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Post by mcdittmar on Jun 12, 2011 20:10:07 GMT -5
From the obituary of Abram Luther Hickok (1816-1885): Clearfield Republican 02/12/1885
"He was a Democrat without guile, and for this was arrested in 1864, by the home "war dogs" of that day and locked up in a fort, and from the effect of the treatment he received there he never recovered."
I'm looking for details about this now.. which I assume is related to the Civil War resistance groups in Clearfield Co.
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Post by mabrickley on Oct 27, 2011 13:47:42 GMT -5
The only actual punishment for aiding the anti war deserters and draft dodgers he recieved was a federal fine to pay.
He was my 4th GGF.
He probably was held pending trial at the fort, but remember the sanitary conditions in military encampments was atrocious, the military lost more men to disease than combat during the civil war period, Abraham Luther Hickok did have a severe limp according to family lore but it was from an accident on his farm.
His farm was located partially on and partially behind the Saw mill on Turkey Hill just past Olanta at the intersection of the road to New Millport in Clearfield county.
Abraham Luther Hickok was the grandson of Aaron Hickok who was one of Ethan Aleen's "Green Mountain Boys during the revolution in Vermont, He is the son of Stephen Hickok of Bradford County, Pa.
He was also the 1st cousin of William Alonzo Hickok, "Wild Bill" Hickok's father, and they grew up together after William Alonzo Hickok's father was killed in the War of 1812 at ZSacketts Harbor, New York.
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Post by mabrickley on Oct 27, 2011 13:51:19 GMT -5
PS. you will see Abraham Luther Hickok also refered to as Abel Hickok as in "Abe L." Hickok, in fact that is what is on his headstone in Bloomington Cemetery, Clearfield County.
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Post by ajsfamily on Oct 27, 2011 16:48:10 GMT -5
Cool! I've always wondered if there was a connection between our local Hickoks and Wild Bill. And I'll have to adjust Abraham Luther Hickok's name in my tree. I have his as "Abel".  |
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