City: Decatur
FIKE, James Emerson, farmer and stock raiser; born in Rhea Co., March 5, 1825; son of Josiah and Anna (Sutton) FIKE; Scotch-Irish descent; received common school education and began farming in early life; married first Elizabeth FOOSHEE, Oct. 9, 1845; second Harriett THOMAS, June 14, 1878; member of F. & A. M.; former Justice of Peace and sheriff of Meigs Co.; served throughout the Civil War as private in Confederate army company B. 5th Tenn. Cavalry.