MRS. CHRISTINE HICKS
McKinney Courier Gazette
August 27, 1896
Celebrates Her 90th Birthday, Surrounded by Her
Descendants.
Farmersville, Collin Co., Tex., Aug. 18.—Mrs.
Christine Hicks yesterday celebrated her 90th birthday at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Bane, by giving a dinner, which was prepared for the occasion by
those of her children, grand and great grandchildren, who were present to the
number of forty-four, together with the pastor of the Baptist church and his
family. Mrs. Hicks, who was the central figure in the remarkable group or family
of four generations, is yet in full possession of all her faculties, is
remarkably strong and has now been attending three times daily service at the
Baptist church, of which she has been a constant member for sixty-nine years.
She is the mother of eight children, thirty-eight grandchildren and thirty-nine
great grandchildren, or eighty-five descendants, only nine of whom are dead.
Mrs. Hicks came to Texas in 1850 and settled near the old English fort at
Bonham, when Indians were plentiful and this then the wild frontier, and is
thoroughly familiar with the scenes, dangers and privations incident to Texas’
early history.
Upon this occasion, the celebration of her 90th birthday, Mrs. Hicks’ face
beamed with smiles, surrounded with a vast group of descendants, from the
great-grand tiny infant to the aged son, all seemingly bent on making this one
of the happiest moments of her life.
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Recommended Citation:
"Mrs. Christine Hicks,
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History
and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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