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An inventory of the Goods and Chattles, Rights and Credits of Henry Hicks etc.
1 rifle with shot, pouch, 2 man saddles, 1 woman saddle, 1 rasor box with one rasor and two lanseed, 3 spinning wheels, 1 reel, 2 barrels salt, 1 butter churn, 1 .bake trough, 4 pewter Basons, 3 ote cradles, 3 Sett of Smith tools, 1 Spate, 2 Shovels, 4 sickles, 3 corn hoes, 1 plough, 1 windmill, 1 black
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mare, 1 gray mare, 1 cold, 9 sheeps, 2 black cows, 1 spotted Cow, 1 red heffer, 1 spotted heffer, 1 black heffer, 1 bull, 1 calf, 8 hogs, Hay by the Lamp, Wheat in the Stroh, Rye in the Stroh, Indiancorn in the ground, Otes in the ground, Bottaturs in the ground, 8 Books.
Book Account against thirty-three people who owed him money. Some of them, CUNRAT HICKS who owed him 37 pounds, Henry Meir 4 pounds, Jacob Meir a few shillings, etc. Appraised Aug. 1, 1812 by Henry Sucky and John Fuchs.
Issue :
A. ELIZABETH HIX (Henry2, Conrad1), dau. of Henry and Elizabeth: bap. Apr. 18, 1799 at Hahns Ch., Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co.
B. DANIEL HIX (Henry2, Conrad-), son of Henry and Elizabeth: b. Sept. 24, 1800; bap. Oct. 26, 1800, Sps. Conrad Kerschner and w .; d. Mar. 11, 1860, buried at Ono, Mt. Nebo, East Hanover Twp., Lebanon Co. (bap. Hahns Ch.). Wife Mary. Issue :
1. DANIEL HICKS (Daniel3, Henry2, Conrad1), son of Daniel and Mary: b. Apr. 16, 1832; bap. Jan., 1833, Annville Ch., Lebanon Co., Sp. Philip Heilman (Notes and Queries by Egle). Married Ist on Sept. 27, 1855 to Amanda Schreckengast by Rev. Henry Lose. She was b.
Aug. 29, 1834; d. May 9, 1864. Married 2nd to Catharine Shaffner. (Dates of m. and birth of issue from Family Bible of Daniel Hix, Hist. Soc., Lebanon Co.)
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Issue of Daniel and Amanda: EMMA CATHARINE HIX, b. Mar. 27, 1856; JOHN HENRY HIX, b. May 10, 1857; JAMES WILLIAM HIX, b. July 4, 1859 in East Hanover Twp., Lebanon Co.
Issue of Daniel and Catharine: Twins, LIZZIE and CARRIE HIX, b. June 30, 1870, Mt. Nebo; BEULAH HIX, b. April 15, 1873.
2.
MARIA HICKS (Daniel3, Henry2, Conrad1), dau. of Daniel and Mary: b. Jan. 12, 1845 near Jonestown, Lebanon Co. (Swatara Ch., Rev. Joel Reber) .
c. CATHARINE HICKS (Henry2, Conrad1), dau. of Henry and Elizabeth: b. Dec. 11, 1803, bap. Feb. 5, 1804, Sps. George Hicks and w. Catharine (Swatara Ch. near Jonestown, Lebanon Co.).
D . HELENA HICKS (Henry2, Conrad1), dau. of Henry and Elizabeth: b. Oct. 11, 1805, Sps. Conrad Hicks and w. Anna (Swatara Ch.).
E. REBECCA HICKS (Henry2, Conrad1), dau. of Henry and Elizabeth: b. Dec. 28, 1807; bap. Mar. 27, 1808; Sp. Rebecca Hicks (Swatara Ch.).
F. A son b. before 1810.
G. LYDIA HICKS (Henry2, Conrad1), dau. of Henry and Elizabeth: b. May 8, 1811 (Swatara Ch.).
IV.
JOHN HIX (Conrad-), son of Conrad and Anna Maria:
b.
ca. 1778; d. July 1804; m. Sept. 9, 1800 to Nancy Hauder at Schwartzwald Ref. Ch., Exter Twp., Berks Co. (Hist. Soc. Berks Co., Vol. 2:37).
