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Joseph Stephen & Mildred (Fitzwater) Hicks Family of Gad Nicholas County W.Va.
Joseph Stephen & Mildred (Fitzwater) Hicks Family Of Gad Nicholas County W.Va.
Joseph Stephen Hicks (George Washington - Joseph Stephen - William - Joseph - William - Joseph) - Born Jan. 7, 1857 Braxton County Va./W.Va. - Died 1940 Gad Nicholas Co. of pneumonia. S/O George Washington Hicks & 1st wife Delilah Burdett. - In 1860 Washington took his children to their grandparents John & Elizabeth Burdett in Nicholas Co. - During the Civil War John Burdett split the children into various homes and Joseph went to live with George & Frances (O'Dell) Brown at Gad. They would later leave him 63 acres of their farm. Joseph married Mildred Fitzwater August 16, 1877 Nich. Co. D/O John Guy Fitzwater & Elizabeth M. Wiseman - Age Of Groom 20 - Age of Bride 19 - Mildred born June 21, 1858 Nich. Co. - Died April 17, 1964 Age 105 in the Hill Top Nursing Home, Oak Hill, Fayette Co. - Joseph & Mildred buried Dotson Simpson Memorial Cemetery, Kesslers Cross Lanes Nich. Co. - 14 children - '(Notes was a Baptist and bapitized in the Gauley River. Was tall over six feet with alburn hair and brilliant blue eyes.)
1.Leona Caroline Fitzwater (Mildred's Daughter) - Born 1876 Nich - Died June 19, 1960 - Raised by her grandmother Elizabeth Fitzwater & later lived with Mildred's sister Maggie (Fitzwater) Huffman. Buried Huffman Cemetery Mt.Nebo, Nich. Co. - Single - No Children
2.George Joseph Hicks - Born March 11, 1878 Gad - killed July 5, 1902 Addison, Gallia County Ohio. - Buried Hicks Family Farm Gad - Single - No Children
3.Elizabeth(Lizzie) Jane Hicks - Born March 11, 1879 Gad - Died Feb. 15, 1971 Age 91 - Married Lonzo (Lon) Sparks Oct. 16, 1900 Nich. Co. - Lon born Jan. 14, 1875 - Died Feb. 12, 1956 - Lizzie & Lon buried Dotson Simpson. - 12 children
---1.Tilitha Sparks - Born July 25, 1901 - Died April 13, 1902 - Buried Dotson Simpson
---2.Aleston Dayton Sparks - Born 1903 - Died 1960 Buried Dotson Simpson - Married Erzelle (Backus) Mays July 22, 1923 Nicholas Co.
---3.Thelma Sparks - Born May 27, 1904 (living age 100) - Married Kyle Bailes Born Oct. 10, 1909 - Died March 19, 1989 Buried Dotson Simpson - 1 Stepson Nelson Bailes
---4.James (Jamie) Sparks - Born Jan.6, 1906 - Died Nov. 1983 Buried Dotson Simpson - Married Opal Walker Jan. 23, 1933 Nicholas Co.
---5.Olaf Sparks - Born Dec. 13, 1907 - Died April 11, 1980 - Buried Dotson Simpson - Single
---6.Beatrice Sparks - Born at Gad Nicholas Co. Nov. 9, 1909 - Died July 28, 2002 - Married John Wesley Bailes Feb. 6, 1927 Nich. Co. - Children 1.shirley (Bailes) Cockrell - 2.Linda (Bailes) Cavendish - 3.Ruby (Bailes) Brown - 4.Sterling Bailes - 5.Shelva Jean (Bailes) Gilbert)
---7.Flossie Sparks - Born March 6, 1911 - Died April 30, 1991 - Married Kyle Bailes (Divorced, Kyle then married her sister Thelma) - Married 2nd a Showen - Children 1. Nelson Bailes
---8.Clayton(Dick) Sparks - Born Sept. 15, 1912 - Died June 1986 - Married Edith Roberts
---9.Waitman Sparks - Born August 17, 1914 - Died Feb. 9, 1985 - Buried Dotson Simpson
---10.Lewis Sparks - Born Feb.22, 1915 - Died June 6, 1980 - Buried Dotson Simpson - Married Zelphie Born Feb. 1, 1924
---11.Arnett Sparks - Born Nov. 22, 1917 - Died Feb. 5, 1983 Buried Dotson Simpson - Married Hope Born May 15, 1928 - 2 children
---12.Bud Sparks - Born 1926 Nicholas Co. - Dies Sept. 18, 2001 Spring Hill, Hernando Florida - Married Hope Born 1920 Drennen Nicholas Co. - Died July 9, 2000 Hernando Florida - Children 1. Billy Jr. - 2.Carolyn Ann (Sparks) Cochran - 4 grandchildren - 5 great grandchildren (Notes Bud & Hope have a stone at Dotson Simpson but are buried in Florida.)
