| | '''Thomas Hickman''', known as '''Tom Hickman''' (November 4, 1872 – 1950), was from 1925 to 1937 the [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]], the sister city of [[Shreveport]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Hickman was the fifth mayor of Bossier City since its incorporation in 1907.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fuller&GSfn=hoffman&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=104026836&df=all&|title=Hoffman Lee Fuller|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 21, 1983|page=7-A|accessdate=January 3, 2015}}</ref>Hickman succeeded G. B. Smith, who had served a single term from 1921 to 1925.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206222741/http://bossiercity.org/Bossier-City-History/|title=Bossier City History|author=Louise Stinson|accessdate=February 6, 2015}}</ref> | | '''Thomas Hickman''', known as '''Tom Hickman''' (November 4, 1872 – 1950), was from 1925 to 1937 the [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]], the sister city of [[Shreveport]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Hickman was the fifth mayor of Bossier City since its incorporation in 1907.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fuller&GSfn=hoffman&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=104026836&df=all&|title=Hoffman Lee Fuller|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 21, 1983|page=7-A|accessdate=January 3, 2015}}</ref>Hickman succeeded G. B. Smith, who had served a single term from 1921 to 1925.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206222741/http://bossiercity.org/Bossier-City-History/|title=Bossier City History|author=Louise Stinson|accessdate=February 6, 2015}}</ref> |
| | Hickman was born in [[rural]] Fillmore, Louisiana in eastern Bossier Parish to William James Hickman (1830-1900) and the widow, Mary Jane McDade Barnett (died 1902). He and his brother, W. B. Hickman (born 1860), worked with their father in the operation of the Red Chute Plantation in the census designated place] of Red Chute, also in Bossier Parish. In 1892, at least one hundred acres of their crops were flooded. After the parents' deaths, W. B. Hickman ran the family farm, and Thomas Hickman was employed by the Foster Plantation before he moved by 1910 into Bossier City.<ref name=rootsweb>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LABOSSIE/2000-11/0974659832|title=Hickman Family of Bossier Parish|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|author=Clifton D. Cardin|date=November 19, 2000|accessdate=January 5, 2015}}</ref> | | Hickman was born in [[rural]] Fillmore, Louisiana in eastern Bossier Parish to William James Hickman (1830-1900) and the widow, Mary Jane McDade Barnett (died 1902). He and his brother, W. B. Hickman (born 1860), worked with their father in the operation of the Red Chute Plantation in the census designated place] of Red Chute, also in Bossier Parish. In 1892, at least one hundred acres of their crops were flooded. After the parents' deaths, W. B. Hickman ran the family farm, and Thomas Hickman was employed by the Foster Plantation before he moved by 1910 into Bossier City.<ref name=rootsweb>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LABOSSIE/2000-11/0974659832|title=Hickman Family of Bossier Parish|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|author=Clifton D. Cardin|date=November 19, 2000|accessdate=January 5, 2015}}</ref> |