CHAPTER IV

WILLIS BISHOP HICKS

MARTHA ANN CATHERINE HICKS

ANGELINE JETER HICKS

WILLIAM NIELSEY HICKS

Odom, Mena, Arkansas.

Before his wife's death, W. B. Hicks was given a land grant of 40.29 acres in Clarke County in October of 1852.

On May 11, 1855, Susan M. Garrick became the second wife of W. B. Hicks. Susan may have been the daughter of Daniel Garrick whose wife, name unknown, died in Georgia. Garrick family members say that Daniel settled in Clarke County, probably in the same vicinity as the Hicks family, which was in Scyrene. Daniel Garrick is buried in Amity Cemetery, Old Line Road near Scyrene.

Susan Garrick was 33 years younger than her husband, having been born December 7, 1831. She was the mother of his last six children.

The 1870 Clarke County Census listed the W. B. Hicks family as follows:

W. B. Hicks age 72 B. NC

Susan M. 38 SC

Ally D. 13 AL

Samuel 11 "

Elizabeth 10 "

Henry H. 8

William Vickers 20

Lorenzo 15 Georgia

W. B. and Susan's 4th child was Robert Daniel Hicks, born in 1864. He died eighteen months later, in 1865, so that accounts for his absence in the 1870 Census.

The three Vickers children listed in the 1870 Census were children of W. B. and Dorothy's daughter, Nancy Talbert who married George Vickers. As far as I know at this time, Georgia never appeared again in any records, so she may have died early. There was another Vickers daughter, Alabama Virginia, who was listed in the home of Mary C. Benson in 1870. Mary was of course, Mary Calviss Hicks, daughter of W. B. and Dorothy. Nancy Talbert Hicks and her husband, George Vickers, apparently died between 1860 and 1870, and the children were scattered among her relatives, a common practice in those days.

The W. B. Hicks family was listed in the 1880 Clarke County Census, Gates Beat, as follows:

Willis B. Hicks age 82 B. NC

Susannah M. 49 SC

Samuel Jeter Hicks 21 AL

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SOURCES FOR WILLIS BISHOP HICKS

Clarke County Alabama and Its Surroundings by Rev. T.H. Ball

Clarke County, AL Census Records

Clarke County, AL Marriage Records

Newspaper clippings

Cemetery records and tombstones

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CHAPTER V

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HICKS>

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Note: there appear to be several pages missing here (510 & 511)

E. William R. Hicks, fifth child and second son of Rufus and Rebecca Hicks, was born in December of 1880.

F. Marion Edgar Hicks, sixth child and third son of Rufus and Rebecca, was born in May of 1883. He married Ida Bradford, daughter of Dollie J. Hicks and T. Bradford. Dollie was the daughter of Josiah Rux Hicks and Lucinda Benson and the granddaughter of Willis Bishop Hicks and his first wife, Dorothy B. Nance. See chapter on Josiah Rux Hicks for account of Dolly J. and Thomas Bradford's descendants.

G. Lillie Bell Hicks, seventh child and fourth daughter of Rufus and Rebecca, was born in May of 1886. She married a Presnall.

H. Daniel Lee Hicks, eighth child and fourth son of Rufus and Rebecca, was born at Scyrene October 5, 1888. He died May 15, and was the first person to be buried at the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Old Line Road, Scyrene, Clarke County, Alabama.

Rebecca Sue Hicks Williams, granddaughter of Daniel Lee Hicks, furnished me with all the information on her grandfather and his descendants.

Daniel Lee Hicks married Maggie Bell Fendley November 21, 1915. She was born September 4, 1898 and died on September 19, 1978. Buried at New Salem Cemetery. Maggie Bell Fendley was the daughter of Robert Lee Fendley and Susan L. Haskew. Susan was the daughter of Julia Ann Hicks and James Haskew, Jr. (see chapter on Julia Ann Hicks).

Julia Ann Hicks and Benjamin Franklin Hicks were brother and sister, so Daniel Lee Hicks was her great nephew.

a. G. D. (that is his name, not his initials) Hicks, first son of Daniel Lee Hicks and Maggie Bell Fendley was born August 4, 1920 at Scyrene; died February 8, 1967. He married Margie Bernice Bayles, born at Walker Springs August 22, 1924. They had five children:

(1) Rebecca Sue Hicks, born May 23, 1944, Scyrene. Married Cecil Clyde Williams, son of Willie Dee Williams and Barbara Larrimore. Barbara was the daughter of Earl Larrimore and Mamie Bertha Kennedy (see William Bishop Kennedy in the Kennedy Section and Enoch Davis in the Davis Section of this book).

