"Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 911. PHILIP T. AND CHARLES F. HICKS In the vicinity of Silverton are to be found many rich and productive farming estates, and among the energetic and self-reliant men who are conducting its agricultural interests the subjects of this sketch occupy no unimportant place. They are numbered among the brave pioneers of this section of Marion county, and are still living on the farm on which they settled with their parents in 1866, their property being situated on Silver Creek road, about two and one-half miles southeast of Silverton. Coming from excellent New England ancestry, they are sons of Frisby Hicks, who was born July 27, 1806, in Vermont, but was reared and educated in New York state, and in Indiana, his parents having lived in both states. As a boy of sixteen years, Frisby Hicks determined to make his own way in life, and with that object in view began flat-boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. A few years afterward he had made such progress in his new occupation that he found himself the owner of a line of steamboats plying between St. Louis and New Orleans. He made his home, however, in Indiana until 1846, when he removed with his family to St. Louis, where he lived a year. Giving up his boats at that time, he located in Iowa, and was there successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1866, when, lured by the prospects of cheap land in a new country, he came to Marion county, making the five months' journey by team across the plains, and having but little trouble with the Indians on the way. Buying the four hundred and eighty acres of land comprised in the present homestead of his sons, he labored, with the help of his children, to redeem a farm from the wilderness, and by dint of hard labor, thrift and good management succeeded well, rendering it one of the finest estates in the vicinity. He lived to the ripe old age of four score and four years, honored and respected by all. He took an intelligent interest in public affairs, and while a resident of Iowa served a number of terms as justice of the peace. In 1839 he married Catherine Taylor, who was born in Pennsylvania, and died at the age of seventy-two years, on the home farm in Silverton. Of the children born of their union, six are living, namely: Philip T.; Charles F.; Mary E., wife of John Maulding, of Yamhill county; John, of Silverton; E. Pitt, and Harry P., who live near Silverton. Philip T. Hicks was born March 22, 1844, in Patriot, Switzerland county, Ind. He received excellent educational advantages, and in his younger days taught school several terms. During the Civil war he gave evidence of his patriotism by enlisting May 16, 1864, in Company H, Forty-fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, being mustered into service at Keokuk. With his regiment he was sent first to Memphis, Tenn., and assigned to garrison duty during the four months prior to the expiration of his term of enlistment. On returning from the scene of conflict, he remained at home until 1866, when he crossed the plains with his parents, and from that time until the present has resided on the homestead which he ably assisted his father in clearing and improving, and is now successfully employed in general farming and stock-raising. He is a stanch Republican in politics, and has served on the school board, and as road supervisor. He is an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he takes great interest. Philip T. Hicks married, December 22, 1881, Nettie Morley, a native of Silverton, and a daughter of John Morley, and into their household six children have been born, namely : Alma, Morton, Audrey, Tero, and Avery M. and Avis M., twins. Charles F. Hicks was born in Patriot, Ind., December 26, 1841, and was educated in the district schools of Iowa. In 1863 he offered his services to his country, enlisting in Company B, Fourth Iowa Independent Battery. After being mustered in at Davenport, he went to New Orleans, where he assisted in protecting railroad property, being on guard duty a large part of the time that he was in service. At the close of the war he returned to the parental homestead, and the following year, accompanied his parents and their family in the long trip across the plains. He labored with characteristic energy in the clearing and improving of the farm on which his parents settled, and where, with the exception of five years that he had charge of a grist-mill in Silverton, he has since resided. He is actively engaged in farming, being associated with his brother Philip, with whom he makes his home, and is deservedly prosperous in his undertakings. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and is a stanch Republican in politics, being a leader in party affairs. He has served to the satisfaction of his constituents in various public offices, and represented his county in the state legislature one term, having been elected to the office in June, 1886. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in September 2010 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.