996. Doctor Benjamin Robinson Whicker
"Doctor" is said to have been his name, and not a profession.
Elizabeth modified her name sometime after her twin sisters, Sarah Ann and
Agnes Eleanor, died. Elizabeth kept their memory by changing her name to Sarah
Ann Elizabeth Agnes Eleanor.Elizabeth and her husband, Henry J. Thomas, moved to Covington about 1876.
Henry was a tailor and made uniforms for soldiers during the Civil War. About
1876 the family moved to Covington, Tipton Co., TN where Henry continued to
work as a tailor.
There are two more offspring, names unknown, that need to be found for this
man's family. rcw
William Gaston Wicker was a Private, Co. E, 17th NC Infantry, CSA. (New Wicker/Whicker book, pg. 242) rcw