 

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(A) Cecil Dwayne Williams, born at Grove Hill, AL on March 16, 1963.

(B) Sue Williams, born at Honolulu, Hawaii on June 13, 1964. She is married to John Howard Mullins.

(2) Mary Ann Hicks, second daughter of G. D. and Margie Hicks, was born in Scyrene on June 22, 1947.

(3) Margie Kathryn Hicks, third daughter of G. D. and Bernice Hicks, was born at Grove Hill on August 6, 1951. She is married to Raymond Singleton. No issue.

(4) Judy Gail Hicks, fourth daughter of G. D. and Bernice Hicks was born in Grove Hill on April 10, 1954. She is married to Allen Powell and they have two children:

(A) Stephen Allen Powell

(B) Crystal GAil Powell

(5) James Lee Hicks, only son of Bernice and G. D. Hicks, was born in Grove Hill on February 17, 1959. He married Sue Norris and has one daughter:

(A) Leslie Carmen Hicks

b. William Ralph Hicks, second son of Daniel Lee and Maggie Bell Hicks, was born at Scyrene October 29, 1922; died December 23, 1926; buried at Old Salem.

c. Marjorie Hicks, third child and first daughter of Daniel Lee and Maggie Bell Hicks, was born October 29, 1916, Scyrene; died November 2, 1968. Marjorie married Ruben Singleton, born at Stave Creek in 1901 and died in 1976. He is buried at Stave Creek, Jackson, AL and Marjorie is buried at New Salem Cemetery. The had one child:

(1) Martha Elizabeth Singleton

d. Marvin Lee Hicks, fourth child of Daniel Lee and Maggie Bell Hicks, was born at Scyrene November 23, 1927; died on September 9, 1986 and is buried at New Salem Cemetery. Married Gertrude Phillips,

 

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D. Thomie E. Hicks, born in January of 1891.

E. Nonie Hicks, born in July of 1892.

F. Jesse Hicks, born in January of 1893.

G. Freddie White Hicks, born September 3, 1896; died June 15, 1897. His tombstone reads: Son of J. M. and A. C. Hicks.

H. Robert Austin Hicks, born April 13, 1898; died October 1, 1899. Tombstone reads: Son of J.M. and A.C. Hicks.

I. Woodie Dee Hicks, born June 3, 1901; died September 30, 1902. Tombstone reads: Son of J. M. and A. C. Hicks.

When I discovered and recorded the tombstone records of the four children of J. M. and A. C. Hicks, all buried in Old Salem Cemetery, Old Line Road in Clarke County, I wrote the following words:

"In the ten year span between Janie and Freddie perhaps J. M. and A. C. had other children, and maybe they survived those first critical years. Hopefully, I will find them in a census one day."

Which is exactly what happened.

7. Ann E. Hicks, seventh child and fourth daughter of Benjamin Franklin Hicks and his first wife, Julia Ann Allen, was born in 1863 or 1864. Odom says she married John A. Wade on November 15, 1905. John and Annie were listed in the 1910 Clarke County Census, Pleasant Hill District.

 

Following the death of Julia Ann Allen Hicks, Benjamin Franklin Hicks married Emma Jane Coleman, daughter of Harriet Baugh and William Coleman. Emma was born February 14, 1863, which made her 36 years younger than her husband.

The wedding took place on February 24, 1887 at the home of Charlie Smith, Emma's stepfather, who was married to her mother after the death of William Coleman.

Benjamin was 60 years old when he married for the second time, and before he died on May 28, 1910 he and Emma had eight children. He was buried in Old Salem Cemetery.

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C. William Bishop Hicks, born in Akron, Ohio March 5, 1921. He married Cossie Lee Wright, daughter of Samuel Dexter Wright and Catherine "Cassie" Campbell of Chance, AL. Cossie was born June 22, 1922; married Bill on March 14, 1942 in Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox CO Alabama.

Cossie Lee and I attended Cane Creek School together in Chance. Imagine my surprise when she turned up in my book! She and Bill live in Conrad and have four children.

a. Tommie Earl Hicks, born in Nettlesboro, Clarke CO AL March 16, 1944. Married Monica Claire Nickol May 31, 1975. Two children.

(1) Carrie Beth Hicks, born December 4, 1981.

(2) Matthew Thomas Hicks, born September 25, 1984.

b. Lillian Joyce Hicks, born at Nettlesboro also, on March 26, 1946. Married Edward Lynn Brown June 20 1964. Two children.

(1) Lori Lynn Brown, born November 14, 1967.

(2) Leslie Kay Brown, born March 12, 1972.

c. Judith Kate Hicks, born March 4, 1950 in Conrad. Married Terry Lee Petronek, born on November 16, 1968. Two children.