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Census 1800, Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co .: John Hix, one male 16 to 26; one female 16 to 26. John and his wife acted as sponsors at Hahns Church in 1801. Do not have his issue.
Letters of Administration given to Conrad Hicks, father of John Hicks of Tulpehocken Twp., on July 31, 1804, widow, Nancy, having duly renounced (Berks Co. C. H., Vol. 6 :149).
V. ELIZABETH HIX (Conrad-), dau. of Conrad and Anna
Maria: b. Apr. 20, 1779; d. Sept. 25, 1828; m. in 1797 to Christopher Nunemacher who d. 1809. She m. 2nd to Ludwig Haman. Infant, GEORGE HAMAN, Dec. 9,
1814 (St. Mich. Ch.).
She appeared as sponsor in 1825 at St. Michael's Ch.
VI. CONRAD HICKS (Conrad-), son of Conrad and Anna Maria: b. June 29, 1782; d. June 7, 1858; m. Anna Moyer who was b. Nov. 16, 1787; d. Oct. 3, 1861 (Wenrich Ch., Linglestown, Dauphin Co.).
Acknowledgment: Josiah B. Hicks, descendant of Conrad, accumulated data of this branch which in 1957 was in the possession of Grace Hicks, wife of Ward Cousins, Lincoln, Nebr. Mrs. Mabel V. Baer secured photostatic copies of these records, as well as copies of old newspapers and letters. Some of the old letters were written by Conrad's son, Jacob Calvin Hicks of Altoona, Pa., in 1905, to Charles Hicks of Nebraska. They contained the birth dates of the twelve children of Conrad and Anna, and the names of
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the two ministers, Heifleigh and Smith, who offici- ated at the funeral of Conrad Hicks.
Note : Anna Moyer (Meyer) was the dau. of Jacob Meyer b. ca. 1763, d. Dec. 12, 1820, Lebanon Co., and his 2nd w. Anna Burkholder, widow, who d. ca. 1809. Jacob was the son of Rudolph Meyer, 1724-1783, and w. Anna Light, 1728-1792, dau. of John Light (Kauffman Cem., Lebanon Co.). Rudolph was the son of Rudolph Meyer and w. Barbara. Will probated Feb. 9, 1767, Berks Co. C. H. Jacob Meyer, Jr., 1783-1827, who m. in 1804 to Barbara Yorty, dau. of Henry, was a half- brother of Anna Meyer Hicks.
Dauphin Co. Dd. Bk. B, Vol. 2:138, Aug. 15, 1821, mentions Conrad Hicks and John Moyer as legal heirs and representatives of Jacob Moyer. Dauphin Co. Dd. Bk. R, Vol. 1:555, Sept. 2, 1811, records that Conrad Hicks of West Hanover Twp. and Anna, his wife, sold land to Thomas Barnett. Dauphin Co. Dd. Bk. F, Vol. 2:140, Apr. 1, 1831, mentions sale of Conrad Hicks and w. Ann to Christian Forney and SAMUEL HICKS (son).
Will of Conrad Hicks made Dec. 6, 1856, probated June 24, 1858 (Dauphin Co. C. H.), West Hanover Twp. Mentioned are: wife, Ann; son, Amos, who shall have no more out of the estate than he already has. Executor son, Jacob Hicks. Witnesses, Conrad H. Hicks, Mary E. Hicks. John J. Hicks affirmed the signatures .
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Issue :
A. REBECCA HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad1), dau. of Conrad and Ann M .: b. Jan. 12, 1806; bap. Apr. 4, 1806, Sp. Rebecca Hicks (Altalaha Lutheran Ch.,
Rehrersburg, Berks Co.). M. Levi Heckert, d.
1803. Six sons, three daus. Some issue: ANNA HECKERT m. Gillian L. Miller; JOSIAH A. HECKERT, Wash. D. C.
B. JOHN C. HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad1), son of Conrad and Ann M. : b. Jan. 15, 1807, Lebanon Co .; d. June 18, 1889; m. Sarah Metzger who was b. Aug. 18, 1813. Moved to Middletown, Dauphin Co. before
1838. Reformed Ch. John Hicks was County Treasurer of Dauphin Co., 1846-1849. Census 1840, Dauphin Co., John Hicks: one male, 30 to 40; one male, 15 to 20; one male under 5; two females, 20 to 30; one female 5 to 10. Census 1860, Somerset Co .: John Hicks, 52, Insurance Agent; Sarah, 47; Eliza, 15. Census 1880,
Somerset Borough: John Hicks, 73, Insurance Agent; Sarah, 67.
