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Male William Hicks Click to view William Hicks in the family tree

William was born in 1824 in Greenbrier Co,VA.1   William's father was Joseph Stephen Hicks and his mother was Margaret Boggs.  His paternal grandparents were William Hix and Hannah Garrad\Jarrett; his maternal grandparents were John Boggs and Susanna Drennen. He had six brothers and three sisters, named Joseph, George Washington, Stephenson B (?), Lawrence, James, Samuel, Nancy Joanna, Elizabeth Jane and Margaret.  He was the fourth oldest of the ten children.  He died before 1900 in West  Virginia.


William's family with Minerva Harris

‌William and Minerva were married in a religious ceremony on September 27th, 1849 in Kanawha Co,West Virginia.  They had a son and three daughters, named Thomas Dickinson, Sophia, Margaret S and Hannah M.

1 1880 United States Census @ FHL Film 1255405; National Archives Film T9-1405; Page 287B
2 1880 United States Census @ FHL Film 1255405; National Archives Film T9-1405; Page 287A
Further sources/citations:
1880 United States Census @ FHL Film 1255405; National Archives Film T9-1405; Page 287B,

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