Individual Details
Price Beauregard Hicks
(OCTOBER 21, 1861 - )
Events
| Birth | OCTOBER 21, 1861 | Texas |  | ||
| Marriage | SEPTEMBER 3, 1884 | Waxahatchie, Texas - Emily Estella Windle |  | | |
| Miscellaneous | Horse Theft | | | ||
| Occupation | Methodist Minister | | |
Families
| Spouse | Emily Estella Windle ( - ) |
| Child | Eugene Dechard Hicks ( - ) |
| Father | Harvey K. Hicks (1832 - 1862) |
| Mother | Sarah Margaret Freeman (1838 - ) |
| Sibling | James Adkins Hicks (1859 - 1914) |
Notes
Marriage
Dana Stribling provided the marriage information for Price B. Hicks and Emily Estella Windle to Rita Lokey.Miscellaneous
Price Hicks accompanied his cousin Epinetta (Neet) Hall (son of Wiatt and Naomi Hicks Hall) when Neet fled Coryell County, Texas, while out of jail on bond, awaiting trial for horse theft. The two made their way to Marshall, Texas, where they stole two horses and headed to Natchitoches, Louisiana, where in-laws of the family lived.A posse tracked them down near Colfax, Louisiana, and confronted the two cousins. Neet was defiant and refused to surrender. He was shot dead, but Price surrendered.
Price was convicted of horse theft and sentenced to five years in the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, Texas. After serving his time, Price repented his lawless ways and became a well-known Methodist circuit minister. He is commemorated by a statue, entitled "Pioneer Preacher", on the campus of Oklahoma City University.
This account is documented newspaper articles (microfilm) "District Court," Tri-County Herald, Marshall, TX, 6-26-1879 and "Hunt After Horse Thieves," Marshall Messenger, 6-26-1879, from Rita Lokey's Hicks family collection.
Occupation
After serving his term for horse theft, Price B. Hicks became a Methodist circuit minister in Oklahoma, where a statue entitled "Pioneer Preacher", commemorates him on the campus of Oklahoma City University.Endnotes
1. Estella Morrison's Hicks Family History (Compiled Records, ), Photocopy privately held by Estella Morrison, , Missouri, 2016 (Descendant of Price Beauregard Hicks, Jonathan Hicks). Family history of Jonathan Hicks family based on Bible, Deed, Census, Tax, and Personal Information. Compiled Information from several Jonathan Hicks Descendants.
2. Rita Lokey James Hicks Family History (Genealogical records, family Bible pages, photographs, collected materials, ), Original material and photocopies privately held by Rita Likey, , Tishimonga, Oklahoma, 2017. Wife of descendant of James and Martha Hicks.
3. Rita Lokey James Hicks Family History (Genealogical records, family Bible pages, photographs, collected materials, ), Original material and photocopies privately held by Rita Likey, , Tishimonga, Oklahoma, 2017. Wife of descendant of James and Martha Hicks.
4. Rita Lokey James Hicks Family History (Genealogical records, family Bible pages, photographs, collected materials, ), Original material and photocopies privately held by Rita Likey, , Tishimonga, Oklahoma, 2017. Wife of descendant of James and Martha Hicks.