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About William J. Hicks
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William J Hicks, Survived Andersonville Prison was born on August 13, 1836 in West Virginia-- now Wayne County, Kentucky, USA, United States. His parents were Adry Hicks and Nancy Melinda Hicks (Jenkins).
William married Sarah Ann Hicks (Roberts) on December 8, 1859 in Roane County, TN, United States. Together they had the following children:
- John Adrey Hicks;
- Ulysses Grant Hicks;
- Martha Melinda Duff Huggins (Hicks);
- Mary Jane Schnake Sutherland (Hicks);
- Elvira Susan Hicks;
- Theodocia "Dora" Johnson Fowler (Hicks);
- Theodore E. Hicks;
- William Lewis Hicks;
- Louisa Josephine Hicks;
- Thomas F Hicks;
- Unknown Son Hicks, Infant.
He died on April 26, 1899 in Pitman, Randolph County, Arkansas, USA.
1850 Subdivision 19, Morgan, Tennessee, USA
Household Members Age
Ady Hicks 36
Nancy M Hicks 36
Elvira S Hicks 16
Wm V Hicks 14
James E Hicks 12
Alvis D Hicks 10
Mary Hicks 8
Lucinda E Hicks 6
Addison L Hicks 4
Frances Hicks 3
Margaret A Hicks 0
Mary E Sperna 56
1860 District 10, Roane, Tennessee
Post Office: Barnardsville
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Wm J Hicks 23
Sarah A Hicks 18
1870 Township 11 Range 6, Pope, Illinois
Household Members Age
William J Hicks 32
Sarah Hicks 28
John A Hicks 8
Ulises G Hicks
Martha Hicks 5/12
1880 Grand Pier, Pope, Illinois, USA
Household Members Age Relationship
William Hicks 43 Self (Head)
Sarah A. Hicks 39 Wife
John Hicks 19 Son
Ulians S. Hicks 10 Son
Martha M. Hicks 9 Daughter
Mary Hicks 9 Daughter
T. F. Hicks 7 Son
Elvy S. Hicks 6 Daughter
Theadecan Hicks 2 Daughter
Louesa J. Hicks 1 Daughter
Thadone Hicks 1/12 Son
Served: Regiment: 2nd Infantry Regiment Tennessee
I have seen zero evidence his middle name was Jackson. There is another (at least one) Wm Hicks who IS William Jackson Hicks--they are different people.
(In the following published biography, I see Allen as a grandfather but fellow researchers say was Joseph. I have recently found "Allen" in the census where he "should" be--note by Cynthia Hicks Curtis)
POPE COUNTY BIOGRAPHY: W J HICKS was born in Wayne County, Ky., August 13, 1836, and now lives in township 11, range 7, Pope County. His father, Adrey Hicks, was born in 1822, in Tennessee, and his father, Allen Hicks, was born, it is believed, in North Carolina. He was a farmer by occupation, and by his three wives had thirtyseven children, of whom Adrey was one of eleven children by his mother. He married Nancy W. Jenkins, of North Carolina, daughter of William Jenkins, and they had twelve children, six sons and six daughters, of whom our subject is the second child and first son. The father died in Tennessee in the year 1855, aged thirty-three, and the mother is still living in the Chickasaw Nation at seventy-six years of age, and is bright and sprightly for her age. The family are all living but one daughter, Lucinda, wife of B. D. Grain. She died in Past Tennessee at twenty-two years of age, leaving three children. They are all farmers, and mostly settled in the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations.
