According to the City of Jesup: “The Kicklighter Building was a commercial building constructed in the early 1890s. It was inherited by the Kicklighter’s daughter, Alma (1874-1963), who married Dr. S(amuel) F. Ellis (1869-1916), a local dentist. Dr. Ellis threw the teeth he had extracted into a hole in the wall. Later on when the building was remodeled, this wall was knocked out and all the teeth fell out on the floor.“

Mathew W. Kicklighter (1846-1929), father of Alma, and early owner and namesake of this commercial block, was a Confederate veteran who served with Clinch’s Cavalry during the Civil War. He was one of seven brothers in the Confederate service. His wife was Annie Strickland Kicklighter (1846-1910).