Hicks, Lewis

Birth Name Hicks, Lewis
Gender male
Age at Death 80 years, 11 months, 25 days

Narrative

some evidence points to a later birthdate, eg,

http://www.tngenweb.org/jackson/court_reels/court_reel_79.htm
Depositions taken June, 1854:
"Lewis Hicks age 35. Cannot give John F. Griffith full credit. /s/ Lewis Hix" [ b.1819]

http://www.tngenweb.org/jackson/court_reels/court_reel_127.htm
"DEPOSITIONS RE VALUE OF LAND, June 1860: Elisha Saunders 44, "McCoin place has been a sickly place"; Joseph Hix about 26; Louis Hix age 44..." [b. 1816]

US Census:
1850: b.1818
1860: b.1815
1870: b.1816
1880: b.1815

see interesting history - http://www.tngenweb.org/jackson/court_reels/court_reel_120.htm
"Lewis Hix in about 1855 donated one acre of his farm near his residence on Riley Creek to be used by the four major denominations in the area: Baptist, Methodist, Christian [probably Church of Christ] and Cumberland Presbyterian as a place of worship and for a school..."

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1815-03-28 North Carolina, USA    
Death 1896-03-22 Jackson, TN    
Event Note

http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/putnam/obits/tcp1896.txt -
HICKS, LEWIS: Mr. Lewis Hicks, an old and highly respected citizen, died
at his home on Jennings creek last Sunday morning. (Jackson County)
[Date 4/2/1896, Vol. IX, No. 23, Page 1]
ed: actually this would make his death Mar 29, 1896 but a court case at http://www.tngenweb.org/jackson/court_reels/court_reel_120.htm confirms Mar 22, 1896.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Hicks, John? Jrabout 1790between 1825 and 1830
Mother (Hicks), Elizabethabout 1790between 1840 and 1850
    Sister     Hicks, Mary Polly 1810 between 1860 and 1870
    Sister     Hicks, Nancy 1814 1888-10-14
         Hicks, Lewis 1815-03-28 1896-03-22
    Sister     Hicks, Mary Elizabeth 1817 1896-01-02
    Brother     Hicks, John H 1819 after 1880
    Brother     Hicks, William 1823-12-00 between 1900 and 1908
    Brother     Hicks, Abraham 1825 after 1880

Families

Family of Hicks, Lewis and Lee, Juda Parrott
Married Wife Lee, Juda Parrott ( * + 1898 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about 1838      
  Narrative

Home in 1850 Jackson Co, TN District 16
Lewis Hichs 32
Juda Hichs 29
Susana A Hichs 10
Bailey P Hichs 7
Clayton C Hichs 6 "C C"
Ignatious Hichs 5
Haywood Hichs 3
Leonidas Hichs 1

Full family:
Serena Angeline Hicks 1840–1905
Bailey Payton Hix 1842–1923
Clayton C Hix 1843–1910
Ignatius Nash Hix 1845–1916
Haywood Hicks 1847–1925
Lonedes Hicks 1849–1872
Elizabeth Judy Hicks 1851–1941
Sara Clera Hicks 1853–1873
Henderson Clement Hicks 1854–1921
James Milton 1858-1939
Elese Elvira Hicks 1862–1935

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Hicks, Haywood1847-04-301925-01-29