Note : Records of the Metzger family are found in the Holy Bible pub. by Kimber and Sharpless, No. 93, Market St., Phila. 1826, stereotyped by E. White, New York, now owned by Carlyle S. Baer of Wash. D. C., formerly owned by Frances Metzger Hicks of Somerset, Pa. Notations follow:
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Jonas Metzger and Frances Coffman married in the year of our Lord 1812 the 8th of November.
Jonas Metzer born Sept. 29, 1775.
Frances Coffman born Oct. 28, 1785.
Sarah was born 18th of August, 1813.
Larue was born 24th of April, 1817.
Jonas Metzer departed this life at his residence, Middletown, Pa. on the 4th of January 1856, aged 80 yrs., 3 mos., 6 das.
Frances Metzger departed this life at the residence of her daughter, intermarried with John Hicks at Somerset, Pa., 14th May 1857, aged 71 yrs., 6 mos., 16 das. Buried at Middletown beside her husband in the Brick Church Graveyard on the 16th of May 1857.
Jonas Metzger was the son of John, b. June 24, 1740 and w. Anna Mary nee La Rue, b. Jan. 16, 1747, Dauphin Co. Anna Mary was the dau. of Jonas La Rue, b. Aug. 4, 1709 in Switzerland, son of John Geo. La Rue.
The Will of John Hicks made July 28, 1883, probated June 22, 1889, Somerset (Somerset Co. C. H., Vol. 1:24), leaves all property to wife, Sarah, and after her death to be divided between their two children, Annie F. Baer and Larue Hicks. Final accounting of the estate of John Hicks and Sarah Hicks, deceased, was made Nov. 7,
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1898. Inventory was made July 10, 1889 by Samuel Hunsecker and Wm. B. Mier (Moyer), and affirmed before LARUE M. HICKS, Justice of the Peace. Issue :
1. ANNA FRANCES HICKS (John3, Conrad2, Conrad1), dau. of John and Sarah M. : b. 1834; d. Feb. 16, 1913; m. Oct. 17, 1855 to Henry Giese Baer who was b. May 5, 1835; d. Jan. 4, 1874. Somerset, Pa. £ Henry Baer was editor of the
Somerset Democrat. £ He was 2nd Lieut. Co. B,
54th Reg. Pa., Civil War. Widow, Anna Frances received a pension.
Note : Henry Giese Baer, named for Rev. Henry Giese, Reformed, of Somerset, was a descendant of Johannes Christopel Baer (Bar) who arrived from Zweibrucken on Sept. 30, 1743 (Genealogy of Johannes Baer 1749-1910, by M. Bare and Robert Bruce Bare, Central Printing and Pub. House, 1910). A brother of Henry was George F. Baer who was president of the Board of Trustees of Franklin and Marshall College. He was the first president of the Pennsylvania German Society, 1891, at Norris- town, and he was a heavy stockholder of the Phila. and Reading Railroad.
Henry Giese Baer was the son of Solomon Baer b. 1794, Unionville, Lehigh Co .; d. Jan. 12, 1882 at Somerset. He m. Anna Maria
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Baker, b. Feb. 2, 1797; d. Oct. 5, 1888 (Hist. of Bedford and Somerset Cos., 1906). Issue of Solomon besides Henry were Margaret, Elizabeth, Wm. Jacob, Herman Ludwig, Ruffena, George, Frederick, Levi, Solomon. Anna Baker
was the dau. of Ludwig, 1766-1840, who married June 2, 1790 to Mary Margaret Glessner b. 1761, overseas and d, Mar. 29, 1839 (Trinity Ch., New Berlin, Pa.). Ludwig Baker was the son of George, Germantown, Pa. Mary Margaret Glessner was the dau. of Henry b. 1718, Germany, who d. in New Berlin 1814; married Elizabeth Adam, 1734-1807.
