Wilson Hicks (Rankin County)
State House: 1874-1875
Born: c. 1837 in Mississippi
Died: 1896-1900
Hicks held office in the Rankin County Republican Party both before and after his term in the state legislature. He is listed as a farmer on the 1870 and 1880 census with wife Sarah and children. Sarah is a widow on the 1900 census.
Their son, Wilson D. Hicks (1865-1931), founded the Benevolent Industrial Association and was profiled in The Leading Afro-Americans of Vicksburg, Miss. (1907).
This page was last updated on May 18, 2026.