Murray Oscar Hicks

Brief Life History of Murray Oscar

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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Family Time Line

Murray Oscar Hicks
1862–1921
Bertha M. Mason
1868–1945
Marriage: 21 June 1893
Murray Oscar Hicks Jr
1893–
Charles J Hampshire
Gladys Mason Hicks
1894–1999
Silas Murray Hicks
1896–1974
Isabelle Bertha Hicks
1897–1964
Donald Hicks
1899–1961
Fannie Francelia Hicks
1900–1982
Robert Kenneth Hicks
1902–1921
Bertha Hicks
1903–1992
Alice Lucille Hicks
1906–1996
Murray Ballou Hicks
1908–1982
Richard Ellsworth Hicks
1910–1984

Sources (52)

  • Muncy Hicks in household of Daniel Hicks, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Osker Or Oscar M Hicks, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
  • Murray O. Hicks, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1864 · St. Albans Raid

St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.

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.

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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