (see previous post) parents are:

Joshua Coombs: Feb 4, 1801 - Nov 8, 1941

Sara (Lane Huggins): July 2, 1851 - Aug 5, 1899

Fountain Green Burials

My Grandfather, Harold Ross Coombs, was raised in Fountain Green, Utah. I didn't realize how much family that I also had from Fountain Green until my mother, her cousin and I visited several weeks ago. These are Harold Ross Coombs' parents:

Coombs

Joshua D. Mar. 7, 1874 - Jan. 31, 1952

Maria B. Sept 18, 1877 - Apr. 2 1936