Caroline (Whetstone) Hicks (1822 - 1894)

Born 7 Oct 1822 in Ohio, USA

Wife of James Hicks — married 31 May 1838 in Hamilton county, Ohio

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1894 at age 71 in Amelia, Batavia Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Caroline was born 7 Oct 1822. She died August 6, 1894 in Amelia, Batavia Township, Clermont, Ohio at age 71 yrs, 9 months and 14 days. ^[1]

Residence

1850 Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States. Household members:

James Hicks, Male, 38, b. Ohio, lumber merchant

Caroline Hicks, Female, 28 [1822], b. Ohio

Manda Hicks. Female, 11, b. Ohio

Sarah Hicks, Female, 9, b. Ohio

Wm Hicks, Male, 7, b. Ohio

Mary Hicks, Female, 5, b. Ohio

Georgia Ann Hicks, Female, 3, b. Ohio ^[2]

1880 Clermont, Ohio, United States. Household members:

Caroline Hicks, Self [Head], Female, 58 [1822], Widow, b. Ohio

Mary J Hicks, Daughter, Female, 32, Single, b. Ohio

James R Hicks, Son, Male, 29, Single, b. Ohio, Grocer. ^[3]

Research Notes

DATES: Find A Grave gives her birth year as 1817, but this is inconsistent with her reported age on the 1850 ^[2] and 1880 ^[3] census records, with her age on her death record, ^[1] and with the gravestone, which is difficult to read but does look more like 1822 than 1817.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6Z9-TY7 : 10 March 2018), Caroline Hicks, 06 Aug 1894; citing Death, Amelia, Batavia Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States, source ID no 3 p 119, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 327,597.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M651-4LG : 12 April 2016), Caroline Hicks in household of James Hicks, Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States; citing family 107, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1K-38P : 13 November 2020), Caroline Hicks, Clermont, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 13A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,000.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 November 2020), memorial page for Caroline Whetstone Hicks (7 Oct 1817–8 Aug 1894), Find A Grave: Memorial #73518066, citing Odd Fellows Cemetery, Amelia, Clermont County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Lin (contributor 47514966) .

• Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.