James Hickerson GLACKIN

  General Notes:

Farmed in Illinois until 1870 when he moved westward
Grew up in Richwood neighborhood in Boone Co, Ky. Around 1851 he accompanied his spinster Aunt Lucinda Lancaster to Tazewell Co, Il. She was going to join her brother Joseph who had settled there in 1829.
Farmed land in Hittle Township, Tazewell Co, IL adjacent to a farm owned by his father-in-law. In 1870 the family moved to Fall River Twonship, Wilson Co, Kansas to join two of Matilda's brothers.
Followin the second land run in 1893 the family lived in Pawnee Co, Oklahoma.
In 1900 James and his youngest son, "Dude", to Woods Cross, Utah and followed Dude to Washington state, Adams Co, northwest of Ritzville. By continuing to buy land they acquired one of the largest ranches in the area. He died at his home at the age of 79. His wife, Matilda, died at the home of their son William in Warden, Washington at the age of 75. A twelve year old grandson, "Dude's" son, Elmer, was murdered by his divorced stepfather in 1915 and is buried between his grandparents.

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer. ³

James married Elizabeth Ann Matilda LANCASTER, daughter of Joseph LANCASTER and Hannah BURT, on Jul 28, 1859 in Tazewell Co. Ill. (Elizabeth Ann Matilda LANCASTER was born on Jul 22, 1841 in Tazewell, Illinois, died on Nov 20, 1916 in Warden, Washington and was buried in Ritzville Memorial Cemetery, Adams Co, Washington.)