Catherine was the daughter of Absolum Sweeten, she had a son John Sweeten who was raised by the name of John Hicks. Catherine was married first to a Sweeten cousin and was a widow. Ref. Jim Bob Graham, a grandson. However, Roberts son John went by the name of John Harrison Hicks. She called them "Big John" and "Little John".
Catherine's mother is reported to be Cherokee Indian. Catherine was 1/2 Cherokee and an artist. She made natural paints and liked to paint birds and flowers on saddle blankets.
Catherine married Robert D. Hicks Jr. ca 1843 in Missouri. Robert was first married to Elizabeth Polley and had 8 children. Catherine and Robert had 6 children. Juliana Hicks Alsup 1845, Mary "Polly" Hicks 1847, Mahalia "Hallie" Hicks 1849, Winifred "Winnie" Hicks Graham 1851, Rev. Robert S. "Bob" Hicks 1853, Lydia Catherine Hicks Sweeten 1854.
Catherine and Robert's son Robert S. "Bob" Hicks and his wife Martha Alsup divorced. Bob lived very near his mother Catherine, she helped him raise his 2 sons, Oliver and Timothy, until he remarried.
My grandfather Oliver Hicks referred to her as Grandma Katy. She helped raise Oliver and Tim after their parents divorced.
Oliver, recalled to his daughter Lydia Hicks Sipe, "After my parents separated, "Grandma Hicks [Catherine Sweeten Hicks] kept Tim and me part of the time. She raised sheep and carded the wool, spun it, and made us little wool suits. I remember wearing my first suit when I was about 4 years old, to Norwood one day with Pa, in the wagon..... Grandma "Katy " helped raise several of her grandsons. We all played in Grandma's yard. We always liked to stay at her house. She had a colored woman who helped her with us: we called her Old Aunt [can't remember her name] and she would make us hoe cakes and apple dumplings.....Grandpa Hicks had died in Jeff City while serving as State Representative. It took over a month to bear the news back home to Grandma. They returned his personal belongings and his roan mare, Old Mealie. After the family got Old Mealie back, they hid her and some other things in a cave to prevent the soldiers from stealing her. They carried food and water to her. Grandma wasn't afraid of anything."
Catherine married Jeremiah W. Wheat in 1886, she died in 1896.
Catherine's mother is reported to be Cherokee Indian. Catherine was 1/2 Cherokee and an artist. She made natural paints and liked to paint birds and flowers on saddle blankets.
Catherine married Robert D. Hicks Jr. ca 1843 in Missouri. Robert was first married to Elizabeth Polley and had 8 children. Catherine and Robert had 6 children. Juliana Hicks Alsup 1845, Mary "Polly" Hicks 1847, Mahalia "Hallie" Hicks 1849, Winifred "Winnie" Hicks Graham 1851, Rev. Robert S. "Bob" Hicks 1853, Lydia Catherine Hicks Sweeten 1854.
Catherine and Robert's son Robert S. "Bob" Hicks and his wife Martha Alsup divorced. Bob lived very near his mother Catherine, she helped him raise his 2 sons, Oliver and Timothy, until he remarried.
My grandfather Oliver Hicks referred to her as Grandma Katy. She helped raise Oliver and Tim after their parents divorced.
Oliver, recalled to his daughter Lydia Hicks Sipe, "After my parents separated, "Grandma Hicks [Catherine Sweeten Hicks] kept Tim and me part of the time. She raised sheep and carded the wool, spun it, and made us little wool suits. I remember wearing my first suit when I was about 4 years old, to Norwood one day with Pa, in the wagon..... Grandma "Katy " helped raise several of her grandsons. We all played in Grandma's yard. We always liked to stay at her house. She had a colored woman who helped her with us: we called her Old Aunt [can't remember her name] and she would make us hoe cakes and apple dumplings.....Grandpa Hicks had died in Jeff City while serving as State Representative. It took over a month to bear the news back home to Grandma. They returned his personal belongings and his roan mare, Old Mealie. After the family got Old Mealie back, they hid her and some other things in a cave to prevent the soldiers from stealing her. They carried food and water to her. Grandma wasn't afraid of anything."
Catherine married Jeremiah W. Wheat in 1886, she died in 1896.
