Andrew Jackson Blevins

Notes:

Andrew Jackson Blevins (born November 20, 1861, died 1947)

Andrew Jackson Blevins was the son of Daniel Blevins and Elizabeth Blevins. Census records indicate he was born in Missouri.

We do not know where his early years were spent. We know he was orphaned at an early age, so it is assumed that he was under the care of older brothers and sisters.

In the 1880 census of Lawrence County, Missouri, he is listed in the household of James H. Hicklin; he would have been 19 years of age.

James H. Hicklin was his brother-in-law, as he was married to his sister Louisa. James H. Hicklin was the half-brother of Nancy Angeline Hicklin, who would become Andrew's wife.

From oral family history there seems to have been a very strong brotherly attachment between Andrew and his older brother George. Apparently Andrew was in the home of his sister Louisa for several years who perhaps mistreated Andrew, or else, at least, didn't treat him well, as it is said that brother George admonished his sister to treat their little brother properly.

This very close relationship between Andrew and George continued as long as they lived. Family oral history relates how they wept when they parted after visits. Perhaps their brotherly affection was fine-tuned as a result of the very difficult years that the young orphans faced together as boys.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~standridge/dboone.html
(website of grandson of Andrew.)

The Blevins Hicklin Connection
Written by: William L. Luce
Springfield, Missouri, 1995

THE BLEVINS HICKLIN CONNECTION
By: William L. Luce, A.B., M.A., M. Div.
Adjunct Instructor of
History
Philosophy
American Government
Southwest Baptist University
Bolivar, Missouri