TAYLOR COUNTY GA Bios Cameron, John A. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/bios.txt William H. Fickling, farmer, Fickling, Taylor Co., Ga., son of C.F. and Caroline E. (Hankinson) Fickling, was born in Crawford County, Ga., in 1834. Mr. Fickling's paternal grandfather was born in England, and migrated to this country before the Revolutionary War, settled in South Carolina, and served seven years in the patriot army during the War for Independence. His father (C.F. Fickling) was born in 1800 in Barnwell District, S.C., where he was raised a farmer, came to Georgia in 1832 and settled in Crawford County, where he reared his family. He was a Missionary Baptist, and took very great interest in everything pertaining to the affairs of the church. He lived to be eighty-seven years of age. His maternal grandfather Hankinson was a native of South Carolina, and lived there all of his life. He was also a soldier in the patriot army during the Revolutionary War. Mr. Fickling was raised a farmer and received a good common school education. In 1862 he enlisted in Company C, of which he was made Captain, Fifty-ninth Georgia Regiment. He was engaged with his command in many of the hardest fought battles of the war - Wilderness, Seven Days' fight around Richmond, Petersburg and Salisbury. He was wounded at the battle of Richmond, was made a Major after the fight, and remained in service until the surrender. He was a Justice of the Peace for a number of years, and in 1875-76 represented Taylor County in the General Assembly. He served on the following committees: Banks, Counties and county lines, and Penitentiary. Although farming has been his principal pursuit, he has been engaged to some extent in milling and merchandising. On his tract of 1,200 acres of excellent land, he has a fine mill property, with a very valuable water power on Patsalega creek, with capacity for running a large factory. Major Fickling has prospered since the war, and is one of Taylor County's best farmers - one of its most substantial citizens. Major Fickling was married in 1858 to Miss C.E. Walker, born in Crawford County in 1837, daughter of Charles H. and Caroline E. (Jones) Walker. Mr. Walker was a native of Monroe County, Ga. Of the children born to this union there are living: William H., Thomas, Caroline, Charles F., Maude E., Walker, and Bessie. Major and Mrs. Fickling are exemplary members of the Methodist Church. Socially, financially and politically, Major Fickling and his family rank with the very best citizens of the county, and exert a wide and beneficent influence. {Note: from Memoirs of Georgia around 1896) ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============