Issue :
a. EDGAR H. BAER, son of Anna F. and Henry: b. Feb. 3, 1856. He was connected with the Denver Republican in the 1890's.
b. JOHN SOLOMON BAER, son of Anna F. and Henry: b. Apr. 3, 1857; d. Apr. 13, 1913, Streator, Ill .; m. Sara Elizabeth Blais- dell who d. May 3, 1950 aged 92 yrs. in Wash., D. C.
Note: Sara was the dau. of Francis Orlando Blaisdell and Sarah Ann nee Gilpatric. These were Maine families. Blaisdells were descendants of Rolf Blaisdell of 1650.
Issue :
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(1) HENRY GIESE BAER, son of John and Sarah, b. Sept. 1881; d. Oct. 1944. Twice married. Has Issue.
(2) WALDO JOHN BAER, son of John and Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1885; m. Louise Flager. He was a Bell Telephone official at Springfield, Ill. No issue.
(3) MARY EDITH BAER, dau. of John and Sarah: b. Oct. 11, 1888; m. Fred G. Bodge who d. in 1937. Boston, Mass. No issue. D. A. R., Wash., D. C. (4) CARLYLE SOLOMON BAER, son of John and Sarah: b. Apr. 1, 1890, single. He is a lawyer and Secretary- Treasurer of the American Bookplate Designers and Collector's Society. Sigma Nu. He owns some of the family heirlooms including a desk made for his grandmother, Anna Frances Hicks, and the Family Bible of Larue Hicks. In the desk were found old letters and receipts. One of the letters was written in 1865 by Larue Hicks to his brother, John. Another letter was written by Conrad M. Hicks in 1861 from Illinois to his brother, John, of Somerset, Pa.
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(5) FRANK LEWIS BAER, son of John and Sarah: b. July 3, 1896 at Streator, I11 .; m. Sept. 17, 1938 to Mabel Van Dyke who was b. Mar. 28, 1900 in Cincinnati, Ohio (m. at All Souls Unitarian Ch., Wash., D. C.).
Note : Mabel is the dau. of Wm. Mandeville Van Dyke and Martha Ella nee Jones . The Van Dykes are of old
Dutch stock of New Utrecht. The
Jones line is descended from British loyalists who left Rochester, N. Y. for Madoc, Ontario.
Frank L. Baer, former newspaper man, is now an editor on the staff of Dudley, Anderson and Yutsey Coof of New York and Washington, D. C. Mabel is an accountant in the Bureau of Customs. D. A. R.
Issue : STEPHEN VAN DYKE BAER
was b. Oct. 6, 1940. Graduate of Sidwell Friends School, 1958; George Washington Univ. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
c . CHARLES H. BAER, son of Anna F. and Henry: b. June 25, 1859. Printer, So. Dakota.
d. ANNA FRANCES BAER, dau. of Anna F. and Henry: b. June 19, 1861.
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e. WILLIAM J. BAER, son of Anna F. and
Henry: b. Feb. 4, 1867.
f. LEWIS H. BAER, son of Anna F. and Henry:
b. Apr. 21, 1869, single.
2. LARUE METZGER HICKS (John3, Conrad2,
Conrad1), son of John and Sarah M .: b. July 7, 1836; d. Jan. 12, 1897, Middletown; m. 1st on July 12, 1859 to Hannah Maria Taylor who was b. Feb. 16, 1838; d. May 26, 1873. Married by Rev. Brown, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co. Larue m. 2nd on May 3, 1876 to Mary J.
Auman by Rev. S. S. Bergen, Presbyterian. She was b. Feb. 15, 1848. Mary received a Civil War widow's pension. Larue was a Sergt.
Co. B, 54th Pa. Vol. Infantry. Mary m. 2nd to Amos Schrock in Apr. 1902 by Rev. Hiram
King. Dates of marriage and births of the seven children are given in the Family Bible of Larue Metzger Hicks. Issue of Larue and
Hannah: CLARA JANE HICKS, b. Oct. 26, 1860, Waterford; WILLIAM TAYLOR HICKS, b. May 12, 1867, Harrisburg; HELEN SARAH HICKS, b. Dec.
1, 1869; JOHN LARUE HICKS, b. May 20, 1873.
Census 1880, Somerset, Larue Hicks, 43, Insurance Agent; Mary J., 32; Clara, 19; William, 13; Sarah, 10; Mary L., 3; Robert,
2. Issue of Larue and Mary: MARY L. HICKS,
b. May 5, 1877; ROBERT J. HICKS, b. July 10,
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1878; KENNETH CLARK HICKS, b. Nov. 6, 1887, Somerset.
c.
£ JACOB HICKS (Conrad-, Conrad ), son of Conrad and 2
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Anna M. : b. June 14, 1808, Lebanon Co .; d. Jan. 3, 1875; m. Christina Meyer, dau. of Rudolph Meyer, Lebanon Co., who was b. Aug. 22, 1816; d. Apr. 2, 1880. Seven sons, three daughters (Wenrich Ch., Linglestown, Dauphin Co.).
Issue of Jacob and Christina: JOHN HICKS, b. Dec. 26, 1839; d. Oct. 1, 1893; m. Mary. AMOS A. HICKS, b. May 15, 1844; d. Oct. 1, 1893, Union Deposit, Derry Twp., Dauphin Co. CHRISTINA HICKS, b. Jan. 1, 1847; m. Edwin Smith, dentist, Linglestown. GEORGE W. HICKS, b. Nov. 1851, merchant, Maytown, Lancaster Co. WILLIAM N. HICKS, b. Sept. 18, 1855, Linglestown. JACOB F.
HICKS, b. Apr. 12, 1860. SARAH ANN HICKS m. John Rhen, Hummelstown, Dauphin Co. FRANKLIN HICKS,
Linglestown. An infant girl. Another son.
D. SAMUEL HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad1), son of Conrad and Anna M. : b. Sept. 1, 1810. Three sons, five daughters (Wenrich Ch.).
Issue of Samuel : Twins, SAMUEL and REBECCA HICKS, both d. y., diptheria; ANNA ELIZA HICKS, m. a Gerber, Harrisburg; JOHN CALVIN HICKS, Harrisburg; WILLIAM HICKS; MARY HICKS m. Adam Hitz, farmer near Harrisburg; EFFIE HICKS; CLARA HICKS.
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E. WILLIAM HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad1), son of Conrad and Anna M .: b. July 16, 1812. Four sons, five daughters (Wenrich Ch.). Census 1860, Summit Twp., Somerset Co., William Hicks, 47; black- smith, all of family b. in Pa. Does not give names of wife nor children (Nat. Arch .: 619). Issue of William Hicks: HARRIET HICKS m.
John F. Staup, Meyersdale, Pa .; MARY SUSAN HICKS m. Paul J. Meyers, Plattsburgh, Pa .; LYDIA HICKS m. Countryman, Meyersdale; SARAH ANN HICKS m. Wm. Lourey, Ligonier, Pa .; JOHN C. HICKS, Agency City, Wappaloo Co., Iowa; EDMUND HICKS, Falls City, Iowa. A daughter died before 1896. Two other sons.
Note : Census 1870, Summit Twp., Somerset Co., WILSON C. HICKS, 29, dentist; ANNA M. HICKS, 29 (Nat. Arch .: 560).
F. CONRAD MILTON HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad1), son of Conrad and Anna M .: b. Aug. 29, 1814; d. Jan. 1873 at Ashton (Ogle), Ill .; m. Eliza Yorty in Somerset Co. who was b. ca. 1822; d. Feb. 8, 1897 at Ashton. £ She was the dau. of Peter.
Census 1850, Summit Twp., Somerset Co., Pa .: Conrad M. Hicks, 36; Eliza, 28; Cyrus, 7; John C., 3; Sarah Sephanos, 22; Eva Heckert, 69; Anna Hicks, 10.
Census 1860, Somerset Co., Pa .: Conrad M. Hicks, 45, retired merchant; Eliza, 38; Milton C.
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16; Calvin, 13; Ellen M., 7; Charles E., 2; Barbara Young (Nat. Arch .: 453).
