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Endearing Thoughts
by Patricia Osborn Orton
Great granddaughter of
James Shelton Hicks
and
Elizabeth Riley Hicks

James
6- 10- 1855 to 2- 9-1930
Elizabeth
1852 to Btwn 1881-1883

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This poem is not meant to be poetic particularly, but rather tells the story of James Shelton Hicks, son of James Hicks and Rebecca Riley Hicks, Grandson of Robert Hicks, Sr and Winnifrit Combs Sumner Hicks. The photo above is the schoolhouse Great Grandfather built and it is still standing as of this date-5/18/1999 near Gentryville, MO..

The little school house
Great Grandfather built,
still stands there today;
although it's bell is as silent
As the children of yesterday.

It has stood for at least
a long century now-
It was built of wood and nails
and not too far away from it
Is the family's old pump well.

The old corn crib
He built on his farm
still stands there true and strong.
A mighty oak two centuries old
Still holds it's vigil long.

Trees lend their shade
to the waters that flow In the creek
that runs through the land.
It still stands just as it did then
As a tribute to that long ago man.

Things were built to last back then-
The work was hard and long,
But there was love
in that old farmhouse
And that's what made them strong.
© 1995

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	The little school house Great Grandfather built, still stands there today; although it's bell is as silent As the children of yesterday. It has stood for at least a long century now- It was built of wood and nails and not too far away from it Is the family's old pump well. The old corn crib He built on his farm still stands there true and strong. A mighty oak two centuries old Still holds it's vigil long. Trees lend their shade to the waters that flow In the creek that runs through the land. It still stands just as it did then As a tribute to that long ago man. Things were built to last back then- The work was hard and long, But there was love in that old farmhouse And that's what made them strong. © 1995 Back To Hicks Family Records Index
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