Florence Hickerson

Brief Life History of Florence

When Florence Hickerson was born on 5 May 1878, in Arkansas, United States, her father, Thomas Manly Hickerson, was 37 and her mother, Sarah E Harp, was 28. She married Thomas Edward Coogan on 21 September 1895, in Caulksville, Logan, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Wittich Township, Franklin, Arkansas, United States in 1880. She died on 27 December 1898, at the age of 20, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Edward Coogan
1868–
Florence Hickerson
1878–1898
Marriage: 21 September 1895
Beulah Mae Coogan
1896–1978
Thomas Elmer Coogan
1898–1969

Sources (6)

  • Florance Hickerson in household of Thomas Hickerson, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Florence Hickerson, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Florence Coogan, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded

The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Higginson . This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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