Today’s ride will not be listed in the annals of Great Memorial Day Rides. It was a hot day, with temperatures expected to get to 90F, but the previous two days had rain and thunderstorms. About 3.5 miles from home I realized I didn’t have my smartphone with me, so rode home to get it. [...]
Mayo placesOn an afternoon ride to Convis Township in my home county of Calhoun, my first destination was the farmstead of James and Sarah Mayo. Unfortunately, it looked like the barn has fallen into ruin, and the house a little further back looks destined to follow it. The day’s route was in part a clockwise loop. [...] |
Newton GrangeAfter putting up the last post about the town square in Coldwater, I looked to see what else I had from that ride on October 22, 2005. I saw that I had never gotten around to learning about this building from my first photo stop of the day, at the intersection of D Drive and [...] |
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Mysteries of the 1832 cholera epidemicThe Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin (which we visited week before last) is now a museum and a reminder of British oppression of Irish people. The leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were executed here, though not in this courtyard. Executions by firing squad took place in this yard. This place isn’t exactly a part of [...] |
New and improvedWhile sitting at my desk and listening to the blizzard howl late last night, I went to wunderground.com as I had done several times throughout the day and was confronted with the most dreaded words on the world wide web: “new and improved.” I was aghast that the Wunderground.com people would choose to ruin their [...] |
Looking for Mercy Nichols HicksThis Hicks Cemetery is about a quarter-mile up the road from the place where I surmised that Solomon and Mercy Nichols Hicks had lived. The brown obelisk across the road, on the right, may be where Mercy’s father-in-law and mother-in-law are buried. But I should back up and explain a little better why Dave and [...] |
Solomon and Mercy HicksMercy Hicks, the wife of Solomon S. Hicks, was the youngest of six surviving children in the Warren Nichols family. The parents and three children succumbed to cholera and were buried somewhere in Athens. I’ve had no luck finding that grave site, but I also got interested in the surviving children, some of whose graves I’ve found. |





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William and Nabby Hicks (buried in Hicks Cemetery) were patents of Solomon. All the Hicks property on the MapWoeks...caroline on Solomon and Mercy Hicks
Mary, I don't have your email. but spokesrider does. CarolineMary Jones on Solomon and Mercy Hicks
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I have a letter just after they arrived in Waitsburg...and more information on family. Would love to know about...Ken Steinhoff on More Mayo places
I reach for the leg warmers when it gets into the middle 70s. I know folks in your neck of...Ken Steinhoff on More Mayo places
John, I found out a few years ago that I can't tolerate heat like I once could. I went on a...Ken Steinhoff on Mayo places
John, If you buy a gallon of younger, see if you can spare me a sip or two. I'll pay shipping.Jim Fletcher on Mayo places
John, Very nice photos and article. This is a very interesting site. I will find the photos I mentioned...Mary Jones on Solomon and Mercy Hicks
Just a thanks for the photos of Hicks residence. Solomon was my Great Grandfather. He married Charlotte (Sanders)...Spokesrider on Dry Prairie in Athens Township
Dave, I've found the gravestones of some of her siblings in the cemetery at Leonidas. But I haven't found...