Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Hicks Family Papers
c.00004
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
- Creator
- Hicks family, (William Hicks, 1792-1878)
- Title
- Hicks family papers
- ID
- c.00004
- Date [inclusive]
- 1841-1878
- Extent
- 0.1 Cubic feet , 1 folder
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."
Biographical Note
William Hicks, a prominent farmer and pioneer of Pennfield Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, was born in Charleston, Saratoga County, New York on April 10, 1792. He married Abigail "Nabby" Younglove of Edinburg, New York in 1816. After living in New York for twenty years, they moved to Michigan where they were among the early pioneers to settle in Calhoun County.
Note: For a more detailed biography of William and Nabby Hicks, see History of Calhoun County, Michigan (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1877), pages 179-180.
Scope and Contents note
The Hicks family papers include three letters (1841-1846) from members of the Younglove family to William and Nabby Hicks which discuss family affairs, crop conditions in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and the state of the Democrat and Whig parties in New York. Also included are a Civil War pass (1861) issued to George Hicks at St. Louis, Missouri, a contract (1871) for the building of a home, and a widow's government pension (1878) granted to Nabby Hicks.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Conrad Hall888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu
Revision Description
September 2000
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Legal Status
Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
Custodial History
Gift of John Hicks, 1957-12-12. Transferred by the Michigan State University Museum
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Whig Party (New York, N.Y.).
Genre(s)
- Letters (correspondence)
Geographic Name(s)
- Calhoun County (Mich.)
- New York (State) -- Politics and government
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Personal Name(s)
- Hicks, George, 1839-
- Hicks, John
- Hicks, Nabby Younglove, 1797-1883
- Hicks, William, 1792-1878
- Younglove, Daniel
Subject(s)
- Agriculture -- Massachusetts
- Buildings -- Specifications -- Michigan
- Democratic Party (N.Y.)
Collection Inventory
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Papers 1841-1878 |
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