(1) Autumn Joy Petronek, born December 3, 1971.

(2) Aaron Robert Petronek, born March 12, 1975.

d. William Roger Hicks, born in Conrad September 19, 1956. Married Debbie Rae Davis June 30, 1983.

D. Deland M. Hicks, born March 21, 1924; died May 2,1924. Buried at Old Salem. Again, because of the span between the children, could this be one of the sons of Walter and Lillie Hicks?

E. James Stacy Hicks, born in Dickinson September 7,1925. Wife's name is Jo and they have four children.

a. James Hicks

b. Linda Hicks

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c. Ruth Hicks

d. Dannie Hicks

9. William B. Hicks, twin, born December 10, 1887, Dickinson and died December 30,1924. married Daisy Berrey, born October 10, 1878 and died July 22, 1919. This couple is buried in Providence Cemetery, Orrville, AL. They had one child, who was less than a year old when her mother died and only six years old when her father died. She was reared in the home of her maternal grandparents.

A. Daisy Mary Hicks, born October 26, 1918. Married on September 18, 1938, William McLean Pitts. He was born in Selma August 2, 1911, the son of Arthur Morrison Pitts and Grace Fitzhugh.

a. Philip Henry Pitts, born May 19, 1939 in Selma. Married Mary Rose O'Flinn August 5, 1967.

b. Emily McLean Pitts, born April 21, 1945, Selma. Married to an Alexander.

c. Grace Pitts, born March 4, 1954, Selma. Married John Crawford Henry in April of 1971.

d. Mary Margaret Pitts, born September 24, 1962 in Selma. Married Ernest Mark Mims on August 22, 1987.

10. Benjamin Franklin Hicks, Jr., third son of B.F. and Emma Hicks, was born June 12, 1890; died September 5, 1970. He married Lucy McDaniel Cathcart, born Sept.19, 1896; died September 8, 1984. They are buried in New Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama. Six children:

A. Lucian Franklin Hicks,born January 19, 1917, Atmore, AL; died September 4, 1980; buried in New Live Oak Cemetery, Selma. Lucien married Dorothy Beatrice Lyons, born at Lamison, AL November 11, 1919, daughter of Godfrey Robert Lyons and Della Cooper.

a. Robert Franklin Hicks, born in Birmingham February 6, 1950. Married Lynette Potter in 1978.

(1) Kristen Leigh Hicks, born January 25, 1981.

(2) Jeremy Franklin Hicks, born October 23, 1982.

 

 

 

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d. Lucy Cathcart Hicks, born January 12, 1958.

e. Mary Emma Hicks, born November 14, 1959.

f. Herbert Wilkinson Hicks, born December 30, 1962.

E. Clyde Edward Hicks, born June 6, 1928.

F. Sarah Louise Hicks, born in Alberta June 16, 1931. Married Walter Robert Hudson July 14, 1953, the son of Walter Robert Hudson, Sr. and Lillian Rubyinette Mitchell. Walter was born in Charlottesville, VA June 24, 1932 and died in Hendersonville, TN January 31, 1986. He was buried in Rhoadesville, Virginia.

a. Walter Robert Hudson, III, born in Anchorage, Alaska on September 3, 1954. Married Jacqueline Finetta White November 22, 1975. One child:

(1) Elizabeth Brooke Hudson, born in Jackson, Tennessee on December 30, 1982.

b. Lucy Cathcart Hudson, born in Charlottesville, VA November 15, 1956. Married Jefferson Andrew

Dyer on August 28, 1976. one child:

(1) Jefferson Andrew Dyer, II, born in Staunton, Virginia on September 26, 1980.

C. Mary Emily Hudson, born in Staunton, VA July 14, 1962. Married Stephen Mark McGee December 10, 1988.

I have been unable to get addresses on the remaining five chidren of Ben Hicks abd his second wife, Emma Jane Coleman. They are listed below as given to me by Lester Hicks, Conrad, MT.

11. Velma Hicks; married a Donald and had five children.

1. James Donald;
   

2. Opal Donald;
   
3. Ramona Donald;
   
4. Shirley Donald;
   
5. Richard Donald

12. Ruby Pearl Hicks; married Claude F. Andrews.

13. Florence Hicks; married a Rasch.

1. James Rasch;
   

2. Florence Rasch;
   
3. Marcella Rasch;

   D. Evelyn Rasch

14. Coleman Sanford Hicks

15. Slade J. Hicks

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SOURCES FOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HICKS

Clarke County, AL Census Records

Clarke County, AL Marriage Records

Records of Rebecca Sue Hicks Williams

Cemetery records and tombstones

Old family letters

Family Group Sheets completed by family members

Willis Bishop Hicks Family Bible

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CHAPTER VI

MARY CALVISS HICKS

Mary Calviss Hicks, sixth child and third daughter of Willis Bishop Hicks and his first wife, Dorothy B. Nance, was born on May 27, 1829 in Georgia. Mary married James A. Benson on December 25, 1855, according to Clarke County Marriage Records. John T. Odom says that James was called "Jonas".

