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CAPT: H. W. HICKMAN. 



Capt. H. W. Hickman, Treasurer of trie National 

 Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, was born in 

 Humphreys county, Tennessee, on the 2d day of Decem- 

 ber, 1833. In December, 1835, his father moved to West 

 Tennessee, in Obion county, and remained a citizen of 

 that county until his death, which occurred in 1877. At 

 the age of 20 Capt. Hickman went to Laclede county, 

 Missouri, where he spent three years farming and teach- 

 ing school. He then returned to his native State and 

 again located in Obion county. In 1855 he was married 

 to Miss Mary Louisa Howard. He then purchased a 



