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Dr, E. R. Hickerson, a
prominent physician and surgeon of Moberly,
has been successfully
engaged in the practice of his profession in Moberly
and Randolph County for
the past 35 years. He is a native of Missouri
and was born in RaIls
County Jan. 27, 1862. He is the eon of Dr. J. C.
and Darthula (Rodes)
Hickereon, the former a native of Virginia and
the latter from Tennessee.
Dr. J. C. Hickerson a
pioneer physician of Moberly and was
not only a successful
physician, but he was prominent in the affairs of
the county during the
course of his active career. He came here with
his family from Rails
County in 1870 and was engaged in the practice
of his profession until the
time of his death, April 5, 1885. He was
one of the first physicians
to locate in Moberly, His wife died August
17, 1901, and their remains
are buried in Oakland cemetery. They were
the parents of the
following children: Dr. E. R., the subject of this
sketch; A. S., who resides
in St. Louis; Dr. J. C., of Independence, Mo
and W. T., traffic manager
for the Morris Packing Company, Chicago, Ill
Dr, E. R. Hickerson
received his preliminary education in the pub
lic schools and then
entered Westminister College at Fulton, Mo. He
then attended St. Louis
Medical College, where he was graduated with
the degree of Doctor of
Medicine in 1885. After receiving his degree
from that institution he
engaged in the practice of medicine at Moberly
He was graduated from
Medical College the same year that his father
died and thus was
practically enabled to take up the work where
father left off. Doctor
Hickerson has been continuously engaged in this
practice here since 1885.
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January 27, 1887, Doctor
Hickerson was united in marriage with
Miss Minnie Hannah, of
Mober1y~ She is a daughter of John F. Hannah
a Randolph County
pioneer, who lived about two miles north of Moberly
He was prominent in local
affairs during his time and served for two
terms as presiding judge
of the county court. He died in 1894 and his
wife, who was a native of
New York, died in 1906. Their remains are
interred in Oakland
cemetery. To Dr, E. R. Hickerson and wife have
been born the following
children: Mrs, A. H. McDonald of Moberly
Emilie, a teacher of Latin
in the Moberly High School, and Lieut. J. C
Lieut. j. C. Hickerson is
now a salesman for Swift and Company,
After the United States
entered the World War, he enlisted in the army
in May, 1917, and
attended the military training school at Fort Riley,
Kan.. and after he was
commissioned first lieutenant he was assigned
to Battery D, 3rd
Regiment, at Camp Taylor, Ky He was kept at Camp
Taylor and transferred to
the personnel department. He made two trips
to France during the war
as transport adjutant. After two years of
service in the army he was
honorably discharged, Sept. 16, 1919.
Doctor Hickerson has
always taken a keen interest in the welfare
of the community and
served on the Moberly board of education from
1900 to 1906, and was
president of that body from 1904 to 1906. |