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George William Hicks, proprietor of the Hicks House, at Trenton, Tenn., was born in Madison County, on the 17th of March, 1854. He came to Trenton with his parents in 1865, and secured a liberal education in the University of Tennessee, at Knoxville, which he attended three years. He kept a grocery store in Trenton in 1876-77, and in January, 1885, assumed control of the Hicks House, and, with the assistance of his mother, has conducted it in a highly successful manner to the present time, keeping the only first-class hotel in the town. January 27, 1886, he married Mattie O. McCullough, a native of Tennessee. He is a Democrat and a member of the Baptist Church. His father, Hon. George B. Hicks, was born in Jackson, Tenn., December 7, 1827, and is a son of George Hicks, and was educated at Jackson, and followed farming until the breaking out of the war. He was a non-participant in the late Rebellion, but his sympathies were naturally with the Southern cause. In 1865 he came to Trenton, and in 1866 built the Hicks Hotel, which he managed for some time and still owns. In 1880 he was presidential elector for the Greenback party in this district, and in 1882 was nominated by the Democrats to represent them as a representative in the State Legislature. He was elected by an overwhelming majority, and served with distinction in the session of 1883, made famous by the State debt question. Mr. Hicks was mayor of Trenton two years, and served for several years as alderman. For the last few years he has been engaged in speculating in grain and cotton. He was married to Eliza J. McClellan in 1849. They have three children: George William, Erasmus F. and Anna Belle. Mr. Hicks is a member of the Christian Church. He received a thorough classical education in his youthful days, as his father was quite wealthy, and taught school for some time in Madison County. He has made farming his chief business through life, and has accumulated a very handsome competency for his declining years.