When Murray Oscar Hicks was born on 9 May 1862, in Readsboro, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Daniel Jonathan Hicks, was 39 and his mother, Beede B. Bishop, was 39. He married Alta Vernette Scott on 6 February 1888, in Readsboro, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Vermont, United States in 1870. He died on 10 June 1921, in North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in South Hill Cemetery, Readsboro, Bennington, Vermont, United States.
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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 .
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