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Wild Bill Hickman
16 Apr 1815 – 21 Aug 1883
| Birth | 16 Apr 1815 |
| Death | 21 Aug 1883 |
| Cemetery | Mount Hope Cemetery Lander , Fremont County , Wyoming , USA |
| Added by | Lorinda Mann on 10 Sep 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46760779 |
Bio
Western Frontiersman. William "Wild Bill" Hickman was a bodyguard to Joseph Smith, the founder of the LDS Church, and his successor, Brigham Young. He belonged to the early Utah Militia and participated in the Timpanogas War of 1850 and the Echo Canyon War of 1857. He served as a clerk to the justice of the peace in Taylorsville. He also held the positions of Bishop's Counselor and clerk in his ward and was elected a member of the Utah Legislature. He practiced polygamy and married ten wives, all of whom he supported by farming and through his law practice. In 1868, he had a falling out with the LDS Church, after which he wrote the book, "Brigham's Destroying Angel," which was published in New York in 1872. When Wild Bill died in 1883, his family first buried him in the cemetery at Lander, Wyoming, but the locals protested at having an outlaw buried in their midst. The family then transferred Wild Bill's body to a remote area of Fremont County.
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Family
Parents
Spouse
- Bernetta Burkhardt Hickman 1812–1886 FaG
- Matilda Diana "Martha" Case Howland 1823–1872 FaG
- Sarah Elizabeth Luce Beebe 1828–1909
- Minerva Emma Wade Hickman 1829–1918 FaG
- Sarah Basford Meacham Franks 1834–1909 FaG
- Hannah Dyantha Harr Byington 1836–1917 FaG
- Mary Jane Horr Hickman 1839–1863 FaG
- Sarah Eliza "Virginia" Johnson Johnson 1839–1889 FaG
- Mary Jane Hetherington Hickman 1840–1923 FaG
Siblings
- Edward Hickman 1812–1885 FaG
- Josiah Harvey Hickman 1818–1861 FaG
- George Washington Hickman 1825–1893 FaG
- Easom S. Hickman 1828–1916 FaG
- Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Hickman 1832–1897 FaG
- Warren D. Hickman 1837–1907 FaG
Children
- Elizabeth Ellen Hickman Meecham 1833–1914 FaG
- Sarah Catherine Hickman Butcher 1835–1914 FaG
- Edwin Thomas Hickman 1837–? FaG
- Ellen Hickman 1837–? FaG
- Rebecca Hickman 1841–? FaG
- Joshua Hickman 1843–? FaG
- William George Hickman 1844–1912 FaG
- Bernetta Walters Hickman Allen Sheldon 1847–1941 FaG
- William Adams Hickman 1850–1854 FaG
- Sarah Maria Hickman Francis 1851–1937 FaG
- Lerona Minerva Hickman Vanderhoof 1856–1939 FaG
- Jordan River Hickman 1856–1875 FaG
- Mary Lorinda Hickman Stowe 1857–1876 FaG
- Deseret Narrent Hickman 1857–1919 FaG
- Margaret Rose Hickman Driscoll 1858–1912 FaG
- Avilda Diena Hickman 1859–1913 FaG
- Survivor "Vie" Hickman 1859–1950 FaG
- Joseph Smith Hickman 1859–1932 FaG
- Brigham Alvin Hickman 1860–1921 FaG
- Phoebe Delila Hickman Gillespie 1860–1949 FaG
- Hyrum Smith Hickman 1861–1899 FaG
- Carrie Catherine Hickman Butcher 1862–1932 FaG
- Don Carlos Hickman 1862–1922 FaG
- Warren Wade Hickman 1862–1920 FaG
- Rhoda Hickman Coryell 1864–1944 FaG
- James Barton "Jim" Hickman 1865–1938 FaG
- Ella Hickman "Ella" Hickman Kohlhepp 1865–1941 FaG
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