San Benito-Sierra-Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Hickey, Cornelius 1827 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 27, 2007, 12:25 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) CORNELIUS HICKEY.—This gentleman is a native of Limerick, Ireland, born June 5, 1827. His father, John Hickey, came to America in 1829, with his family and settled in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, where he reared his family of eight children and where all of the children, except our subject, settled. Our subject came with James McMahon, now of San Jose, in 1850. He spent the year of 1851 and a portion of the following year in the mines of Sierra, and then located at San Juan, where he lived until 1875. He then spent six years in Oakland, and in 1882 located at Hollister, which has since been his home. In 1854 he married Miss Ann Brum, who died at Oakland, in 1869, leaving two daughters: Ellen, now Mrs. John Welch, of Hollister; and Annie, who died at the age of eighteen. In 1874 Mr. Hickey again married Mrs. Jennie Pepper, of Hollister, and two daughters have been born to these two, namely: Lula and Annie. Mr. Hickey is a carpenter by trade and has followed this calling for more than thirty years. He is held in high esteem as a citizen and takes a somewhat active part in the local politics. He owns a pleasant home in Hollister and is surrounded by a happy family. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sanbenito/bios/hickey547gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb