David George Washington Sikes was his father. David s father was John W Sikes. John W Sikes was from NC or SC. His mother was Malaha Sikes as widow in Williamsburg SC 1820 census. William, Richard, John W. are her sons. I cant find Malaha Sikes s husband s name. They moved to Barbour County, AL then moved to Choctaw County, AL where my grandfather, John Monroe Sikes was born in Butler,AL in 1874.