May 27, 1837: A son, James Butler, the fifth child was born to William Alonzo and Polly Butler Hickok of Homer (later Troy Grove), Illinois. 1856: Nineteen-year-old James Butler Hickok left the family home with brother Lorenzo, heading for Kansas Territory to farm; Lorenzo soon returned to Illinois. 1858: James became a constable in Monticello Township, Johnson County, Kansas, remaining a short time before hiring on as a teamster for Jones and Cartwright, for whom he worked until 1861. Sprin
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