Solomon Hicks

Brief Life History of Solomon

When Solomon Hicks was born in March 1851, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States, his father, Smith Hicks, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Ann Martin, was 25. He married Susan Prince on 29 December 1870, in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Magisterial District 1 Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 5 June 1918, in Scioto, Ohio, United States, at the age of 67.

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Family Time Line

Solomon Hicks
1851–1918
Susan Prince
1848–1913
Marriage: 29 December 1870
Smith Hicks
1871–1945
Solomon Hicks
1873–
Zelpha Hicks
1874–
Sarah Jo Hicks
1877–1925
Wilson Hicks
1878–
James David Hicks
1882–1952
Levina M Hicks
1885–1949
Nancy Hicks
1886–
Louisa Hicks
1890–
Lulu Hicks
1892–1949
James Wilson Hicks
1898–1984

Sources (25)

  • Solomon Hicks, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Solomon Hicks, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Solomon Hicks, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

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World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

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

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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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