James and Mary C. Benson were listed in the 1860 Clarke Co. Census, along with their son, Ripley Benson, age 4.

The 1870 Clarke County Census listed Mary as head of her household, so James was evidently deceased by that date.

Mary C. Benson age 40

Ripley Benson 13

Alabama Vickers 11

The eleven year old Vickers girl was the daughter of George and Nancy Hicks, Nancy being Mary Calviss Benson's sister. Apparently both Nancy Hicks and George Vickers were deceased by 1870 as the children were scattered. Alabama was with her Aunt Mary C. Benson; two of her brothers and her only sister were with grandparents, Willis Bishop and Susan Hicks: Lorenzo, William and Georgia. Bama's other brother, John Jefferson Vickers, was evidently with some other relative.

For a full account of Alabama Virginia Vickers and her husband, see chapter on Susan Davis McCoy in the Davis Section of this book.

1. Ripley Kissiah Benson, only known child of Mary Calviss and James Benson, was born December 23, 1856. He died January 29, 1930, and was buried in Old Salem Cemetery. Rip married Virginia Victoria Bradford on January 11,1877 according to Clarke County Marriage Records. She was born September 20, 1854 and died January 9, 1904 (see attached copy of her Obituary). Virginia was buried in Old Salem Cemetery also.

Virginia was the daughter of James T. Bradford and Mary E. Walker. She had a brother, James Marcellus Bradford, who married Mary Lavinia Thomas, daughter of Susan McCoy Thomas (see chapter on Susan Davis in Davis Section). Virginia had another brother, Zebedee Bradford, who was married to Mary Ella/Ellen Davis, daughter of Howard Covington Davis (see chapter on Enoch Davis Jr. in the Davis Section).

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In his book, Clarke County Alabama and Its Surroundings, Rev. T. H. Ball stated that Rip Benson and his wife resided in Township 8, west of Bassett's Creek.

During the Depression of the 1930's after Daddy lost his job with the A T and N Railroad in Mobile, my parents, sister Miriam and I moved back to Clarke County and resided with my paternal grandparents. Grandpa and Grandma often spoke of "Cousin Rip Benson" and the fact that he was a minister. Historical Sketches of Clarke County, Alabama by the Clarke County Historical Society states that Rip was one of three ministers who helped organize the Dickinson Baptist Church in May of 1907. He also served the Peniel Baptist Church in the Nealton Community, now called the McVay Community.

Dorothy Allen Rutledge, whose husband Grady Rutledge is a descendant of Ripley Kissiah Benson, gave me the photo of Rip which you will see on the following page.

on November 12, 1912, Fabius Haywood Hicks, brother of Mary Calviss Hicks, wrote a letter to his cousin, Robert Covington Hicks in Sulphur Springs, Texas, in which he stated that Willis Bishop Hicks had a grandson who was a Baptist preacher: R.K. Benson. A copy of the letter may be seen in the chapter on Jeter Hicks.

For a long time it was my belief that Rip's middle name was "Kennedy". By the time he was born in 1856, his mother's older sister, Martha Ann Hicks, was married to Neal Kennedy. It was a common practice to give one's child the name of one's in-laws. However, on October of 1990, I located one of Rip's granddaughters (Minnie Dell Dawson Peoples) in Birmingham and she told me that the "K" stands for "Kissiah". So I stand corrected!

In the attached copy of Virginia Bradford Benson's obituary the statement is made that she and Rip had ten children. Dorothy Allen Rutledge (whose mother was Mary Caroline Davis - see chapter on Johnson Davis in the Davis Section of this book) confirmed that there WERE ten children born to Rip and Virginia. Dorothy listed the ten children in the following order:

A. Mary "Molly" Irene Benson, born at Nettlesboro, AL on November 16, 1876 and died in 1966. She is buried in Mobile. Molly married John Lemuel Dawson, born at Whatley, AL on December 30, 1876, the son of William Perry Ferdinand Decatur Dawson and Martha Phillips. Lemuel died on August 16, 1972 and is also buried in Mobile.

 

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Molly and Lemuel had seven children, all born in Nettlesboro except Roy, the youngest child.

a. Minnie Dell Dawson, born September 28, 1898. She married Isaac I. Peoples, March 5, 1918. Isaac was the son of Thomas T. Peoples.

