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Robert A. Hicks, M. D., was born in Madison County, Tenn., July 29, 1835, son of George and Joyce W. (Kirby) Hicks, who were born in Virginia and Tennessee, respectively. The father came to Jackson, Tenn., shortly after his marriage, about 1830, and followed the brick mason’s trade. At a later period he moved to a farm in the county, where he raised a family of ten sons, and followed farming successfully until his death. His son, Robert A., secured a fair education, and in 1857 began the study of medicine, and later attended the Reformed Medical College, of Macon, Ga., from which he graduated in 1860. He then practiced in Columbus, southeastern Texas, until 1862, when he was chosen surgeon of the Twenty-second Regiment Texas Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. In 1866 he came to Trenton, where he has practiced, with more than ordinary success, up to the present time. In 1869 he graduated from the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1876 he received his third diploma, it being from the medical department of the Vanderbilt University, at Nashville. He is a member of the National Eclectic Medical Association. He is a Democrat, but was originally an old line Whig. He belongs to the K. of H., and in 1860 married Mary E. Harbert, of Columbus, Tex., December 11, 1860. They have three living children: Marion Zulee (Mrs. O. B. Freeman), Robert A. and Thomas Cecil.