History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co., Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed. Unknown County. JAMES B. HICKS, a pioneer of Salem, was born in Barren County, Ky., August 25, 1812, a son of John and Eleanor Hicks. His father dying when he was yet a child, his mother removed to this county shortly afater the State was admitted into the Union, and here he was raised and has always considered it his home. By trade he is a plasterer and bricklayer, and has followed that through life. Since 1829 he has continuously resided in Salem, and in that year his marriage with Elizabeth Kemp was celebrated. In politics he is Republican, but previous to 1856 was a Whig, and for the past fifteen years has been Postmaster of Salem. He belongs to the Masonic brotherhood, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The names of their children are as follows: Benjamin F., a Postal Clerk in the Government's employ for the past sixteen years; Francis A., a traveling sales for a wholesale Cincinnati dry goods house; Adaline, now Mrs. Capt. James T. Howell, of Oregon, Mo.; Thomas V., for the past sixteen years in charge of the Salem Postoffice; Ella; James P., who married Minnie Miller, and is now a partner in a wholesale house at St. Joe [Joseph], Mo.; William A., deceased; Edwin, deceased, and Nora. Hicks Kemp Howell Miller = Washington-IN OH MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/unknown/hicks.jb.txt