Biographical Sketch of Mollie M. (Tyler) Hickman, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Mrs. Mollie M. (Tyler) Hickman, the highly respected widow of the late
William Logan Hickman, a prominent and esteemed merchant of Warrens-
burg, Missouri, was born in 1862 near Knob Noster.  She is a member of
one of Johnson county's best pioneer families, a daughter of James K.
and Jane (Hocker) Tyler.  James K. Tyler was born in Kentucky, whence
his family moved to Indiana, and from that state to Missouri.  Prior to
the Civil War, Mr. Tyler was engaged in the mercantile business at Knob
Noster.  He enlisted in the Confederate service under General Sterling
Price and served throughout the war.  After the struggle had closed, 
Mr. Tyler returned to Knob Noster, where he owned a splendid country
place seven miles north of the city.  The Tyler home was known as 
"Summit Home" and was one of the finest and best kept in this part of
the state.  Jane (Hocker) Tyler was a daughter of Larkin Hocker and
wife.  Mrs. Hocker's name before her marriage was Thornton.  Mrs. James
K. Tyler and Mrs. John E. Robinson were sisters.  To James K. and Jane
Tyler were born the following children: Mollie M., the widow of William
Logan Hickman; Sterling P., Warrensburg township; Larkin M., who is 
employed in the United States railway mail service, Kansas City, Miss-
ouri; James S., a merchant at Volmer, Idaho; and Elmer H., a farmer, 
Cement, Oklahoma.  The mother died in 1882 and interment was made in 
the Hocker cemetery.  Mr. Tyler remarried in 1882, his second wife be-
ing Anna Cruce.  To James K. and Anna (Cruce) Tyler was born one child,
Edith, who is now the wife of Mr. Killebrew, a druggist of Kansas City,
Missouri.  Mr. Tyler was elected treasurer of Johnson county about 1880
and served two terms in that capacity.  His death occurred in 1914 and
his remains were interred in the cemetery at Warrensburg.  Mollie M.
(Tyler) Hickman received her education in the schools of Camden Point
and Warrensburg.  January 29, 1882, she was united in marriage with 
William Logan Hickman.  Mr. Hickman was born in Kentucky in 1857.  He 
came to Warrensburg, Missouri with his parents, James and Eliza
(Duncan) Hickman.  James Hickman was a druggist in the old town and
later resided on a farm near Warrensburg.  He returned to Kentucky
during the Civil War and, while he was away, his drug store and every-
thing in his home were destroyed.  When he came back after the war had
ended he found himself ruined financially.  His death occurred at the
age of forty years and burial was made in the cemetery at Warrensburg.
In January, 1913, Mrs. Hickman followed her husband in death and she,
too, was interred in the Warrensburg cemetery.  William Logan Hickman
attended the city schools of Warrensburg.  In early life, he began 
working for himself as clerk in the Gilkeson Drug Store.  In 1883 he
entered the grocery business, which he abandoned a few years later to
engage in the clothing business.  He was thus employed at the time of
his death July 30, 1911.  Mr. Hickman was an honest, honorable, and
capable business man, one who has been sadly missed from the ranks of
the best citizens of Warrensburg.  The following children were born to
William Logan and Mollie M. Hickman: Jane Tyler, the wife of Charles
Clay, who is employed in agricultural work for the government at Man-
illa, Philippine Islands, and they are the parents of one son, Charles
Hickman; Elsie Lee, the wife of Christopher Johnson, who is the manager
of the Hickman Mercantile Company, of Warrensburg, and they have one 
son, Christopher Lee, Jr.; Mary, the wife of Ernest Kenagy, of Sedalia,
Missouri; Louise, who is a graduate of the Warrensburg State Normal
School in the class of 1917; Mollie L. and Laura M., twins, deceased;
and James L., who died in infancy.  Mrs. Hickman has resided at her
present home at 200 East Gay street since 1882.

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