Husband Thomas Bickett 1
Born: 1801 - County Antrim, Ireland 1
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Died: Aft 1883
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Father: Matthew Bickett (Abt 1757-1841) 1
Mother: Jane [Unk] ( -1809) 1
Marriage: 17 Apr 1828 1
Other Spouse: Satia Tremble ( -Bef 1883) 1 - 1838 1
Wife Nancy Hill 1
Born: Abt 1801
Christened:
Died: 1837 1
Buried:
Father: James Hill ( - ) 1
Mother: Maria [Unk] ( - ) 1
Children
1 F Margaret Bickett 1
Born:
Christened:
Died: Aft 1883
Buried:
Spouse: John Young ( - ) 1
2 M William Bickett 1
Born:
Christened:
Died: Aft 1883
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Spouse: Mary M. McCaslin ( - ) 1
General Notes: Husband - Thomas Bickett
He came to America in 1823, accompanied by his father, his brother and two sisters, and the same year visited Butler County. On his trip he walked in company with his brother-in-law from a place ten miles east of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, one Sunday, to the home of his sister in Butler County, a distance of fifty miles. Throughout this journey they were without food, having asked for it only at Greensburg and New Salem, the people refusing to give them anything to eat because they were traveling on the Sabbath! When he arrived, he thought a very short residence in Butler County would satisfy him, as the whole country appeared wild and desolate. But he found that the people, though poor, were not without religious privileges. There was then a Presbyterian Church at Slate Lick, of which Rev. John Redick was pastor for many years. He discovered other pleasant features in pioneer life, and concluded that the region was far preferable to Ireland as a home for poor people. He found employment on the canal and in the trade of stone-masonry until the autumn of 1829, when he settled on a farm of 200 acres, land he had previously bought at Commissioners' sale for $30. He at once entered upon the task of clearing his land and bringing it under cultivation. By hard and persistent toil and rigid economy, he succeeded in this undertaking.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church for many years, having joined it soon after he came to Butler County, and he held the office of Elder.
"Mr. Bickett is a man who has hosts of friends. His agreeable social qualities and interesting conversational powers are so well known as to require no comment."
He had five children with his first wife; two were still living in 1883.