This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fykes, Fikes Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/6023 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Thur., 11 Dec 1873, p. 4, c. 1 & 2 Death - Milam Messenger, Dec. 6 - Monroe Fykes was thrown from his horse and instantly killed.