Jennie (Cheek) Hicks (1889 - 1982)

Born 16 Nov 1889 in Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina, United States

Wife of John Lee Hicks — married 2 Oct 1914 in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States

Died 28 Aug 1982 at age 92 in Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Jennie was born in 1889, a daughter of Bryson Hartwell Creek and Nancy Caroline York. She passed away in 1982 from pneumonia and is buried in Holly Hill Memorial Park, Thomasville, North Carolina, sharing a headstone with her daughter.^[1][2][3]

She is listed in the 1900 US Census as a girl living with her parents and three siblings in Randolph County, North Carolina^[4]:

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Bryson Cheek Head M 51 North Carolina

Nancy Cheek Wife F 38 North Carolina

Arthur Cheek Son M 20 North Carolina

Jennie Cheek Daughter F 11 North Carolina

Littie Cheek Daughter F 9 North Carolina

Lottie Cheek Daughter F 7 North Carolina

She married John Lee Hicks on 2 Oct 1914 in Davidson County.^[5][6] They made their home in Thomasville, North Carolina and had two children.

She is listed in the 1920 US Census with her husband and two young children, living in the Thomasville, North Carolina area.^[7]:

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

John L Hicks Head M 25 North Carolina

Jennie C Hicks Wife F 30 North Carolina

Lillian M Hicks Daughter F 2 North Carolina

Lester L Hicks Son M 0 North Carolina

She is listed in the 1930 US Census as living in Thomasville with her husband and two children:^[8]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

John Hicks Head M 35 North Carolina

Jennie Hicks Wife F 40 North Carolina

Lillie M Hicks Daughter F 12 North Carolina

Lester Hicks Son M 10 North Carolina

She is listed in the 1940 US Census as living in the Thomasville area with her husband:^[9]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

John L Hicks Head M 44 North Carolina

Jenie Hicks Wife F 50 North Carolina

She and her husband are listed as parents on the death certificate for their child Lillie Mae Sink, who passed away in 2001.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 October 2018), memorial page for Jennie Cheek Hicks (16 Nov 1889–28 Aug 1982), Find A Grave Memorial no. 100742027, citing Holly Hill Memorial Park, Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Elizabeth Olmstead (contributor 46772820).
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J13N-1WR : 20 May 2014), Jennie Hicks, Aug 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: The Cheek Family - 15,000 Cheek-born Individuals. Accessed October 18, 2018. Original URL: wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pilgrim2press&id=I23945 has been taken over by Andestry.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBF-6F1 : accessed 17 October 2018), Jennie Cheek in household of Bryson Cheek, Franklinsville Township, East Franklinsville Precinct Cedar Falls & Franklinsville towns, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 12A, family 214, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,213.
5. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTW-VBG : 4 November 2017), J L Hicks and Jennie Cheek, 02 Oct 1914; citing Davidson, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 569,855.
6. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF99-Q6P : 3 November 2017), J L Hicks and Jennie Cheek, 02 Oct 1914; citing Davidson, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 4,137,729.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKY-TWZ : accessed 18 October 2018), Jennie C Hicks in household of John L Hicks, Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 39, sheet 23A, line 1, family 471, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1295; FHL microfilm 1,821,295.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SV-61T : accessed 18 October 2018), Jennie Hicks in household of John Hicks, Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 21A, line 2, family 394, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1685; FHL microfilm 2,341,419.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWSX-LNZ : 13 March 2018), Jenie Hicks in household of John L Hicks, Ward 3, Thomasville, Thomasville Township, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29-34, sheet 7A, line 14, family 108, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2899.
10. ↑ "North Carolina, Davidson County Vital Records, 1867-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLN6-H73C : 14 March 2018), Jennie Cheek in entry for Lillie Mae Sink, 16 May 2001; citing Death, Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States, 16 May 2001, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.