Person:John Wicks (2)

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John Hernicum Wicks
b.18 Dec 1830 NY
d.29 Jul 1913 Martin, Allegan, MI
Parents and Siblings
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m. 13 Jul 1817
  1. Welcome Wicks1818 - 1886
  2. William Henry Weeks1820 - 1838
  3. Susannah WEEKS1821 - Abt 1821
  4. Emiline Weeks1822 - 1873
  5. Joshua S. Wicks1823 - 1892
  6. Edward Sheffield Wicks1828 - 1892
  7. John Hernicum Wicks1830 - 1913
  8. Melvina Weeks1832 - 1893
  9. Jane Sarah WEEKS1834 - 1914
  10. Stephen Ackley Wicks1836 - 1913
  11. Phebe Ann WEEKS1839 - 1839
  12. James Harvey Weeks1843 - 1917
Spouse and Children
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m. 8 May 1858
  1. Herbert WICKS
  2. Dr. Almond Hernicum WICKS1861 - 1934
  3. Loela M. WICKS1863 - 1930
  4. Clarence J. WICKS1865 - 1933
  5. Lelia F. WICKS1868 - Aft 1936
  6. Attorney Kirk Edward WICKS1869 - 1949
  7. Marshall G. WICKS1872 -
  8. Howard Worth WICKS1882 - 1936
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Facts and Events
Name John Hernicum Wicks
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 18 Dec 1830 NY
Marriage 8 May 1858 MIto Mary Catherine Layton
Death[3][4] 29 Jul 1913 Martin, Allegan, MI
Burial[5][7] East Martin Cemetery, Martin, Allegan, MI

John at age 21, taught at the Elba Village [NY] school, which washeld in a two room stone structure. About 1850 he moved to AlleganCounty, Michigan and engaged in farming and in teaching school. The1860 census for Cooper Township, Kalamazoo co., MI lists John Wicks,29, carpenter/joiner, $2,00 real estate, $2000 personal property, bornNY, and his wife Mary, 21 also born in NY. 

John H. Wicks, was one of the successful and prominent early teachersof the county and followed his profession in Cooper Center and atPlainwell.  Later he located on a farm in Watson township, Allegancounty, and continued teaching in connection with general agriculturalpursuits until he was nearly sixty years of age.  He did much tofurther educational progress in the community and to advance thepublic school system to a high standard.  He is now living retired atMartin, this county, and is one of its respected and valued residents.A native of New York, he was educated in a seminary of that state andfollowed teaching prior to his removal to Michigan.

They were living in Watson, Allegan, MI in 1880.

References
  1. ↑ Census records.
  2. ↑ Kalamazoo Library Local History collection.
  3. ↑ Scott Benz. Elba, NY Town Historian, Family group sheets, photos, wills, andnewspaper clippings..
  4. ↑ Clarice W. Cox, 6011 Sweetbriar Cove, Memphis. TN 38120.
  5. ↑ Orleans county.
  6.   complied by Dr. Henry F. Thomas. "A twentieth Century History of Allegan County, Michigan. (Lewis Publishing co., 1907).
  7. ↑ They are buried in plot 35.
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