4.James (Jim) Wilmoth Hicks - Born Nov. 16, 1883 Gad - Died March 18, 1973 Age 89 San Jose, Calif. - Buried Santa Clara Calif. - Lived Danville Illinois for many years - Married Pearl Marie Cassady(Note some people refer to her maiden name as Rafferty)  (Divorced) - Had 6 children to Jim. Pearl Born March 10, 1892 Westville, Illinois Dau. of  William Cassady & Ollie McKinnister - Died Sept. 9, 1972 Buried Cook Co. Illinois , Shows last name still as Hicks. Had at least one child to Herman - Pearl left Jim for his best friend Herman.
---1.Gladys Marie Hicks - Born March 13, 1910 Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois - Died Jan. 2, 1942 Buried Spring Hill Cem., Danville. - Married John F. Jones Oct. 15, 1933
---2.Carl Hicks Born Oct. 13, 1911 Danville, Vermillion County Illinois - Died March 13, 1991 Danville, Vermillion Co. Illinois - Married Jean Phylis Constans Dec. 8, 1934. Buried Crown Hill Cem., Danville (has several children.)
----1.Larry Joe Hicks (Son of Carl) Born Danville, Vermillion Co. Illinois - Died July 8, 1989 - Cremation - Married 1st Penny Harvey - Married 2nd Sharon Nale May 21, 1965
-----1.Lorie Joe Hicks  (Daughter of Larry Joe & Penny) Born Feb. 10, 1958 Danville, Vermillion Co. Illinois. - Single - Died Age 22 -  Jan. 17, 1981 Cremation.
----2.Cody Hicks (son of Carl)
---3.Virginia Hicks - Born Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois
---4.Winnifred (Winnie) H. Hicks - Born Aug. 28, 1915 Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois - Died Sept. 27, 1997 Danville, Illinois - Married Jesse W. Lockard Dec. 12, 1932 - Winnie Buried Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville.
---5.William J. Hicks - Born Danville, Vermillion County Illinois
---6.Bertha Hicks - Born Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois - Married a Smith
5.Ella Hicks - Born 1884 Gad - Died as a child - Buried Hicks Family Farm Gad (Note birth record Nich. Courthouse states March 24, 1884 this is incorrect).
6.Mary D. Hicks - Born Feb. 16, 1886 Gad - Died July 2, 1981 Age 93 Maxwellton, Greenbrier Co.- Buried Clifton Cemetery  - Married Paren Dahmer  Born March 10, 1890 -Died May 1976 - 4 children - Census records say Mary Ann Hicks.
---1.Stanley Dahmer - Born Maxwelton, Greenbrier Co.- Living
---2.Ruth Dahmer - Born Maxwelton, Greenbrier Co. - Deceased
---3.Sterling Dahmer - Born Maxwelton, Greenbrier Co. - Living
---4.Eugene Dahmer - Born Maxwelton, Greenbrier Co. Living - Married to Betty - Has children
7.John H. Hicks - Born Jan. 6, 1888 Gad - Died April 23, 1972 Raleigh Co. - Married 1st Martha Abigail (Jill) Oakes D/O Jesse & Mary (Radford) Oakes Born August 17, 1875 Died  Nicholas Co.February 14, 1947- Married 2nd Elva  - John Buried Oakes Cemetery Dunns - No Children
8.Arthur Hicks - Born Nov. 15, 1889 Gad - Died May 1, 1931 Spencer State Hospital, Roane Co. Cause Epilepsy - Single - No Children - Buried Dotson Simpson
9.Fannie L. Hicks _ Born April 16, 1892 - Died May 14, 1966 Akron , Summit Co. Ohio - Buried Rose Hill Cemetery  - Married Perry Calhoun born Dec.19, 1896 - Died August 1980. 2 children
---1.Illa Belle Calhoun - Born Akron, Summit County, Ohio - Living - Married a Johnson - 1 son James
---2.Howard Calhoun - Born Akron, Summit County, Ohio - Living
10.Burlie H. Hicks - Born March 17, 1894 Gad, Nicholas Co. W.Va. - Died Oct. 18, 1978 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County Ohio - Married Oakey Adam  Given Born June 10, 1884 Braxton County W.Va. Died Oct. 10, 1939 Ohio Son of James Arthur Given & Emma D. Dobbins - 3 children. - Burlie (Hicks) Given Buried Mt. Peace Cemetery, Summit Co. Ohio.