W. J. Hicks had but little education in his childhood, and that little was obtained in the subscriptions schools of the day. He was reared on the farm to hard labor. When he was twenty-four years of age he was one of fifty loyal men who stole away from Roane County, Tenn., and went to Dick Robinson's camp in Kentucky. August 10, 1861, he was mustered into the service of the United States as a member of Company A, Second East Tennessee Regiment, under Capt. Amos Marney, and he served as a private soldier for nearly four years. He was captured at Rogersville, E. Tenn., November 6, 1864, and was in Andersonville prison for three months, being liberated about the close of the war. He was one of seventy-seven prisoners of his company captured and incarcerated in that terrible den at Andersonville, all but seven of whom perished. He returned to Roane County, E. Tenn., after the war to his wife and child. Our subject had been married December 6, 1859, to Sarah Ann Roberts, daughter of John W. and Martha Roberts. He came to southern Illinois with his own teams and wagons in the spring of 1868, bringing with him his wife and one child, and bought one hundred acres of wild land, in Grand Pier Precinct, paying therefor $3 per acre, and here they lived for twenty years. In the winter of 1868-69 they sold out, and bought another farm; this farm they sold out in 1890 and bought their present farm of eighty acres, building their frame house in 1890. They have buried one infant son, and now have five sons and five daughters living: John Adrey, a farmer near by, who has a wife and four sons; Ulysses G, a farmer of Saline County, who has a wife and one daughter; Martha M., at home; Mary, Susan, Theodocia, Josephine, Theodore, Willie and Thomas F. In politics, Mr. Hicks is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the United Baptist Church.
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 20 2022, 18:36:11 UTC
Served: Regiment: 2nd Infantry Regiment Tennessee
Survived Andersonville Prison
I have seen zero evidence his middle name was Jackson. There is another (at least one) Wm Hicks who IS William Jackson Hicks--they are different people.
(In the following published biography, I see Allen as a grandfather. I am looking to confirm that the bio is correct. William is my 2nd great grandfather.~ Cynthia Hicks Curtis)
POPE COUNTY BIOGRAPHY:
W J HICKS was born in Wayne County, Ky., August 13, 1836, and now lives in township 11, range 7, Pope County.
His father, Adrey Hicks, was born in 1822, in Tennessee, and his father, Allen Hicks, was born, it is believed, in North Carolina. He was a farmer by occupation, and by his three wives had thirty seven children, of whom Adrey was one of eleven children by his mother. He married Nancy W. Jenkins, of North Carolina, daughter of William Jenkins, and they had twelve children, six sons and six daughters, of whom our subject is the second child and first son. The father died in Tennessee in the year 1855, aged thirty-three, and the mother is still living in the Chickasaw Nation at seventy-six years of age, and is bright and sprightly for her age. The family are all living but one daughter, Lucinda, wife of B. D. Grain. She died in Past Tennessee at twenty-two years of age, leaving three children. They are all farmers, and mostly settled in the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations.
W. J. Hicks had but little education in his childhood, and that little was obtained in the subscriptions schools of the day. He was reared on the farm to hard labor. When he was twenty-four years of age he was one of fifty loyal men who stole away from Roane County, Tenn., and went to Dick Robinson's camp in Kentucky. August 10, 1861, he was mustered into the service of the United States as a member of Company A, Second East Tennessee Regiment, under Capt. Amos Marney, and he served as a private soldier for nearly four years. He was captured at Rogersville, E. Tenn., November 6, 1864, and was in Andersonville prison for three months, being liberated about the close of the war. He was one of seventy-seven prisoners of his company captured and incarcerated in that terrible den at Andersonville, all but seven of whom perished. He returned to Roane County, E. Tenn., after the war to his wife and child. Our subject had been married December 6, 1859, to Sarah Ann Roberts, daughter of John W. and Martha Roberts. He came to southern Illinois with his own teams and wagons in the spring of 1868, bringing with him his wife and one child, and bought one hundred acres of wild land, in Grand Pier Precinct, paying therefor $3 per acre, and here they lived for twenty years. In the winter of 1868-69 they sold out, and bought another farm; this farm they sold out in 1890 and bought their present farm of eighty acres, building their frame house in 1890. They have buried one infant son, and now have five sons and five daughters living: John Adrey, a farmer near by, who has a wife and four sons; Ulysses G, a farmer of Saline County, who has a wife and one daughter; Martha M., at home; Mary, Susan, Theodocia, Josephine, Theodore, Willie and Thomas F.
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 20 2022, 18:39:36 UTC
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William J. Hicks's Timeline
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August 13, 1836
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Wayne County, Kentucky, United States
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May 4, 1861
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Pope County, IL, United States
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January 20, 1869
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Pope County, IL, United States
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February 25, 1870
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Pope County, Illinois, United States
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March 3, 1871
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Pope County, IL, United States
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1873
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August 1877
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Illinois, United States
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1879
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