A letter in possession of F. L. Baer from Conrad M. Hicks of Ogle, Ill. dated May 10, 1861, to his brother, John Hicks, at Somerset, Pa. con- tains following statements: "We reached here after we left Johnstown in 26 hours, all in good health and spirits." "Calvin has been farming ever since we've been here. Milton expects to go to school by next Monday." "Wish you would look after my affairs with Stutzman." "I am sure that $350 should soon be paid from Greensburg which should satisfy the Burkholder estate." This referred to his grandfather, Burkeholder's estate. The letter also states that he (Conrad) has a store in Ogle and business is good.
Census 1880, Ashton, Lee Co., Ill .: Eliza Hicks, 59; Charles Hicks, 21; Anna Hicks, 13 (Nat. Arch .: 210 A, lines 45-50).
Note : Eliza Hicks nee Yorty had a sister, Mary B. Dierdorff who d. June 11, 1898 at Frank- lin, Indiana. Another sister, Barbara, wife of Wm. J. Leach, a druggist, lived in Ashton, Il1. She d. May 1, 1901. Leach d. Sept. 17, 1899.
Conrad M. Hicks was known as "Colonel."
Buried at Ashton Cem., Section 44, Lot 2. Presbyterians.
Issue :
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1. CYRUS MILTON HICKS (Conrad3, Conrad2, Conrad ), son of Conrad and Eliza: b. Aug. 17, 1843, Myer Mill, Somerset Co., Pa. Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Feb. 26, 1863, buried at Ashton. Served in Regt. of Ill., Co. H,
75th Infantry. He enrolled Aug. 12, 1862
(Il1. State Arch.).
2. HENRY CLAY HICKS (Conrad', Conrad-, Conrad-), son of Conrad and Eliza: b. June 2, 1860; d. Mar. 9, 1862.
3. CALVIN J. HICKS (Conrad3, Conrad2, Conrad1) , son of Conrad and Eliza: b. May 14, 1847, d-2-19-1911. Myers Mill, Somerset Co .; 1 . Vorile, Oglu Co., Ill. Census 1880, Ashton Village, Lee Co.,
I11. : Calvin Hicks, 31, clerk in store; Anna Hicks, 25, born in Ill. (Federal Census : 211A,
lines 45-46). Wife, Anna, joined Presbyter-
ian Ch. Jan. 22, 1882, at Ashton. They moved
to Fairfield, Nebraska, sometime after 1886.
Issue : m. Ind Frances E. Parker, Contreque no a. FAY HICKS, son of Calvin J. and F. E.
1889
6. 3-18-1890 in Kaucon City, mus.
(Anna ?) : d. at age of 25.
b. HARRY EDWIN HICKS, son of Calvin J. and F. E. (Anna): b. Aug. 10, 1893, Fair- field, Nebr .; m. Garnet. Live in Lincoln,
Nebr. Issue : BARBARA HICKS m. June 1958 to John Coover.
c. ALICE FRANCES HICKS, dau. of Calvin J.
and F. E. (Anna ?): b. Nov. 22, 1895,
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Ashton, Ill. Single. Nurse in Lincoln, Nebr. .. .
d. Twin daughters d. at birth with the mother.
4. MARY ELLEN HICKS (Conrad3, Conrad2, Conrad1), dau. of Conrad and Eliza: b. Feb. 17, 1853, Myers Mill, Somerset, Pa .; d. Oct. 27, 1905 at Odell, Nebr .; m. on Feb. 18, 1873 to Charles Walker who was b. 1849, Somerset, Pa .; d. June 25, 1911 at home of dau. Grace in Kansas City, Mo. £ They moved to Gage Co., Nebr. in 1880, to St. Louis in 1884, returned to 0dell in 1894.
Census 1880, Ashton Village, Ill .: Charles Walker, 31, son-in-law of Eliza Hicks; Ellen, 27; Harry, 6; unnamed, 28 das. old. Issue:
a. HARRY HICKS WALKER, son of Mary Ellen and Charles : b. Oct. 8, 1874, Ashton, Ill .; m. Minnie Werner.
b. GRACE L. WALKER, dau. of Mary Ellen and Charles : b. May 20, 1880 at Ashton, Ill .; m. Arthur West on Feb. 18, 1904. She d. in ca. 1947 at the home of her dau. in Kansas City, Mo.
