Person:Leonard Hicks (2)

The 1910 Census is very difficult to read and the indexer has read this family as 'Dicks'. It is actually Leonard M. Hicks and his father-in-law and family are living with him. 1910 Census Dist 1137, Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., New York Leonard M Dicks head M W 51 M1 NY NY NY Rebecca J Dicks wife F W 36 M1 3ch/3 lvg NY NY NY (the image is actually Rebecca Y.) Townsend M Dicks son M W 9 single NY NY NY Robert A Dicks son M W 8 single NY NY NY Harold G Dicks son M W 2 10/12 single NY NY NY Mary Anna McConn mother-in-law F W 60 M136yrs 3ch/3 lvg NY NY NY (misread: should be McCoun) Sidney McConn father-in-law M W 58 M136yrs NY NY NY Sidney McConn Jr. brother-in-law M W 21 single NY NY NY 13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST)13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST)~ The following contributed by Dr. Anthony Troha:

Now we find that there was indeed a brother named Leonard Mott Hicks, with his middle name being his mother’s maiden name. But why is he not mentioned in the newspaper accounts regarding his parents and siblings? Search for him in other venues led to the answer, with the following engagement and marriage announcements:

The New York Times, April 17, 1894, Page 5:

“THE SOCIAL WORLD. —Miss McCoun Engaged.—The engagement of Miss Rebecca Youngs McCoun of Oyster Bay, L. I, a great-granddaughter of Vice Chancellor William Townsend McCoun, to Leonard Hicks of Roslyn has been announced.”

The New York Times, November 25, 1897, Page 7:

“Hicks—McCoun. At Oyster Bay, L. I., yesterday afternoon [i.e. on Wednesday, November 24, 1897], Miss Rebecca Youngs McCoun, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney McCoun of that place, and Leonard M. Hicks, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Willet Hicks of Locust Valley, L. I., were married by the Rev. Henry H. Washburn, rector of Christ's Church, at the home of the bride's parents. The bride wore a brown tailor-made traveling gown. She is a great-grand-daughter of William T. McCoun, who was Vice Chancellor and Justice of the Supreme Court.” 13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST)13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST) So he married a non-Quaker and was presumably dismissed from the church, and possibly shunned by his family.

1. ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   [North Hempstead], Queens, Queens Co, New York.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave.
3. ↑ Misc.
   Engagement announcement; see his Notes.
4.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Queens, Queens, New York.
5.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   North Hempstead, Queens Co., New York.
6.   United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., New York.