Catherine was the daughter of Absolum Sweeten, she had a son John Sweeten who was raised by the name of John Hicks. Catherine was married first to a Sweeten cousin and was a widow. Ref. Jim Bob Graham, a grandson. However, Roberts son John went by the name of John Harrison Hicks. She called them "Big John" and "Little John".
Catherine's mother is reported to be Cherokee Indian. Catherine was 1/2 Cherokee and an artist. She made natural paints and liked to paint birds and flowers on saddle blankets.
Catherine married Robert D. Hicks Jr. ca 1843 in Missouri. Robert was first married to Elizabeth Polley and had 8 children. Catherine and Robert had 6 children. Juliana Hicks Alsup 1845, Mary "Polly" Hicks 1847, Mahalia "Hallie" Hicks 1849, Winifred "Winnie" Hicks Graham 1851, Rev. Robert S. "Bob" Hicks 1853, Lydia Catherine Hicks Sweeten 1854.
Catherine and Robert's son Robert S. "Bob" Hicks and his wife Martha Alsup divorced. Bob lived very near his mother Catherine, she helped him raise his 2 sons, Oliver and Timothy, until he remarried.
My grandfather Oliver Hicks referred to her as Grandma Katy. She helped raise Oliver and Tim after their parents divorced.
Oliver, recalled to his daughter Lydia Hicks Sipe, "After my parents separated, "Grandma Hicks [Catherine Sweeten Hicks] kept Tim and me part of the time. She raised sheep and carded the wool, spun it, and made us little wool suits. I remember wearing my first suit when I was about 4 years old, to Norwood one day with Pa, in the wagon..... Grandma "Katy " helped raise several of her grandsons. We all played in Grandma's yard. We always liked to stay at her house. She had a colored woman who helped her with us: we called her Old Aunt [can't remember her name] and she would make us hoe cakes and apple dumplings.....Grandpa Hicks had died in Jeff City while serving as State Representative. It took over a month to bear the news back home to Grandma. They returned his personal belongings and his roan mare, Old Mealie. After the family got Old Mealie back, they hid her and some other things in a cave to prevent the soldiers from stealing her. They carried food and water to her. Grandma wasn't afraid of anything."
Catherine married Jeremiah W. Wheat in 1886, she died in 1896.
Catherine's mother is reported to be Cherokee Indian. Catherine was 1/2 Cherokee and an artist. She made natural paints and liked to paint birds and flowers on saddle blankets.
Catherine married Robert D. Hicks Jr. ca 1843 in Missouri. Robert was first married to Elizabeth Polley and had 8 children. Catherine and Robert had 6 children. Juliana Hicks Alsup 1845, Mary "Polly" Hicks 1847, Mahalia "Hallie" Hicks 1849, Winifred "Winnie" Hicks Graham 1851, Rev. Robert S. "Bob" Hicks 1853, Lydia Catherine Hicks Sweeten 1854.
Catherine and Robert's son Robert S. "Bob" Hicks and his wife Martha Alsup divorced. Bob lived very near his mother Catherine, she helped him raise his 2 sons, Oliver and Timothy, until he remarried.
My grandfather Oliver Hicks referred to her as Grandma Katy. She helped raise Oliver and Tim after their parents divorced.
Oliver, recalled to his daughter Lydia Hicks Sipe, "After my parents separated, "Grandma Hicks [Catherine Sweeten Hicks] kept Tim and me part of the time. She raised sheep and carded the wool, spun it, and made us little wool suits. I remember wearing my first suit when I was about 4 years old, to Norwood one day with Pa, in the wagon..... Grandma "Katy " helped raise several of her grandsons. We all played in Grandma's yard. We always liked to stay at her house. She had a colored woman who helped her with us: we called her Old Aunt [can't remember her name] and she would make us hoe cakes and apple dumplings.....Grandpa Hicks had died in Jeff City while serving as State Representative. It took over a month to bear the news back home to Grandma. They returned his personal belongings and his roan mare, Old Mealie. After the family got Old Mealie back, they hid her and some other things in a cave to prevent the soldiers from stealing her. They carried food and water to her. Grandma wasn't afraid of anything."
Catherine married Jeremiah W. Wheat in 1886, she died in 1896.
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