Issue :
(1) CHARLES LAWRENCE WEST, son of Grace and Arthur : b. Mar. 6, 1907; m. on
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Sept. 12, 1930 to M. Gertrude Lewis. Have three sons. Live at Castro Valley, Cal.
(2) DOROTHY LOIS WEST, dau. of Grace and Arthur: b. Sept. 6, 1908; m. on May 28, 1934 to Robert Pollard. Three sons . Hayward, Cal.
(3) FRANCES MARGARET WEST, dau. of Grace and Arthur: b. Mar. 26, 1913; m. on Apr. 10, 1936 to Gus Brockus. Kansas City, Mo. Two daughters.
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(4) BETTY JEAN WEST, dau. of Grace and Arthur : b. Feb. 18, 1917; m. on Mar. 4, 1936 to Ervin Ottley. One son, one daughter. Los Angeles, Cal. CHARLES EDWIN HICKS (Conrad3, Conrad2, Conrad1), son of Conrad and Eliza: b. May 3, 1858 at Valley Furnace, Westmoreland, Somerset Co., Pa .; d. Nov. 3, 1911 in Lincoln, Nebr .; m. on June 22, 1882 to Gertrude Wheeler who was b. Sept. 28, 1861 at Kishwaukee, Ill .; d. May 17, 1936 at Lincoln, Nebr. They were married in Ashton and moved to Bladen, Nebr. in 1886 where he became a banker. He was a State Representa- tive from Webster Co. in 1899.
Issue :
a. GRACE HICKS, dau. of Charles and
Gertrude: b. June 6, 1883 in Ashton,
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Ill .; d. Apr. 5, 1959; m. in Aug. 1912 to Dr. Ward Cousins who d. July 14, 1957. They lived in her father's house in Lincoln, Nebr. (1637 G St.).
b. CLIFFORD MILTON HICKS, son of Charles and Gertrude: b. Feb. 8, 1903; m. on June 12, 1928 to Clarice Greene who was b. June 28, 1902 in Lincoln, Nebr., dau. of Thomas Frederick Greene and Pearl Johnson Greene whose mother was a Tanner. Clifford Hicks graduated from the University of Nebraska and received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago. Clarice is a member of P. E. O. and Colonial Dames of America. Head, Business Dept., U. of Neb. Issue :
(1) MIRIAM JANE HICKS, dau. of Clifford and Clarice : b. May 12, 1929; m. on June 3, 1951 to Charles Stewart, and like her sisters was m. at the First Presbyterian Ch., Lincoln. They live in Portland, Oregon. Issue : JAMES CHAS. STEWART b. June 11, 1953; DEBORAH LYNN STEWART b. June 20, 1955; LAURIE JANE STEWART b. July 30, 1957.
(2) MAROLYN GRACE HICKS, dau. of
Clifford and Clarice: b. Sept. 20,
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1934; m. June 17, 1956 to Lloyd
Arthur Reed. Live in San Carlos,
Cal. Issue : LLOYD CLIFFORD REED b. Mar. 24, 1959.
6. ANN ELIZA HICKS (Conrad3, Conrad2, Conrad1), dau. of Conrad and Eliza: b. June 22, 1866; d. June 18, 1903; m. on Dec. 25, 1885 to Ernest H. Webster. Lived in Dixson, Ill.
Issue : FRANK WEBSTER, 1887-1897; CLARA HAZEL WEBSTER, b. June 17, 1889, Sterling, Ill .; CHARLES E. WEBSTER, b. Apr. 26, 1891, m. Betty, Berkley, Cal .; WILLIAM MC KINLEY WEBSTER m. Garnet, live in Arcadia, Cal.
DANIEL HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad1), son of Conrad G.
and Anna:
b. Jan. 9, 1817.
Two sons, six
daughters all living in 1896 except Laura.
Issue : LIZZIE HICKS m. Hiram Gore, Arcola,
Ill .; MARY ELLEN HICKS m. Price of Franklin, Clinton Co., Indiana; MAGGIE HICKS m. William Sosbe of Arcola, Douglas Co., Ill .; JOHN HICKS, single, Effingham, Ill .; MATTIE HICKS m. Schenck of Effington, Ill .; SARAH HICKS m. Samuel McKinzie of Denver, Colo .; WILLIAM H. HICKS, Clarendon, Monroe Co., Ark .; LAURA HICKS, m. unknown, d. before 1896, had five children.
