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Jickling, John David Mr.
David John Jickling hails from Our Sister of Snows country, his birth having
occurred about thirty miles east of London, Ontario, Canada, on June 22, 1837.
He is the son of Robert and Mary (Whitby) Jickling, both born near
London, England, the father on May 28, 1794, and the mother on December 30,
1807. There they spent the earlier
years of their lives, immigrating to Canada in 1836, where they spent the
balance of their lives, the father dying at the advanced age of eighty-two years
and the mother when sixty-eight years old. There were
eleven children in the Jickling family. By
the father's first marriage, six children were born, namely: W. F., a soldier in
the Civil War, later a policeman in Chicago, in which city he still resides;
Mrs. Elizabeth McLean lives in the province of Manitoba, Canada; John David, of
this review; Mrs. Susannah Woods lives in Ontario, Canada; Rowland died when
nine years old; Thomas died in 1908; Samuel died in 1906. The latter was a
veteran of the Civil war and he was connected with the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Maryland, for many years after the war; Hannah died when twenty years of age;
Rebecca died in infancy; Joseph B. is living in Manitoba; one child died in
infancy. John D. Jickling
spent his childhood in Canada and was educated in the common schools. On March
13, 1859, he settled in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He there engaged at his trade of
harness making immediately, and lived there until 1865, when he removed to
Sherman Township, Jasper County, and here he has continued to reside to the
present time. He is deserving of a great deal of credit for what he has
accomplished, for he landed at Kalamazoo with a total capital of four dollars
and fifty cents. He is at present
one of the wealthiest men in Jasper County.
He is the owner of four hundred and fifty-one acres of choice land in
Sherman Township, on which are three sets of good buildings.
He has kept his land well improved and under a fine state of cultivation,
and by his close application and sound judgment he has accumulated a competency.
He has always been a lover of good livestock and has kept excellent grades.
He owns a substantial business block in the town of Ira, a modern and
imposing home in Ira, and two valuable lots in Des Moines. Mr. Jickling
talks interestingly of the early days of this country, which he has seen develop
from a wild prairie to one of the leading agricultural sections of the state.
He came from Kellogg to Newton by stage.
There were no railroads in this part of the country.
Mr. Jickling hauled grain to Colfax when there was but one building
there. There were no bridges, the farmers being compelled to ford Skunk River.
He has always been a man whose word was as good as the bond of most men, even if
it were at financial sacrifice. At one time wheat was contracted for at one
dollar per bushel. He had contracted to deliver about two thousand bushels,
which he did although wheat had advanced to one dollar and fifty cents per
bushel. Every dollar in his possession was honestly earned. He would never stoop
to paltry things in order to gain his ends in dealing with his fellow men,
consequently he has won and retained their confidence and good will. Mr. Jickling was
married on April 8, 1860, to Susan S. Cuthbert, who was born in London, England,
on February 5, 1842, where she spent her early girlhood, emigrating to the
United States in 1855 with her parents, George and Susan (Hall) Cuthbert, both
born in England, the mother in Lincolnshire, and there they grew to maturity and
were married. Upon coming to this
country they took up their residence in Michigan.
They spent the rest of their lives in America, each dying at the age of
seventy-five years. They were the parents of six
children, namely: Jesse died in 1903; Moses is deceased; George, deceased; Mrs.
Adam Maggard lives in Ira; Susan S., wife of Mr. Jickling, of this review; one
daughter died in infancy. Five children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Jickling, the two eldest in Michigan, the others
in Jasper County, and here they were reared and educated; they were named as
follows: George B., born July 21,
1861, the day of the first great battle of the Civil War, Bull Run; he is
residing at Winterset, Iowa; William R., born on June 9, 1864, lives in Sherman
Township; Mrs. Laura Zenor, born March 6, 1868, is living at Tryon, Nebraska;
Mrs. Edith May Couch, born July 23, 1871, lives in Sherman Township, this
County; Riley R., born September 14, 1874, died January 9, 1877. Politically, Mr. Jickling is a Republican and while he has ever manifested an abiding interest in the affairs of his Township and County, he has never sought to be a leader in public matters, preferring to devote his attention to his home and business. He has been road supervisor of his district. Mrs. Jickling is the possessor of an old Bible, given to her at the age of twelve years when she was a member of a Sunday school class, at Weltobe Wold, England, in July 1854, and she highly prizes the same. Mr. and Mrs.
Jickling have a pleasant and well furnished home, and here their many friends
delight to gather and share their old-fashioned hospitality and good cheer, and
they number their friends only by the limits of their acquaintance. The
Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912
B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1142. |
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