This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/602.805.1.1 Message Board Post: I am searching for Bannister Hickey in MO.

I got the following information from http://www.luhsd.k12.ca.us/lhs/library/historyday/lemoore/lemoore-stratford.htm While final preparations were being made early in October 1972 for the thousands to enjoy Hickey Park at the 10th Annual Lemoore-Navy picnic, one grand old man, who first conceived the park and made it possible, James Bannister Hickey, died in a Lodi hospital. He was 99 years old. While none of the Hickey children married, the Hickey family was a close knit family. William Hickey, father of "Ban" as he was called, settled near Lodi in a town called Elliot; here Ban was born. Other children were John, William, Isabelle and Florence. Because of the effects of the 1893 the elder Hickey decided to move to the Lemoore area in 1898; coming in various stages of travel. The family built its first house in the area of that is now Hickey Park. Sisters Florence and Belle were both school teachers. Later the family moved to a house on Houston Avenue property, south east of Lemoore, but still retaining what is now Hickey Park site. In later years the freeway 198 crossed this property. At this time Ban and Isabelle returned to the old home in Lodi. For years Bannister had a feeling that the Lemoore area and Kings County needed a park site. In October 1958 Kings County made a token payment for what is now the beautiful Hickey Park. James Bannister Hickey's good lives after him, a lasting memorial to the pluck, foresight and generosity of one of Lemoore's pioneer families. Go to google.com/ie and then when it comes up, type in "bannister hickey". It may not be just right but it's a place to start. Mel McKee Jarendel@aol.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/602.805.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I am searching for Bannister Hickey in MO.