H. MARY ANN HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad1), dau. of Conrad and Anna M. : b. Mar. 14, 1819; m. Thomas Strohm. Two sons, five daughters (Wenrich Ch., Lingles- town, Pa.).
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Issue of Mary Ann and Thomas : FANNIE STROHM
m . Andrew Sweigert, Harrisburg; LEAH JANE STROHM, single, Linglestown; ELIZABETH STROHM m. a Stewart, Indiana Co., Pa .; WILLIAM STROHM lived at Ogden, Utah in 1896 but later at Omaha, Nebr .; two daughters and one son died before 1896.
I. FRANCES ELIZA HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad1), dau. of Conrad and Anna M .: b. Aug. 6, 1822; m. Major Alexander Stutzman who was b. ca. 1820; d. Dec. 27, 1899. Somerset. No issue.
J. AMOS HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad-), son of Conrad and
Anna M .: b. Nov. 16, 1824; d. Aug. 1877 at Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., Pa .; m. Anna who d. Jan. 6, 1906 aged 81 yrs. at Altoona, Pa. Issue of Amos and Anna: MARY HICKS d. aged 28; m. Benjamin Erb, one child. ALICE HICKS m. Frank Gibson, near Harrisburg, whose eldest dau. m. Beecher, Phila. WILLIAM CONRAD HICKS d. July 1909, aged 53 yrs., east of Harrisburg. JAMES
CALDER HICKS b. 1857; d. Sept. 7, 1910, in New York City; buried at Altoona, Pa .; m. Amy Merrill of Kilbourne, Ill .; three children, eldest dau. m. Dow, Columbia, S. C. JACOB HICKS b. Nov. 8, 1859, Altoona, Pa. who, between 1906 and 1911, sent family data to Charles Hicks, Nebraska, which were preserved by Grace Cousins. SUSAN E. HICKS
m. McDonald of Altoona. AMOS L. HICKS, 1864- 1902, lived at Altoona. ALEXANDER HICKS b. 1869,
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was a partner in a store with Jacob Hicks, Altoona.
K. ELIAS M. HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad1), son of Conrad and Anna M. : b. June 5, 1827; d. Dec. 26, 1894; m. Kate, who d. Nov. 1899. El Dorado, Kansas. Two sons, seven daus., one of whom d. y. Issue of Elias and Kate: ELIZA ANN HICKS d. aged 17; ANNA HICKS m. Robert Cooper; MOLLIE HICKS m. Charles Shepard, Chicago; LONNIE HICKS m. George Younkman; LYDIA HICKS m. John Wackerle; CHARLES HICKS; SUSIE HICKS m. Edward Cooper; ARTHUR HICKS, El Dorado, Kansas.
L. JOSIAH B. HICKS (Conrad2, Conrad1), son of Conrad and Anna M. : b. June 30, 1831; d. Aug. 1, 1896 at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Married twice. No issue. He had an adopted son, Mr. Rupple, a
lawyer of Somerset, Pa. Josiah made a record of the issue of his father preserved by Grace Hicks Cousins.
VII. MICHAEL HIX (Conrad-), son of Conrad and Anna Maria: b. ca. 1786; d. Dec. 1862; 1st m. Apr. 15, 1806 to Elizabeth Belleman who was b. ca. 1788; d. Feb. 9, 1824, aged 36 yrs. Second m. Catharine, b. ca. 1795 (1st m. Trinity Tulpehocken Ch .; dates of Elizabeth in Der Readinger Adler, Mar. 9, 1824, which states that she left seven small children) .
Letters of Administration Jan. 7, 1863, to
Augustus Schlessman, son-in-law of Michael Hix, late
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of Upper Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., Pa., deceased. Renunciation of widow (Berks Co. C. H.).
Census 1850, Upper Tulpehocken Twp., Michael Hix, 63; Catharine, 55; Rebecca, 15.
Issue :
A. CATHARINE HIX (Michael2, Conrad ), dau. of
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