W. W. Hicks

William Wesley Hicks (July 9, 1843 September 23, 1925)[1] was a Democrat from Shongaloo, Louisiana, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana from 1900 to 1904,[2] during the administration of Governor William Wright Heard.

William Wesley Hicks
Louisiana State Representative
for Webster Parish
In office
1900–1904
Preceded byMcIntyre H. Sandlin
Succeeded byE. L. Stewart
Member of the Webster Parish Police Jury for Ward 1
In office
1904–1908
Preceded byZ. F. Adkins
Succeeded byA. Z. Hearn
Personal details
Born(1843-07-09)July 9, 1843
Darlington County
South Carolina, USA
DiedSeptember 23, 1925(1925-09-23) (aged 82)
Shongaloo
Webster Parish, Louisiana
Resting placeGilgal Baptist Church Cemetery in Claiborne Parish
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Mary Jane Kea Hicks
ChildrenRobert Lee Hicks
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Branch/service Confederate States Army Confederate States Army
RankPrivate
UnitThird Alabama Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

After his single term in the House ended, Hicks was succeeded by the Minden lawyer, E. L. Stewart. Hicks was then elected to a single four-year term as the Ward 1 representative on the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing board akin to the county commission in most other states.[3]

A native of Darlington County in northeastern South Carolina, Hicks was living in Alabama at the time of the American Civil War. He served as a private in Company C of the Third Alabama Regiment. He and his wife, the former Mary Jane Kea (1850-1918), an Alabama native,[4] whom he outlived by seven years, had a son, Robert Lee Hicks (1869-1941). William and Mary Hicks are interred at the Gilgal Baptist Church Cemetery near Minden but in Claiborne Parish.[1]

One of Hicks's great-granddaughters, Glenda Elkins Ellington (1935-2013), was an insurance agent for Kilpatrick Life Insurance Company and one of the earliest members of the Eastside Missionary Baptist Church in Minden. She and her husband, Clyde Doyle Ellington (1929-2006), are interred at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Minden.[5][6]

References

  1. "William Wesley Hicks". findagrave.com. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  2. "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812 - Current: Webster Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  3. Respect for the Past; Confidence in the Future: Webster Parish Centennial, 1871-1971, Webster Parish Police Jury, 1971, p. 13
  4. "Mary Jane Kea Hicks". findagrave.com. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  5. "Glenda Elkins Ellington". findagrave.com. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  6. "Clyde Ellington". The Shreveport Times. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
Preceded by
McIntyre H. Sandlin
Louisiana State Representative for Webster Parish

William Wesley Hicks
1900 1904

Succeeded by
E. L. Stewart
Preceded by
Z. F. Adkins
Member of the Webster Parish Police Jury for Ward 1

William Wesley Hicks
1904 1908

Succeeded by
A. Z. Hearn


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