Vermont natives Polly Butler (Ieft) and her husband William Alonzo Hickok (right) moved with their two oldest children from Union, New York, to LaSalle County, Illinois, in 1833-’34. After settling on a farm in Troy Grove Township with three children, their son, James Butler Hickok (center), was born in 1837.– Polly Butler, True West Archives; Wild Bill, National Archives, Washington, D.C., Photograph Courtesy Ethel Hickok; L
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