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Personal data Francis K. Hickman 


Household of Francis K. Hickman

He is married to Justina Schlappi.

They got married on September 23, 1860 at Ferris, Montcalm Co., MI, he was 24 years old.

Francis K. Hickman oo Justina Schlappi

Marriage source: Driscoll, Linda, Schlaeppi/Salisberry FGS, (Salt Lake City UT, L.D., xxiv May MCMXCIX) for dom = 23 Sep 1861.

Sly, Justina, General Affidavit, (Elm Hall MI, J.S., xxviii Apr MDCCCXC)

'... Justina Sly former widow of Francis K Hickman Co D 26th Mich Infty No 403.716 ... from memory. .. married in 1860, Sept 23rd, ...'

Douglass, Micajah, Affidavit, (Gratiot Co., MI, M.D., xxii Oct MDCCCLXXXIX)

'... Micajah Douglass ... he was a Justice of the Peace in and for the township of Ferris in the County of Montcalm ... Michigan on the 23rd day of September AD 1860 and that on the Said 23rd day of September AD 1860 he as Such Justice ofthe Peace joined in Marriage Francis K Hickman of the township of Sumner Gratiot County Michigan (whose age at time of marriage was 24 years) to Justina Schlappi of the township of Ferris Montcalm County Mich whose age at time of Saidmarriage was 15 years) that the above Statement and affidavit is maid from Memory and from a Record of Marriages as kept by him as Such Justice of the Peace and now in his possession Micajah Douglass <>

Child(ren):

  1. Laura L. Hickman  1862-1884


Notes about Francis K. Hickman

Francis K. Hickman

Source: Driscoll, Linda, Schlaeppi/Salisberry FGS, (Salt Lake City UT, L.D., xxix May MCMXCIX) for name; circa yob = 1839.

Driscoll, Linda, Hickman/Schlappi FGS, (Salt Lake City UT, L.D., xxiv May MCMXCIX) for state of birth = PA, parents.

Series T-286 Roll 215 U.S. military pension indicies, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'Hickman, Francis K. Widow: Sly, Justina; Co D 26 Mi Inf; 1889 Sept 2 App # 403,716 Cert # 273,272 filed from MI.'

Pratt, William H., Affidavit, (Gratiot Co., MI, W.H.P., xxii Oct MDCCCLXXXIX)

'... twenty second day of October A.D. 1889 .... Gratiot County ... Michigan ... William H. Pratt a resident of the township of Sumner Gratiot County ... Michican ... I am personally acquainted with Francis R. Hickman late private Co. D.26th Regt. Michigan Inft. Vols. who was discharged at Suffolk Va. on the 8th day of June A.D. 1863 by order of Brigadier Gen. Terry Commanding Brigade. Further that I assisted the said Francis R. Hickman to the cars he being too weak andfeeble to help himself. It was claimed at the time that the said Hickman was discharged for consumption contracted while on duty at Alexandria Va. during the winter of 1862 & 1863.

I further swear that I was present at his funeral in the early part of September 1864 at Elm Hall Michigan.' William H. Pratt'

Lovell, Joseph I., Affidavit, (Gratiot Co., MI, J.I.L., xxii Oct MDCCCLXXXIX)

'Justina Sly former widow of Francis K. Hickman who was a Private in Co D 26 Mich Vol Inft ... I lived in Sumner township during the years 1856 1857 1858 and to 1862 and worked with Francis K Hickman during winters of 1856 1857 & 1858 ...lumber woods and know that he was a tough and hearty man up to time of his enlistment in Aug 1862 into Co D 26 Mich Vol Inft I also enlisted in said Co and Regiment and was with the said Hickman until his discharge in June 1863 and knowthat while at Alexandria in ... Virginia he Hickman contracted a Severe cold from exposure in camp which Resulted in disease of Lungs that the date of his taking cold as above stated was in tehe month of January or February 1863 and thatfrom the time of his taking cold as above he was good for nothing as a Soldier and while at Suffolk Va in the ___ part of June 1863 we were on General Inspection General Terry Inspecting General called his Hickman out of the Ranks andordered him discharged Saying he Hickman had the consumption & was discharged from Said Co & Regiment in May 1864 and came home to Sumner Michigan and Saw the Said Hickman here and he was then Sick and remained sick until his death whichoccurred some time about the middle of September 1864 remember that I was also Sick so that I did not attend his Funeral. that I know the above facts from Seeing working winth and being with him the Said Hickman as above Stated My Postoffice address is Elm Hall Michigan. Joseph I Lovell ...'

Sly, Justina, General Affidavit, (Elm Hall MI, J.S., xxviii Apr MDCCCXC)

'... Justina Sly former widow of Francis K Hickman Co D 26th Mich Infty No 403.716 ... from memory. The soldier died in 1864 Sept 16 ... married in 1860, Sept 23rd, the Daughter Laura L. was born Jany 8th 1862 and died March 17th 1884...'

Sly, Justina, Widow's Declaration for Pension or Increase of Pension, (Clinton Co., MI, J.S., xxii Aug MDCCCLXXXIX)

'Francis K. Hickman ... while in the service th__ of duty Contracted deseases of which he died at Elm Hall Mich on the 16th day of September A.D. 1863. who bore at the time of his discharge the rank of Private in the service aforesaidand that she married under the name of Justina Schlappi to said Soldier on the 21st day of Sept A.D. 1858 by M Douglass J.P. at Ferris Tph Montcalm Co ... children under sixteen years of age of father's death, viz: Laura L of soldier byclaimant born Jany 8th 1861 said child died March 17 1884 ...'

Sly, Seneca, Report of Burial, (Ithaca, Gratiot Co., MI, S.S., xii May MDCCCXC)

'... Soldier, ... dying in the Township of Sumner, County and State aforesaid ... case of Francis K Hickman ... left a wife and one child (Laura L. Hickman) residing in the Township aforesaid, ... He was born in Ohio September 21 - 1836... His death occurred Sept 16th 1864 at Sumner Gratiot County Michigan He was buried September 18 1864, in Elm Hall, was while living a farmer ...

Francis' parents: Zachariah Hickman (b. ca. 1804) & Rachel (b. ca. 1813) <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Francis K. Hickman

Zachariah Hickman
± 1804-????

Francis K. Hickman
1836-1864

1860

Justina Schlappi
1845-1924

Laura L. Hickman
1862-1884

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Birthday September 21, 1836

  • The temperature on September 21, 1836 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen bui. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1836: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 19 » King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia.
    • March 2 » Texas Revolution: The Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico is adopted.
    • August 17 » British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths
    • December 14 » The Toledo War unofficially ends.
    • December 28 » South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
    • December 28 » Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.

Day of marriage September 23, 1860

  • The temperature on September 23, 1860 was about 12.1 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
    • May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
    • September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
    • September 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
    • October 18 » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
    • December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.

Day of death September 16, 1864

  • The temperature on September 16, 1864 was about 17.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 29 » American Civil War: Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
    • May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
    • June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
    • June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
    • July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
    • October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.

Day of burial September 18, 1864

  • The temperature on September 18, 1864 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
    • May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
    • June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
    • July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
    • July 22 » American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
    • August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.


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