Father: George HICKMAN b: in Wheeling W V

Mother: Rosannah KNOX b: in Wheeling W V
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Married: 10 Mar 1830 in Williamsville, Erie Co., NY. She married at the age of 15. In 1836, she and Horace came to Dupage County and bought a farm in Milton Township (275 acres).

Her children were:

1. Harriet Caroline Dodge b: 04 Mar 1833 in New York (Mrs. Theodore Aldrich)

2. Rosannah DODGE b: 28 Oct 1839 in Milton Twp, DuPage Co., IL (Mrs. Bracken)

3. Horace Oscar Dodge b: 13 Dec 1840 in Milton Twp, DuPage Co., IL (Co "E", 8th Ill Cav) Physician in CO.

4. Bertha DODGE b: 04 Feb 1852 in Milton Twp, DuPage Co., IL (Mrs. Stover) She and husband are missionaries in SW Africa.

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Mrs. J. W. Webster was called to Wheaton the first of the week by the death of her mother, Mrs. Lucy A. Dodge. The following from the West Chicago Journal … “died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. E. Irwin in Wheaton, Tuesday morning, August 15, 1899. Miss Lucy A. Hickman was born at Fredonia, Chautauqua county, New York, July 11, 1815. She was married to Horace A. Dodge at that place in 1830 and together they came west in 1836 and took up a piece of government land, consisting of 335 acres … and upon which they resided until the death of Mr. Dodge in 1881. … ten children of which seven survive: Mrs. S. E. Irwin, Wheaton; Mrs. Theodore Aldrich, Downers Grove; Mrs. John W. Webster, Hinsdale; Mrs. J. H. Traver, Wheaton; Dr. H. O. Dodge, Boulder City, Colorado; Mrs. Edwin Williard, Lincoln, Nebraska; and Mrs. Wesley Stover of Bengella, Africa. The funeral was held from the Baptist church, of which she had been a member for over half a century, this morning and the former pastor, Rev. Bryant, coming from Moline to conduct the services. … the bearers consisted of her grandsons Horace Aldrich, Alfred J. Bracken, Orlando Irwin, Nelson Webster, Leroy Webster, and a great grandson, Blaine Evernden, and remains taken to Warrenville and placed beside her husband.

August 19, 1899