Would anyone in Hickman County like to know what happened to the son of the gentleman for whom the county was named? The son was Edwin Hickman. He was the Mayor of Memphis when my great-great grandfather, Dr. Mark Brown Sappington, died in 1852. Edwin being a very good friend (and cousin) accompanied the widow of the doctor and seven daughters to San Antonio that same year. The doctor’s brother and wife were in residence there. It seems there were two Sappington brothers who married two sisters. Edwin never returned to Tennessee. He is buried in my family’s plot at San Antonio.
HIS TOMBSTONE READS:
EDWIN HICKMAN
BORN NASHVILLE, TN. 26 AUG 1790
DIED SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS NOV 1875
AGE 85 YEARS
Edwin was a cousin of the Sappington family. To date, I haven’t figured out the connection through marriage.
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