---1.Lucille Given - Born Akron, Summit County, Ohio May 7, 1917 - Died Feb. 1987 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio - Married a Lapin - 2 sons 1. Robert Lappin - 2. Clyde Lappin(deceased)
---2.Paul Hicks Given - Born Akron, Summit County, Ohio April 25, 1919 - Died Feb. 16, 1995 Santa Barbara, Calif. - Married Mary Louise - 2 children 1. Charlotte Ann Given living Married 1st a Veith - Married 2nd. a Wooding  - 2.Arnold Given Living
---3.Clyde Given - Born Sept. 22, 1925 Akron, Summit County, Ohio - Died July 21, 1966 Mariposa, Calif. - Buried Ohio - Married Larue - 2 Daughters - 1.Beverly Jean Given Born Feb. 6, 1953 Ohio - Died Oct. 2, 1998 Akron, Summit County, Ohio - Married a McLeod - 2. Linda Given -living - Living Married a Liston
11.Cody Hicks - Born April 15, 1896 Gad - Died Dec. 22, 1974 Age 78 Jodie Fayette Co. - Married Edith Russie Walker  Sept. 18, 1921 - Age of Groom 20 - Age of Bride 19 - D/O Samuel Claughton Walker & Olla Bennett. - Edith born Feb. 27, 1903 - Died  Nov. 20, 1998 Hidden Valley Health Care Center, Oak Hill Fayette Co. - Cody & Edith buried Dotson Simpson. - 8 children - See Cody & Edith Hicks Family
12.Letha Hicks - Born 1897 Gad - Died as a baby - Buried Hicks Family Farm Gad
13.Margaret Mae Hicks - Born May 2. 1901 Gad, Nicholas Co. W.Va. - Died Feb. 14, 2007, Age105 at her home in Florida. Buried beside her husband Monday Feb. 19, 2007 in Huntington W.Va.- Married Adolphus McKinley (Mack) Garten son of Walter & Arthelia (Bennett) Garten - 3 children
---1.Naomi Mildred Garten (Daughter of Margaret)- Born April 19, 1921 Newlyn, Fayette Co. W.Va. - Living - Married Carl Eugene Godby Sept. 8, 1939 Greenup Co. Kentucky  Carl Born Jan. 27, 1918 Docena, Jefferson Co., Al - Deceased - 3 children
------1.Ronald Eugene Godby -(Deceased) Married Martha Anderson Children 1.Leslie Ann - 2. Jeff
------2.John Micheal Godby - Living - Married Connie Jean Jones - Children 1. Sherrie Lynn - 2. Julie Ann - 3. Lori Sue - 4.John Micheal 2nd
------3.Patricia Sue Godby - Living - Married 1st Joseph Bennett Putnam - Married 2nd William James McKeague - Living - Children 1.Joanna Lee Putnam - 2.Stephen Micheal Putnam
---Jean Garten (Daughter of Margaret) - Living - Married 1st a Hall - Married 2nd Ernest Elder - Children 1. Margaret Hall Living - Widowed - 1 baby born dead
---Stephen Garten (Son of Margaret) - Living - Married - 3 daughters
14.Emerson Hart (Note child born to Alzina Hart & Joseph Hicks ) - Born at Gad, Nicholas County, W.Va. 1887 - Died 1962 Nicholas County - Married Ollie Neff August 18, 1926 in Nicholas County - Ollie Born 1889 Died 1966 - Emerson & Ollie Hart Buried Dotson Simpsn -(Note most of their children born before their marriage.)
---1.Hurzel Lee Hart - Born June 29, 1917 Gad, Nicholas Co. - Died Dec. 13, 1961 Nicholas Co. when a tree fell on him in he woods - Infantry WW11 - Buried Dotson Simpson
---2.Erma (Ermie) Hart Born 1920 Gad, Nicholas Co. - Died 1977 - Married Junior (Punk) Gear Born 1921 - Died 1877 - Erma & Punk Buried Dotson Simpson
---3.Tinkle (Tink) Belle Hart - Born March 20, 1925 Gad, Nicholas Co. - Died March 16, 1996 Antler, Ok while visiting her daughter - Buried Sager Cemetery, Bristolville, Ohio - Married Charles Halstead (Son of Quinton Halstead of Gad) - Children 1.Peggy Hart Married a Vickers - 2.Colleen Halstead - Charles Halstead Jr. - David Halstead
---4.James Peter Hart - Born April 17, 1928 Gad, Nicholas Co. - Died June 15, 1997 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina - Retired Green Beret Master Sgt. (Note had named changed from Peter Dick Hart to James Peter Hart - Married 1 st Divorced - Married 2nd Ruth - No Children
---5.Infant Baby Daughter Hart - Born and Died 1929 at Gad, Nicholas Co. - Buried Dotson Simpson

 

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