Talk:William Watkin Hicks

Is this educationist reverend giving rousing speeches in North Carolina in the late 1860s him? FloridaArmy (talk) 22:34, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Born in England 1837? FloridaArmy (talk) 22:35, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I believe so! The footnote you linked gives a complete biography of W. W. Hicks in his role as minister. Here's the text:

William Watkins Hicks, born in England in 1837, removed to the United States as a boy. In March, 1857, he was admitted on trial in the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and during 1857–1861 he held pastorates in West Harford, Great Falls, and Havre de Grace, Md. During 1862–1863 he was a missionary to India. In 1865 he was appointed to a pastorate in Frederick City, Md.; but shortly afterwards he withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church and in Dec., 1867, became acting pastor of the State Street Congregational Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. In the spring of 1868 he visited Charleston for his health. In the fall of 1868 he removed to Charleston, where, becoming a Lutheran, he was appointed assistant pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Jan., 1869. While in Charleston he was one of the editors of the XIX Century. [See note 182. The XIX Century (Charleston), a monthly edited by Felix Gregory de Fontaine and the Rev. William Watkins Hicks, ran from June, 1869, through Feb., 1871.] In 1871 he was appointed minister of the First Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Macon, Ga., and until 1875, when he was discontinued as a Methodist minister, he held pastorates in Georgia and Florida. In 1881 he was pastor of the Washington Tabernacle (Congregational or Independent), Washington, D. C. His later career is obscure. The originals of three letters from Hicks to Simms, dated March 11, Dec. 23, and Dec. 29, 1869, are in the Ferris Collection, Columbia University Library.

--Quuxplusone (talk) 07:47, 16 November 2025 (UTC)