Posted on: Coffee County Alabama Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Coffee/10572 Surname: Hickman ------------------------- Ref: Memorial Record of Alabama Vol 1: Hon P. N. Hickman was brought up on a farm, received but little education in his youth, but after reaching manhood applied himself diligently to study and reading during his spare moments, and in this way attained far more than the average amount of knowledge possessed by mankind. At the age of twenty be began life for himself as clerk in the office of the probate judge at Greenville. In the meantime he read law with Gamble & Bolling, and in 1879 he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court. He then practiced law in Covington county until 1882, when he returned to Greenville and served as county solicitor until 1884, when re removed to Sumter county, Fla., remaining there until 1886 engaged in building up a profitable practice, and at the same time planted five acres in orange trees, which he still owns; they are now bearing , and the plat is a handsome piece of property. Since 1886 he has resided at Elba, and is now the leading lawyer of Coffee county. Since 1888 he has been county solicitor. In November, 1885, he was married to Mary B. Chapman, who was born in what is now Crenshaw county. She is a sister of Dr. R. B. Chapman of Troy, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. She was educated in Crenshaw county and at Greenville, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Hickman is a member of the Baptist church and W. M. of Elba lodge F. & A. M., No. 170, and is junior grand deacon of the grand lodge of Alabama. While he is not a politician nor an aspirant for political honors, yet he works for the success of his party. He was a delegate to the state convention in 1880, that nominated Governor O'Neal.