Duke Wellington Hicks
1850 - 1913 (62 years)
Generation: 1
1. Duke Wellington Hicks was born on 14 Sep 1850 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA (son of Richard Henry Hicks and Myra Lewis Simmons); died on 12 May 1913 in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: Yorkville
- Residence: 1860, Broad River, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA; Residence Post Office: Hicksville
- Residence: 1870, High Shoals, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA; Residence Post Office: Mooresboro
- Residence: 1880, High Shoal, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
- Residence: 1900, Yorkville, York, South Carolina, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
- Residence: 1910, Limestone, Cherokee, South Carolina, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- Residence: Abt 1963, Gaffney
Duke married Jessie Grist Hicks Simmons Stagg on 14 May 1893. Jessie (daughter of Capt. Lewis Mason Grist, CSA and Frances Vienna Vise Grist) was born on 25 Jan 1872 in South Beaver, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Mar 1946 in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Duke Wellington Sims Hicks was born on 7 Feb 1892 in York, South Carolina; died on 29 Dec 1956 in Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA.
- Oliver "Ollie" Zeno Sims Hicks was born on 14 Oct 1893 in York County, South Carolina, USA; died on 4 Nov 1972 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.
- Fredrick Sims Hicks was born on 23 Oct 1907 in Gaffney, South Carolina, USA; died on 15 Mar 1933 in Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA.
2. Richard Henry Hicks was born on 27 Oct 1815 in Hicksville, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA; died on 29 Jan 1864 in Chesnee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. Richard married Myra Lewis Simmons on 5 Nov 1844 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA. Myra was born on 9 Apr 1820 in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA; died on 25 May 1892 in Chesnee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Myra Lewis Simmons was born on 9 Apr 1820 in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA; died on 25 May 1892 in Chesnee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1870, High Shoals, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA; Residence Post Office: Mooresboro
- Residence: 1880, High Shoal, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Self
Children:
- Romeo (Dr) Hicks was born on 5 Aug 1845 in Rutherford, North Carolina; died on 3 Feb 1930 in Henrietta, High Shoals, Rutherford, North Carolina.
- Volney Charles Hicks was born on 8 Jan 1848 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA; died on 13 Jan 1910 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA.
- 1. Duke Wellington Hicks was born on 14 Sep 1850 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA; died on 12 May 1913 in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA.
- Moses Junius Hicks was born on 26 Jul 1852 in Rutherford County, North Carolilna; died on 2 Dec 1928 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
- Richard Leonidas Hicks was born on 24 Dec 1854 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA; died on 30 Dec 1916 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
- Henry Zeno Hicks was born on 6 Nov 1856 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA; died on 27 Mar 1922 in Chesnee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
- Myra Lenora "Nora" Hicks was born on 1 Sep 1858 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA; died on 28 Jun 1929 in Chesnee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
- Benjamin L. Hicks was born about 1862 in North Carolina.
- Berryman Theodore Hicks was born on 10 Jun 1862 in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA; died on 12 Dec 1935 in Chesnee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.