William Lewis Ficklin

William Lewis Ficklin N E M V R C P B Y Photo: “Billy Ficklin”, 1890 Reunion Photo. Hardcopy is in Source Binder. Not Scanned. Born: 1841.[1335] 18 September 1840.[1336] Married: Probably to Lucy S., lived 1848–1941. She is buried beside him.[1337] His wife was Lucy Sales Eastham. She was born in 1848 and died in 1941. “We have no record of a second marriage.”[1338] Died: 20 April 1904,[1339] near Bealeton.[1340] 1904.[1341] Buried at Warrenton Cemetery.[1342] The gray granite marker that he shares with Alice and Lucy is carved “FICKLIN: WM. L./ C. S. A./ Co. H. 4th. VA. CAL.”[1343] Near Bealeton, 20 April 1904, Fredericksburg Star, 22 April 1904, p.2, c.2, per Krick. Obituary in Richmond newspaper dated 21 April 1904.[Lynn’s Richmond Obits fn[1344] Obituary: “[T]ruth and honor were the sheet anchors of a life that wrought to him such character as to do honor to his age and generation.”[1345] See Obituary Chapter. Children: “Lieutenant Bill Ficklin [was] father of George Ficklin, the present assessor of Lee District.”[1346] Alice D., who lived 1870–1962, possibly was a daughter. She is buried beside him.[1347] Correspondent doesn’t have info on Wm. Ficklin’s children.[1348] Parents and Siblings: His father was William Phillips Ficklin. Interviewee thinks the father’s first wife—William’s mother—was a Miss Martin.[1349] Brother was John Marshall Ficklin. Above Ficklins were brothers.[1350] Interviewee is “pretty sure” that William Lewis Ficklin and John Marshall Ficklin were brothers. William had a brother who was killed early in the war. He had a sister who married a Campbell in Stafford; another married an Eastam in Rappahannock. William’s sister Elizabeth married a Payne. There were five in the family. There was one son and four girls. [Note conflict with above statement that William L. Ficklin and John M. Ficklin were brothers; maybe he means that there was only one surviving son, William.] His father’s second wife was a Miss Dulany.[1351] His parents were William Phillip Ficklin and Ann Coleman Martin. His mother was born 7 April 1805 and died 22 February 1854. They wed on 6 April 1836. His father married second Francis Delaney, on 22 November 1854. He was one of four known siblings: an infant daughter; George Martin F. (4 January 1838–September 1857, typhoid fever); William Lewis F. [BH]; John Marshall F. [BH].[1352] (Francis Dulaney is Larry Payne’s G-Great Aunt on the paternal side. Elizabeth Dulaney sister to Francis is Larry Payne’s G-great grandmother.)[1353] Other Family: William’s step-mother’s father was French Dulany. He was from Culpeper and moved here [to Fauquier] in 1818. The Dulanys owned about 1200–1400 acres between Remington and Norfolk. [1354] Stories, Letters & Biographies: “Quite an excitement up town, the Black Horse are in full speed and the yankees are up the street.…”[1355] “In the early fall of 1862 a Federal colonel was [visiting the] home of colonel John M. Fant.…”[1356] See Stories Chapter under William F. Lee. “At the surrender at Appomattox I was at home on horse detail. On my return trip to the Company, I met it at Madison Courthouse. They had refused to surrender.”[1357] See Stories Chapter under John Edward Armstrong. “June 15, ??. As a result of Meigs’ death, which the Yankees called murder by guerillas, the Martin Brothers had a price on their head[s].”[1358] See Stories Chapter under John Richard “Dick” Martin. This cavalryman was one of nine who joined to announce the 1890 Reunion. See discussion of the Reunion Photograph at the Introduction. CSR: 6’1”, light complexion, light hair, blue eyes; enlisted 25 April 1861; 2nd Sgt.; elected 2nd Lt. 1 September 1863; horse wounded 11 October 1863 Raccoon Ford; paroled 6 May 1865 Winchester. Additional Information: Listed as “W. P. Ficklin.”[1359] Lieutenant.[1360] Elected Third Lieutenant, December, 1864. -----. Bealeton. [1361] Called “Billy”. He was William L. Ficklin. He inherited the farm from his stepmother and sold it to another relative on the other side of the family. The farm was next to Lakota. Don Thorpe now owns the Ficklin homeplace.[1362]