Minnie Dell and Isaac had one son.

(1) Loring Clinlee Peoples, born in Birmingham on April 29, 1922. He married Elloween Brice on May 1, 1947.

b. Maborne Barnett Dawson, born September 26, 1901. He married Annie Jo Jordan on June 26, 1925. Maborne died in Loxley, AL.

c. Leolea Grace Dawson, born February 2, 1905; died in Loxley, AL. Never married.

d. Birdie Lucille Dawson, born November 8, 1908. Married Bruce Grimes. No issue.

e. Veonceil Dawson, born July 26, 1911. Never married. She drowned in the Alabama River in in August of 1930.

f. Leiland Dawson, born September 26, 1914. He married Dellie Matthews in 1964 or 1965.

(1) Johnny R. Dawson

g. Roy K. (initial only) Dawson, born in Whatley, AL on July 22, 1922. Married on December 27, 1941, Mary Elizabeth Ligon, born April 4, 1921, daughter of James Olin Ligon and Mary Lovie.Wall.

(1) John Roy Dawson, iborn in Birmingham January 3, 1948. Marrived. Debra Jean,Smith on September 18, 1982.

(A) Mary Whitney Dawson, born in Mobile on October 30, 1988.

(2) Jeanne Elizabeth Dawson, born in Birmingham on June 16, 1952. Married David Jeff on November 28, 1976.

(A) Stuart Jeff,born March 2, 1978,Macon,GA.

(B) Rachael Elizabeth Jeff, born December 21 1979, also in Macon.

 

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(C) Laura Marie Jeff, born May 25, 1982 in Birmingham, AL.

 

B. Allie Virginia Benson, second daughter of Rip Benson and Virginia Bradford, was born December 22, 1879. She married James Anderson Howell on December 2, 1903. Jim was born July 19, 1876. Allie died May 19, 1955 and Jim died April 18, 1963.

a. Noma Gray Howell, born in Clarke County October 2, 1904. Married to a Ball and lives in Mobile.

b. Annie Lou Howell, born in Clarke County April 4, 1906; died June 19, 1989. Annie married Frank Nigro from New York. No issue.

c. Ruby Pearl Howell, born in Clarke County January 4, 1909. She married a Gonzalez.

d. Marjorie Howell, born in Clarke County September 17, 1911. She married a Jackson and lives in Jackson.

e. Elsie Howell, born in Clarke County on March 26, 1913. She is married to a Jackson and lives in Thomasville.

f. Walter Ray Howell, born in Nettlesboro, Clarke County, AL on June 18, 1915. He married Helen Wawciel Pharr October 12, 1940 at Coy, AL, daughter of Sam Zack Pharr and Laura Sally Rogers.

Walter and Helen have three children, all born in Selma.

(1) Rubye Lee Howell, born August 6, 1941. She married Charles Cornelius Wilkerson on June 13, 1959.

(2) Joyce Elaine Howell, born October 31, 1943. She married Benny Joe Thompson II September 22, 1969.

(3) Ronald Ray Howell, born August 9, 1946. He married Betty Ann Sanders on October 30, 1969.

 

 

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g. Ripley Curdee Howell, born April 20, 1917; died March 22, 1989. He married first on November 2, 1940, Murlean Emma Strickland. She was born in Mobile on February 13, 1924, the daughter of Robert Lee Strickland and Mary Magdalene Mott and died April 17, 1985. Ripley and Murlean are buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile. They had three children.

(1) Evelyn Jeanette Howell, born in Selma June 28, 1941. Married Chester Sam Laird, Jr. on January 20, 1961 and has three children.

(A) Crystal Shane Laird, born on July 5, 1963. Married October 15, 1985, Andrew Paul Gilbert, born August 10, 1964. one child:

(a) Andrew Paul Gilbert, Jr. born on January 10, 1987.

(B) Chester Sam Laird,III, born December 2, 1966. Married Gilda Shelton July 15, 1989. Gilda was born August 15, 1967.

(C) Carynn Sharise Laird, born November 4, 1968. Married on October 15, 1989 to Steven Lanier, born February 12, 1966.

(1) Courtney Sharise Lanier, born May 6, 1990.

Sam Laird died July 24, 1987, and Evelyn married Archie Brisendine on October 15, 1990.

(2) Alice Virginia Howell, born in Mobile August 4, 1946. Married Lewis Frederick Harvill on December 26, 1964.

(3) Durvard Wayne Howell, born in Mobile June 8, 1955.

After Murlean Emma Strickland Howell died, Ripley Curdee Howell married Elizabeth Pitts.

h. Ruth Howell, born in Clarke County, AL August 18, 1920. Lives in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.

