Brief Life History of Cordelia Bede
When Cordelia Bede Hicks was born on 2 April 1843, in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Daniel Jonathan Hicks, was 20 and her mother, Beede B. Bishop, was 19. She married Philander Willis Rice on 2 November 1859, in Readsboro, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cloud, Kansas, United States in 1895 and Lyon Township, Cloud, Kansas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 2 February 1931, in Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, United States.
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- Cordelia Rice, "United States Census, 1860"
- Beda Cordeline Hix, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Cordelia Hicks Hicks, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Shirley, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Shirley, Kansas, United States 1867: Cloud, Kansas, United States* *Shirley renamed Cloud in 1867
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hick , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is a widespread surname in England, and is also common in southwest and southern Wales.
German: patronymic from Hick . Compare Hix .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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