Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., Kenton Co. ED. J. HICKEY was born in Ireland in 1847; he has been a resident of Covington, Ky., since 1854, where he commenced the shoe business on his own account in 1868. Hickey = Ireland http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/kenton/hickey.ej.txt