 

 

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C. Martha "Mattie" Madgalene Benson, born January 30, 1882, Chance, AL; died November 23, 1972. Married John Simuel Rutledge, born at Nettlesboro November 18, 1878; died December 12, 1952. John was the son of Lafayette "Fate" Rutledge and Laura Candis Larrimore, born January 23, 1847.

Laura Candis was the daughter of Edmond/Edmund Pink Larrimore and Candis/Candace Allen. Laura's brother John L. Larrimore, married Catherine Angeline Kennedy (see chapter on Neal Kennedy in the Kennedy Section of this book). Another brother, Edmond Pink Larrimore, Jr. married Lucy Ann Wilson. Still another brother, Cyrus W. Larrimore, married Eliza Wilson. These two Wilson sisters had two brothers (Thomas R. Wilson and John Winfield Wilson) who were married to Angeline's sisters, Martha Jane and Mary Elizabeth Kennedy, respectively (see Kennedy Section of this book.

Still another Larrimore brother married Lula DeLoach, daughter of Epsey Davis (see John Davis chapter in Davis Section of this book) and Pennington DeLoach.

Descendants of above Edmund Pink Larrimore and Lucy Ann Wilson can be seen in the William Russin Thomas family (see Susan Davis McCoy chapter in the Davis Section of this book).

Mattie Benson and John Rutledge had eight children, all born in Nettlesboro, Clarke Co. AL.

a. Alphaeus E. Rutledge, born May 17, 1903. Married Edna Harris first. After her death he married Nell Page Holliday. No issue.

b. Wynema Victoria Rutledge, born December 4, 1904. Married Thomas Gordon Nelson, first cousin to Ellery Nelson who married Lorena Rutledge. Gordon was the son of Thomas Marion Nelson and Sally Elizabeth Thornhill.

Wynema and Gordon were married December 24, 1927, and they had three children, all born in Thomasville.

(1) Cecil Elvis Nelson, born in Thomasville on June 6, 1929., Married Dorothy Jean Hill on January 12, 1951. She was born December 12, 1931 in Thomasville, the daughter of Charles Roy Hill, Sr. and Alice Perkins. Cecil and and his wife live in Bessemer, where he is a

 

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Baptist minister.

(A) Ronald Ramar Nelson, born in Grove Hill, AL. Married to Debbie Wilson on June 12, 1976.

(B) Robert Michael Nelson, born in Demopolis, Marengo County, AL. Married April 2, 1988 to Ronee Thompson.

(C) Walter Frank Nelson, born in Demopolis also. Married Cindy George on December 4, 1990.

(D) Teresa Jean Nelson, born in Birmingham, AL. Married Michael Mello on August 4, 1990.

 

(2) Louise Nelson, twin, born April 17, 1937. Married Edward Franklin Megginson, Jr. on August 25, 1957. Edward was born at Sunny South, Wilcox County, AL on August 5, 1933, the son of Edward Franklin and Patricia Megginson. Louise and Edward have three children:

(A) Barron Keith Megginson, born in Mobile December 25, 1959. He married Kathryn Dell Barnes on February 15, 1985.

(B) Sharron Denice Megginson, born January 17, 1963 in Huntsville. Married James Verble, III on October 10, 1981.

(C) Debra Kay Megginson, born in Huntsville AL on November 20, 1965. She married Roger Todd Vance on May 6, 1989.

(3) Lucille Nelson, twin, born April 17. 1937. She married Harvie Sheffield on February 15, 1958. Harvie was born at Grove Hill, AL on July 23, 1937, the son of Wilson and Sadie Sheffield.

(A) Harvey Neal Sheffield, born in Fulton

 

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May 23, 1958. Married Judy Ann Hepstall March 10, 1979.

(a) Jennifer Lynn Sheffield, born in Selma March 16, 1983.

(b) Jessica Marie Sheffield, born in Selma August 24, 1988.

(B) John Larry Sheffield, born in Fulton June 11, 1959. Married Jeanne Brooks June 13, 1981.

(a) John Larry Sheffield, Jr., born in Selma July 8, 1984.

(b) Amanda Brook Sheffield, born in Mobile March 5, 1990.

c. Holley Edward Rutledge, born at Nettlesboro, AL December 8, 1905; died December 29, 1966 and was buried in Old Salem Cemetery. Married on March 30, 1929, in Grove Hill, Kylie Evessie McHaney, born in Nettlesboro on January 18, 1910, the daughter of William Everette McHaney and Liddie Elizabeth Courtney. Holley and Kylie had six children, all born in Nettlesboro. After the death of Holley, Kylie married Otto McKinley from Perdido Beach, Baldwin County, AL. Kylie's brother, Grady Jack McHaney, married Annie Lee Sellers (see chapter on Barbara Elizabeth Hicks in Hicks Section).

