Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 293. CHANCY SICKELS From an early age Chancy Sickels has been self-supporting and his prosperity is the reward of industry and thrift. He is one of the pioneer agriculturists of Linn county and his ranch on section twenty, township fourteen south, range three west, ranks with the best in that district. He was born in Buchanan county, Iowa, May 28, 1869, and in that year his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Weed) Sickels, left that state. His mother was a native of Wisconsin and the father was born in New Jersey. They lived in Kansas for five years and in 1874 started for Oregon, crossing the plains in a covered wagon drawn by horses. After reaching Benton county Thomas Sickels filed on a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres on Depot slough, a short distance from the coast, and while he was attempting to remove the heavy timber from the tract his wife became ill. He was obliged to journey to Corvallis for medical assistance, but the physician's skill was of no avail and Mrs. Sickels died soon afterward. She had become the mother of five children: Chancy; Hattie, deceased; Thomas, a wealthy mine owner of Arizona; Franklin, who has passed away; and Jesse. Chancy Sickels attended the public schools of Corvallis until he was eleven years old and then became a wage earner. He was employed for several years, saving as much as possible from his earnings, and in 1892, when a young man of twenty-three, leased a hop yard in Benton county, Oregon. A few years later he moved to Linn county, Oregon, and was engaged in ranching near Halsey until 1906, when he bought fifty acres of land four and a half miles southeast of Halsey and has since made all of the improvements on the place. Mr. Sickels afterward bought an adjoining tract of fifty acres and has brought his land to a high state of fertility. His fields are divided by well kept fences and his equipment is up-to-date. He built a substantial barn in 1915 and his modern, attractive home was erected in 1918. He takes pride in his place, which is systematically operated and efficiently managed. He follows diversified farming and his principal crops are hay and grain. He raises all the fodder for his stock and has eight cows of good grade, two hundred chickens, a few hogs and a small flock of sheep. Mr. Sickels was married November 20, 1892, to Miss Minnie A. Hinton, a native of Benton county, Oregon, and a daughter of T. D. and Margaret (Barclay) Hinton, both of whom were born in Missouri. When a boy Mr. Hinton made the journey to Oregon in a prairie schooner drawn by ox teams. His father, Roland Hinton, secured a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres in Benton county in 1850, casting in his lot with the earliest settlers of that region, and his demise occurred in Monroe, Oregon. T. D. Hinton was educated in the public schools of Benton county and aided his father in the farm work. He also entered a homestead near Monroe and lived on the property for several years, developing a fine stock ranch. He sold the place and devoted the remainder of his life to the cultivation and improvement of a farm four miles north of Monroe. He passed away August 6, 1919, and his widow is eighty-one years of age. To their union were born nine children, but the fourth, Edward, is deceased. The others are Henry C., R. Warren, Amy E., Minnie A., George E., Frederick, Ivan and Wade. Mr. and Mrs. Sickels have three children. Chester, the eldest, born in Benton county and now living in Albany, Oregon, is married and has two children, Harold and Dale Leon. Opal is the wife of W. W. Barnes, of Oklahoma, and they are the parents of four children: Beulah Louise, Lynn, James C. and Lewis D. Alma was married to C. G. Hamer, of Linn county, Oregon, and they have two children, James Allan and Minnie Juanita. Mrs. Sickels is one of the Daughters of Rebekah and a member of the Linn County Grange, of which Mr. Sickels was master for four years. He was among the first who joined Halsey Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has taken all of the degrees, and is also connected with Halsey Camp of the Woodmen of the World. He votes the democratic ticket and for several years was clerk of the school board. He is a progressive citizen and heartily cooperates in movements for the general good. His education has been acquired by reading, observation and study and his associates pay him the respect which is always accorded the honorable, self-made man. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2016 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.