of Highland County, Ohio · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Wilson Hicks b. 1827
parentsMoses Hicks
Wilson Hicks⚭ Rachel Davidson (d. 1868), Mary Gibler
childrenCornelius Hicks · Alice Hicks · Ellen Hicks · Nettie Hicks
Their story
What the record says
Born 1827, son of Moses Hicks.
Reared on the farm, educated in district school.
Farmed in White Oak Township (100 acres, later doubled).
First wife Rachel Davidson died 1868.
Married successively Mary Gibler (d. shortly after), Adeline Long (d. within months), and fourthly Susan, widow of H. Ferris (living).
Three children by the last marriage.
Daughter Alice lived at Mowrystown.
Ellen married Eli Martin of White Oak Township.
Nettie married John Shaw of Sugartree Ridge.
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