(1) Elizabeth Rutledge, born and died March 8, 1932 .

(2) Edward Maurice Rutledge, born April 27,1933. Married Emily Earle Totty November 10, 1955.

(A) Edith Maureen Rutledge, born August 16, 1956. Married Grady Wayne White June 23 1973.

(B) Emily Jeannine Rutledge, born September 26F 1959. Married Christopher Barton.

(C) Eleanor Kay Rutledge, born Jan. 24,1965. Married Wm. Patrie Waller Oct. 3, 1987.

(3) Ruby Mae Rutledge,born Oct. 5, 1935. Married Robert Eloid Baugh April 17,1954, son of Robert Samuel Baugh and Annie Laura Danzey.

 

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(A) Ruby Elaine Baugh, born Oct. 17, 1956.

(B) Janet Carol Baugh, born Feb. 5, 1959.

(D) Donna Faye Baugh, born Dec. 8, 1963.

(4) Marvin Roy Rutledge, born March 29, 1939. He married Alyce Sheffield on April 25, 1959. She is the daughter of Homer Henry Sheffield and Lillian Bertice Haskew (see chapter on Julia Ann Hicks Haskew).

(A) Marvin Roy Rutledge, Jr.

(B) Renee Rutledge

(C) Rachel Rutledge

(D) Robin Rutledge

(5) Infant girl, stillborn, June 15, 1941.

(6) Irvin Wesley Rutledge, born September 30, 1944. He married Nora Tyler June 9, 1967.

(A) Melissa Rutledge

(B) Karen Rutledge; married Kirklin Dozier. See chapter on William Bishop Kennedy In Kennedy Section of this book.

(C) Sharon Rutledge

(D) Buford Rutledge

d. Eppie Candace Rutledge, born December 16, 1907; died March 24, 1988. Married James Earl Sellers in 1946. He was born August 14, 1895, the son of James Braxton Sellers and Emma Delia Hicks. Emma was the daughter of Willis Bishop Hicks and his second wife, Susan Garrick.

Earl died November 14, 1984, and was buried at Wagarville, Washington County, Alabama; Eppie is buried there also. Eppie and Earl had a son and a daughter. For details on their families, see chapter on Emma Delia Hicks.

 

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(1) Harvey Earl Sellers; lives in Leroy, AL.

(2) Sue Mae Sellers; married Travis J. Thomas and lives in Jackson, AL.

e. Grady Rutledge, born June 28, 1910. Married on June 3, 1933, Dorothy Allen, daughter of Leonidas Allen and Mary Caroline Davis (see Johnson Davis chapter in Davis Section of this book).

f. John E. Rutledge, born July 8, 1912. Married Winnifred Pierce. No issue.

g. Infant boy, born January 26, 1914; died February 2, 1914.

h. Lorena Rutledge, born May 24, 1922 at Nettlesboro. She married James Ellery Nelson on June 20, 1942. He was the son of James Albert Nelson and Beulah Williams and was born at Thomasville October 28, 1918. He died January 1, 1987 and was buried in Evergreen Memorial Garden, Thomasville. Two children, both born in Grove Hill.

(1) John Albert Nelson, born September 24, 1952. Married Robin Garrick on July 8, 1971; divorced. one child:

(A) Kristi Mechelle Nelson, born in Selma November 3, 1975.

(1) Elna Gay Nelson, born October 1, 1955. Married Nolen Richard Goodwin June 15, 1974.

D. James Alphaeus Benson, first son and fourth child of Rip Benson and Virginia Bradford, was born April 28, 1884; died January 20, 1952; buried in old Salem Cemetery, Scyrene, Clarke Co. Alabama. Married Roberta "Birdie" Clarke, born November 13, 1892; died September 8, 1938. Also buried in Old Salem Cemetery. Five children:

a. Elwis Bertram Benson, born in Nettlesboro, Clarke Co. AL on August 21, 1910. He married Margaret Louise Higdon. Three children:

(1) Paulette Benson; married Steve Tharp.

(2) Elwis Bertram Benson, Jr.; married Janice Womack. One son:

 

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(A) Adam Wade Benson

(3) Sandra Gail Benson; married Victor Castillo. They have one son.

(A) Mark Victor Castillo.

 

b. Eddie Lee Benson, born at Nettlesboro in 1913 according to a family member. However, there is a tombstone in Old Salem Cemetery which reads:

Eddie Lee Benson, Born October 26, 1911, Died on April 9, 1913.

