The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . and was electedin 1888 delegate to the general conference in NewYork; was offered in 1889 the presidency of theMontana Wesleyan university; was tendered also,and accepted the presi
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . and was electedin 1888 delegate to the general conference in NewYork; was offered in 1889 the presidency of theMontana Wesleyan university; was tendered also,and accepted the presidency of Clark university, atAtlanta, Ga. A deep sense of duty arising fromhis study of, and sympathy with, the colored peo-ple, his earnest desire to do them good, growing outof his experience among them and his birth in theSouth, together with his experience on the board ofcontrol of the southern education work of his churchled him to this work. He became the head of thisimportant university September, 1889, and is now incharge. In 1888 he was made doctor of divinity byDe Pauw university, and in 1891 was elected by hisconference alternate delegate to the general conference of 1892 in Omaha, Neb. He married, in 1875,the only daughter of Prof. J. S. Hougham of Perdue university. Dr. Hickman was a brave soldier,passing through nearly all the campaigns of the armyof the Cumberland. His regiment was changed to. cavalry after the battle of Stone river. He servedunder the famous Kilpatrick; was wounded at Nick-ajack Gap, Ga.; taken prisoner at Richmond, Ky.,and again at Solemn Grove, in the south of Georgia,and lay in Libby prison when Grant took Hickman is a magnetic preacher, an aggress-ive prohibitionist, a wise financier and a clear-head-ed businessman; liberal and just in politics, fearlessin his deliverances; of broad charity, broad informa-tion and consummate tact. He is winning friends tocolored education, and is known as an educator ofdecided strength. He is p
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