William Ward HICKS, REV.

                   THE "HICKS FAMILY RECORDS" STATE THAT HE WAS A REV.,  THE PAPERS OF OTTALEE WINEGAR DO NOT.
FROM THE HOLSTON PASTFINDER, MARCH 1988 "REV. WILLIAM WARD HICKS" PASTOR IN CHARGE OF THE M.E. CHURCH, SOUTH, IN THE EAST ABINGDON DISTRICT, WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON CO., MAY 11, 1849. HE MARRIED IN TAZEWELL CO., VA., OCTOBER 3, 1872, MARY A. BANE WHO WAS BORN IN THAT COUNTY, OCT. 10, 1850.  THE ISSUE OF THIS UNION IS SEVEN CHILDREN, BORN IN THE ORDER NAMED: CHARLES, N.E. MAY, MAUD, WILLIAM BANE, MARGUERITE A., SPILLER, ELLEN STUART.
      THE FATHER OF WILLIAM WARD HICKS IS REV. WILLIAM HICKS, SON OF WILLIAM HICKS FROM MARYLAND, WHOSE FATHER CAME FROM ENGLAND.  HIS MOTHER IS ELIZABETH M., DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM WARD OF WYTHE CO., VA, WHOSE FATHER CAME FROM IRELAND. WILLIAM WARD, OF WYTHE CO., MARRIED A MISS YOUNG OF TENNESSEE.
      REV. WILLIAM HICKS, PASTOR OF THE M.E. CHURCH,SOUTH, WAS A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE HOLSTON CONFERENCE AND SEVERAL TIMES A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. HE WAS THE HAYWARD COUNTY DELEGATE TO THE NORTH CAROLINE CONVENTION AT RALEIGH THAT PASSED THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION, AND DURING THE WAR WAS CHAPLAIN OF THE 6TH NORTH CAROLINE INFANTRY.  BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EDITOR OF THE HERALD OF TRUTH; SUBSEQUENTLY EDITED THE HOLSTON ADVOCATE, IN VIRGINIA; ALSO SERVED AS SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BLAND COUNTY, VA.
      THE WIFE OF REV. WILLIAM WARD HICKS IS A DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM R. BANE, ESQ. OF TAZEWELL COUNTY, WHOSE FATHER, HOWARD BANE, CAME FROM GILES COUNTY TO TAZEWELL COUNTRY, THE FAMILY OF SCOTCH EXTRACTION.  HER MOTHER WAS NANCY, DAUGHTER OF HOWARD HAVEN OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.