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Bruce Wilmer Hicks

Bruce Wilmer Hicks

Male 1872 - 1955  (83 years)

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  • Name Bruce Wilmer Hicks  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Born 4 Jan 1872  Thomas Hill, Randolph, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Find-A-Grave 28089780 
    Reference Number 6612 
    Residence 1880  Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1880  Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1900  Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1920  Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1930  Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 30 Dec 1955  Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Mendon, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Siloam Chapel Cemetery
    Person ID I6612  Thompson-Milligan
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 

    Father John Wilmer Hicks,   b. 1 Jun 1848, Goochland, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1927, Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mattie Nora Hughes,   b. 14 Oct 1848, Brunswick, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1929, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Married 21 Mar 1869  Randolph, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nora Belle Minich,   b. 7 Apr 1874, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1903, Mendon, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 15 Jan 1893 
    Children 
     1. Curtice Wilmer Hicks, Sr,   b. 24 Mar 1902, Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1983, Sparks, Washoe, Nevada, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)  [natural]
     2. Sylvia May Hicks,   b. 6 Sep 1893, Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1993, Salt Creek, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years)  [natural]
     3. Virgil Chester Hicks,   b. 26 Apr 1899, Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1918, Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)  [natural]
     4. William Victor Hicks,   b. 9 Sep 1895, Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1968, Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F858  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Jan 1872 - Thomas Hill, Randolph, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Apr 1940 - Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Dec 1955 - Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mendon, Chariton, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Bruce Wilmer & Nora Belle (Minich) Hicks headstone    		Bruce Wilmer & Nora Belle (Minich) Hicks headstone

  • Notes 
    • THE MARCELINE NEWS
      February 10, 1956

      Services for Bruce Hicks
      Were at Siloam Chapel

      Funeral services for Bruce W. Hicks were Tuesday afternoon at Siloam Chapel, conducted by the Rev. E. H. Hill of Mendon, pastor of the Methodist church there. Mr. Hicks died Friday at the home of a son. The pallbearers were grandsons. Burial was at Siloam Chapel cemetery.

      Bruce W. Hicks, son of John and Mattie Hughes Hicks, was born January 4, 1872 near Thomas Hill in Randolph County. He and Nora Minich were married January 15,1893 and four children were born,to this union. His parents moved to Musselfork Township when he was two years of age where he lived the remainder of his life. Mrs. Hicks died January 24, 1903 and a son, Virgil, preceded him in death. Four sisters and a brother, Mrs. Malissa Coy, Mrs. Patricia Ball, Molly, and Ada Hicks and Wallace, also preceded him in death.
      Mr. Hicks leaves a daughter, Sylva Littrell of Mendon; two sons, Victor of this city and Curtis of Sparks, Nev.; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Thompson and Mrs. Addie Fisher, both of Marceline; two brothers, Robert of Marceline and George of Des Moines, Iowa and several nieces and nephews.

  • Sources 
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    2. [S113] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Mussel Fork, Chariton, Missouri; Roll: 680; Family History Film: 1254680; Page: 530B; Enumeration District: 169; Image: 0724.
      Birth date: abt 1872 Birth place: Missouri Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Mussel Fork, Chariton, Missouri, United States

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      Birth date: abt 1872
      Birth place: Missouri
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri

    4. [S206] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri; Roll: T625_906; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 40; Image: 972.
      Birth date: abt 1872
      Birth place: Missouri
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri

    5. [S213] Web: Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 12 January 2012.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi;).
      Birth date: 4 Jan 1872
      Birth place:
      Death date: 30 Dec 1955
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    6. [S208] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri; Roll: T627_2096; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 21-19.
      Birth date: abt 1872
      Birth place: Missouri
      Residence date: 1 Apr 1940
      Residence place: Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, United States

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      Birth date: Jan 1872
      Birth place: Missouri
      Marriage date: 1893
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri