Person:Joshua Hicks (6)

All information from Norman Zezula

!BIRTH:

 1850-1880 census records (1850: Newport, Campbell, Ky.; p 2, #27;
 1860: Elbridge Twp., Edgar, Illinois; p 134, #964; 1870: ibid.--p 17, #129;   1880: ibid. p 22, #199).  Analysis of parent's 1820-1830 census rec. of Cler. Co., OH and Cler. Co. land transactions (in which Joshua and and Diana Hicks sell Joshua Jr. 73.5 acres in 1840, and Joshua Jr., his wife, and Diana Hicks--prob. as Joshua's survivor--sell the same parcel).--Cler. Co. Deeds; "Orville Jones Notes."

!MARRIAGE: to Sarah Ann (see above land transaction); probably md. in 1844 (since birth of first known child was 1845).

!DEATH: He is in the 1880 census; he does not appear with his wife and family in the 1900 census (wife marked "widow")--Edgar. Co., IL (ED 64, sh 10A; #210)

XDEATH:

CENSUS--1840: Can not locate (probably living with his parents; His father indicates a son in 30-39 age group--which fits Joshua.

CENSUS--1850: In Newport, Campbell, Ky., there is a Joshua HICKS who fits

 the following facts definitely known about him from pre-1850 sources: He fits the age group of a son living with his father, Joshua, in the 1840 Clermont Co., census (he does not appear elsewhere in Ohio or Ky.)  His wife, Sarah Ann, is named in the 1845 land sale.  This also indicates that they were married before 1845, and implies that they left the area after selling their land in 1845.  He is called Joshua HICKS Jr. in 1840 when Joshua and

Diana HICKS sell their land to him (the "Jr." indicates a father, son relationship.) There is no Joshua in the Ohio 1850 census, and no Joshua in the Ky. census fits except for this entry: Campbell Co., KY (p 2; #27) Joshua HICKS 34 M OH [hard to read]

   Sarah              28  F    NJ ?      [hard to read]
   Wm                  5  M    OH or NJ? [hard to read]
   A.                  3  M    KY
  "Layfiett" ?         1  M    KY

  Orville Jones wrote (in a 1984 letter to N. Zezula) that he had been

contacted by a Wendell HICKS of Biecher, IL. He is a grandson of Joshua, and had come to the Clermont Co., Genealogical Library seeking information and found Orville's card re. the HICKS line in a "surname reference file." He claimed that Joshua had gone to Edgar Co., Illinois about 1849 "and settled at Elbridge where he ran a store, a sawmill, and farmed." (Note: there is no Joshua HICKS in the Illinois 1850 census index; there is one in the Campbell Co. census as indicated above. However, the same Joshua in Campbell Co. definitely appears in the 1860-1880 censuses for Elbridge, Edgar, Ill.)

XCENSUS--1850: Edgar Co., IL ?

CENSUS--1860: Elbridge Twp., Edgar, Illinois (p 134-135; #964)

                Joshua     HICKS  45?  M  OH  Farmer  300;480  [5 may be 8]
                Sarah A.          35?  F  NJ                   [5 may be 8]
                William R.        15?  M  OH                   [5 may be 3]
                James A.          13?  M  OH                   [1 is ?]
                Charley            7?  M  IL
                Albert             3?  M  IL
                Mary              9/12 F  IL
               (The ages were hard to read; the interpretations were
               influenced by the ages given in other census years.)
               (Apparently, "Layfiet"--b. 1849--died before 1860)

CENSUS--1870: Elbridge Twp., Edgar, Illinois (p 17, #129; done Aug 1860)

                  Joshua      HICKS  54      OH  Farmer
                  Sarah              45      OH          [prob. b. in NJ]
                  James A.           22      OH
                  Charles            15      OH          [b. in IL]
                  Albert             13      OH          [b. in IL]
                  Mary               11      OH          [b. in IL]
                  Martha              9      IL
                  Sherman ?           5      IL          ["S" is uncertain]

CENSUS--1880: Elbridge Twp., Edgar, IL (ED 93, p 22; #199--enum. in June)

               Joshua     HICKS  65  M   Mar.          Farmer       OH MD NC
               Sarah             55  F   Mar.   wife                NJ NJ NJ
               William R.        35  M   Sing.  son    Farm labor   OH OH NJ
               Alonzo            32  M   Sing.  son      "    "     OH OH NJ
               Charles J.        25  M   Sing.  son    School tchr. OH OH NJ
               Martha            18  F   Sing.  dau.   At home      IL, ...
               Sherman           15  M   Sing.  son    Farm labor   IL, ...
               (Note:  Alonzo in 1880 may be the same as James A. in 1870.
              Both have the same birth year.  The middle initial of James is
                "A" which may stand for "Alonzo."  Another son, Albert, is
                listed next to Joshua.)

CENSUS--1900: Elbridge Twp., Edgar, IL (ED 64, sh 10A, #210)

                 Sarah      HICKS  75   Dec 1824  wid.  Farmer   PA NJ NJ
                 William           55   Jan 1845  son   Farmer   OH OH PA
                 Martha            38   Apr 1862  dau.           IL OH PA
                 Sherman           35   Mar 1865  son            IL OH OH/PA
             (The census indicates Sarah had 9 children; 6 are still alive.
             She is listed next to the household of Albert Hicks, her son.)

LAND: 1840--Joshua Hicks Jr. buys 73.5 acres from Joshua and Diana Hicks in

         Cler. Co., OH--Orville Jones Notes, p 12.       
   1845--Joshua and Sarah Ann Hicks and Diana Hicks sell this same 73.5
     acres.  Diana prob. held a mortgage as the survivor of Joshua Sr.-ibid.

M. Sarah Ann [unknown]

John Hicks farm journal of Jan 11, 1898 says " Uncle Josh Hicks came by"