Bannister
Hickey is buried in the Stone Cemetary on county line of
Jasper and
Newton Countys. The cemetary book has some very interesting history of his family. His grandfather John married Mary
Middleton. John's will left at least 400 acres to each of his 11 children and a life interest to the plantation and the business in
Henry Co Virginia to his wife Mary. Bannister and
Middleton came with 3 more brothers to
Cooper county Mo then to the Carthage MO. where the set up the first court house. Bannister married Marthe "Patsy"
Burris and when she died he married Lucretis (
Cagel) widow of William
Melugin. His daughter married her step brother William Martin
Melugin. Their daughter married Robert
Sherman Martin. Their daughter was my Grandmother.