Person:Henry Hicks (3)

Bible Records: Hicks Bible in possession of Elizabeth (Hicks) Joslin, Georgetown, Ohio August, 1998. [copy sent to me by Lvera Jennings Seipelt, Georgetown OH]. "Henry M. Hicks was Born june 29 1826. Henry Melvin Hicks died 6A. M. November 15th 1905; age 79 yrs." Also on loose paper found in Bible.

Photocopy of photo of him (with wife) as elderly man in my files. Rosaline (Hicks) Buskirk may have the original. I also have an original photo of him slightly younger, from collection of Molly Levi labelled "Grandpa Hicks".

Information from Norman Zezula says he was a farmer. At one time he was postmaster of Rural, Clermont Co, OH.

Birth: Hicks Bible; death rec. states birthplace is Bethel. Month and year agree with 1900 census--Fra.twp., Cler., Ohio (v 19, ED 29, sh 5, L 90)

Marriage: Bracken Co. Mar. bond. (19 Dec 1850); actual mariage was 22 Dec (Hicks Family Bible). Bond signed by Henry M. Hicks and William F. Owens.

Death: Clermont Co. death record. "Age 79y 4m 16d, farmer, res. Rural, Ohio; d. in Fra. twp., Cler., Ohio" --this gives a calc. birth of 30 Jun 1826, not 29 Jun. (Hicks Bible states Nov 1905, no day given)

Census:

  1850:  with father, Elijah HICKS; Henry a bricklayer
  1860:  Franklin Twp., Clermont, Ohio (#1486)    Henry M. HICKS   33  farmer  l50    OH;  Hannah   38  KY;  Orestes D.  8   OH;  Frank   4    OH;  Lucy A.  3   OH;   Mary E.   11/12     OH
  1870:  Franklin Twp., Clermont, Ohio  (#469)  #1181, p. 60   Henry M. HICKS    44;   Hannah F.   48;   Orestes D.  18;          Elijah   14;  Lucy   12;  Mary E.   10;  Harvey H.   8;  John James   6; 
  1880:  Franklin Twp., Clermont, Ohio (Rural) (ED 40, p 53; #327)  Henry HICKS   53  farmer  OH NC MD; 

Hannah 58 KY PA MD; Mary E. 26; Franklin 24 butcher; Harvey H. 18; John J. 15

                     (Mary's age should be 20; the "0" looked like a "6")
  1900: Rural, Fra. twp., Cler., Ohio (#121) (v 19, ED 29, sh 5, l.90)  Henry HICKS   June 1826; md. 50 yr.  OH  NC  MD;  Hannah   Dec 1822   md. 50 yr.  KY  MD  MD;   (7 children [sic], 5 living; he an apiarist? [beekeeper?])

Note: Rural, Cler., Ohio was laid out on 24-25 Nov 1845 by Lindley Broadwell. A resident of Franklin twp. by 1833, he purchased 700 acres; part of this was laid out as the town of Rural. In 1880, the town's major industry was tobacco growing, and its stores included "Bartlow & Wells."

Occupation: Henry was postmaster for Rural from 1869-1871. (The post office was officially named "Smith's Landing.")--HIST. OF CLERMONT CO., OHIO, Everts.

1.   Hicks Family Bible.
2.   Hicks Family Group Sheet - Elijah Hicks.