Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Hicks, Owen S. 1866 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

OWEN S. HICKS.
Owen S. Hicks, a farmer and stock-raiser of Agency township, where he has made
his home since 1911, was born in Marshall, Illinois, March 21, 1866, a son of
Benjamin F. and Celia (Sowards) Hicks, the former a native of Ohio and the
latter of Woodford county, Illinois. They were married in Illinois and unto them
were born two children: Agnes J., now deceased; and Owen S. The father passed
away many years ago and the mother afterward became the wife of John Wier on the
2d of December, 1874. For twenty-four years they traveled life's journey
together, and on the anniversary of their marriage, the 2d of December, 1898,
Mr. Wier passed away at their home in Illinois, since which time Owen S. Hicks
has lived with his mother.

Reared in his native state, Owen S. Hicks acquired a public-school education.
His experiences in youth were those which usually fall to the lot of the farm
lad and his early training well qualified him for the duties and
responsibilities that now devolve upon him. In 1911 he came to Iowa and
purchased a farm of one hundred and eighty-five acres on sections 26 and 27,
Agency township, Wapello county. He has brought his fields under a high state of
cultivation in the production of the crops best adapted to soil and climate. He
also makes stock-raising a feature of his business and his success in this
connection is well merited, for he handles stock of good grades and cares for
them according to modern methods.

Mr. Hicks is a supporter of republican principles, having voted for the men and
measures of the party since attaining his majority. He holds membership in the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Yeomen and in the Grange and he is
continually studying out new methods to advance agricultural interests and
enhance the value and productiveness of his farm. He and his mother are members
of the Methodist Episcopal church. They are rearing a little girl, Vesta
Winkler, who is now ten years of age.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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