Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from August 12, 1871 • The elections in Fulton County were reported as being “remarkably quiet and unexciting.” The official vote for governor in the county was 747 for the incumbent Preston Leslie and 71 for Republican John Marshall Harlan. William Clark defeated Henry S. Hale 641 to 204 votes for State Senate and T. E. Gleeson lost to A. S. Arnold 691 to 108 for State Legislature. The counties of Graves and Hickman supported Hale over Clark who claimed a majority of 282 votes in the District. • T. Jeff Jones defeated…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from August 5, 1871 • The State and local elections were set for August 7th and the candidates were making their last minute pitches to secure votes. The Hickman Courier supported the Democratic ticket of William C. Clark for State Senator, Preston H. Leslie for Governor, and John G. Carlisle for Lieutenant Governor. • The four-year-old daughter of William C. Clark, candidate for State Senate, died very suddenly on August 4th. • The City Council of Hickman met on August 2nd where B. C. Ramage, Chairman of the Street Committee reported $631.75 was…