Person:Rebecca McCoun (1)

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Rebecca Youngs McCoun
b.1873 Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., New York
d.10 Jan 1937 Glen Cove, Nassau Co., New York
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m. 24 Nov 1897
  1. Townsend M. Hicks1900 - 1981
  2. Robert A. Hicks, Sr.Abt 1902 - 1958
  3. Harold G. HicksAbt 1907 -
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Name Rebecca Youngs McCoun
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1873 Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., New York
Marriage 24 Nov 1897 Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., New Yorkto Leonard Mott Hicks
Residence[2] 1937 Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., New York
Death[2] 10 Jan 1937 Glen Cove, Nassau Co., New York
Burial[3] McCoun Cem, Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., New York

The following contributed by Dr. Anthony Troha:

The New York Times, January 11, 1937, Page 20:

“MRS. LEONARD HICKS Special to The New York Times. OYSTER BAY, L. I., Jan. 10.—Mrs. Rebecca Y. Hicks, widow of Leonard Hicks and a member of one of the oldest families in Oyster Bay Township, died today in the North Country Community Hospital at Glen Cove of lockjaw, following a brief illness. Her age was 62. Mrs. Hicks was born in this community, a daughter of the late Sidney and Mary Townsend McCour [sic: McCoun], who formerly owned the land on which Planting Fields, the W. R. Coe estate, is now established. Three sons, Townsend, Harold and Robert, survive.” 13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST)13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST)

New York Times, January 11, 1937, Page 19: “HICKS—On Sunday, Jan. 10, 1937, Rebecca Y. Hicks, in her sixty-second year. Funeral service at her late residence, East Main St., Oyster Bay, L. I., on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1937, at 2:30 P. M.” 13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST)13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST)

Her obituary establishes that they had three sons, Townsend, Harold, and Robert, and that Leonard passed away prior to her death. I was unable to find an obituary or death notice for him despite several searches. However, I found both of their names in the Sutton-Appleton Family Tree on RootsWeb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=sutton-appleton&id=I5160 This ancestry tree says Rebecca died in 1937 and is buried in McCoun Cem, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. 13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST)13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST)13:51, 28 December 2011 (EST)~~ 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 M1-36yrs 3ch/3 lvg NY NY NY Sidney McConn father-in-law M W 58 M1-36yrs NY NY NY (misread; should be McCoun) Sidney McConn Jr. brother-in-law M W 21 single NY NY NY

References
  1. ↑ United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
    Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., New York.

    No photo.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Obituary or Newspaper Death Notice
    See Notes for Rebecca Youngs McCoun.
  3. ↑ United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
    Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., New York.
  4.   Misc.
    Wedding announcement; see Notes for Leonard Hicks.
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