This is probably the grave of the second son of James Alphaeus Benson and Roberta Clarke.

c. Eula Victoria Benson, born at Service, AL May 1, 1916. Married Guy Vernon Martin on April 20, 1941. He was born at Chalkville, Jefferson Co. AL May 3, 1913, the son of Guy West Martin and Minta Hardwick. He died August 21, 1975 and was buried in Jefferson Memorial Cemetery, Highway 11, Trussville, Alabama.

(1) Verna Sue Martin, born in Birmingham on November 29, 1945. Married James Lee Adams Jr. Two children:

(A) Victoria Ruth Adams

(B) Susan Lee Adams

(2) Guy Vernon Martin, Jr., born in El Paso, TX June 2, 1947. Married Katherine Lynne Torbert.

(3) Infant daughter, born and died, June 1950, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

(4) Victoria Ann Martin, born in San Francisco CA on July 9, 1952. Married Gregory Alan Holton.

d. Roberta Benson, born in Fulton, Clarke Co. AL June 3, 1919. Married William Leslie.

e. Willie Grey Benson, born in Fulton on June 21, 1922. Married Harry Clayton Miller on March 8, 1943; divorced. Harry's father was John Clayton and his mother was Grace Eads.

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Willie Grey married for the second time on July 6, 1968, Charles Draper Tate, born October 27, 1913. He was the son of Charles D. Tate and Carrie Starnes.

There were two sons born to Grey and her first husband:

(1) James Clayton Miller, born January 4, 1945 in Washington, D. C. Married Erika Mader on September 29, 1962.

(2) Benson Lee Miller, born in Washington also, on March 22, 1950. Married Grace Garner on May 15, 1976.

f. Alice Virginia Benson, born in Riderwood, AL on May 12, 1931. Married James Lee Taylor December 1, 1950 in Fairfax, VA. James was born in Willard Ohio April 7, 1931, the son of Harry F. Taylor and Ruth Garrett. Alice and James have four children.

(1) Donna Grey Taylor, born in Washington, DC August 17, 1951. Married Davis Taggart in 1970.

(A) James H. Taggart, born April 19, 1978.

(2) Patricia Alice Taylor, born in Rochester, Monroe Co. NY on June 29, 1957. Married in 1983, Monte Hamilton. Three children:

(A) Sarah Elizabeth Hamilton, born March 1, 1988.

(B) Christopher Taylor Hamilton, born on April 4, 1989.

(C) Aaron Timothy Hamilton, born April 4, 1 9 90 .

 

(3) Roberta Ruth Taylor, born in Rochester May 22, 1960. Married Timothy Moss September 8, 1980.

(4) James Harry Taylor, born in Rochester April 9, 1962.

 

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E. John Renfroe Benson; married Alice Lovie Vickers, born July 30, 1895; died January 15, 1981. Lovie was the daughter of Lorenzo James Vickers and Epsy Ada DeLoach.

Lorenzo's parents will be found in the Vickers chapter and Ada's parents will be found in the John Davis chapter in the Davis Section of this book.

a. Roger Benson. He was a casualty of World War II, somewhere in Italy.

F. Alfred Young Benson, born in Nettlesboro on April 7, 1886; died April 7, 1945; buried in Forest Hill Cem. in Birmingham. He married first, Ada Arulia Vickers on April 22, 1912, who died seven months after the wedding. Ada was the daughter of Lorenzo James Vickers and Epsey Ada DeLoach (see chapter on John Davis in the Davis Section of this book, as well as chapter on Nancy Talbert Hicks).

Alfred Benson married the second time on July 29, 1917, to Maggie Jane Bradford. She was the daughter of Dorothea (spelled Dareetha by one of the later generations) Hicks and Thomas Edderds (again, that was the spelling given to me) Bradford, and granddaughter of Josiah Rux Hicks and Lucinda A. Benson (see chapter on Josiah Rux Hicks, son of Willis Bishop Hicks).

Maggie Jane Bradford was born at Scyrene, Clarke Co. Alabama on October 15, 1895. She died on October 29, 1983, and is also buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama. Two daughters:

a. Margaret Nell Benson; born in Nettlesboro February 19, 1921; married Jamie Clayton Gates on July 12, 1946. He was born at Scyrene July 17, 1919, son of John Kayton Gates and Mary Zeola Brooks.

(1) Alpha Annice Gates, born in Birmingham on December 25, 1959. Married James Otis Cottingham January 24, 1981.

(A) Kensi Lane Cottingham, born September 25, 1988.

b. Betty olene Benson, born at Scyrene January 16, 1927. Married Roland Adron Grady Oliver, born in Joppa, Cullman Co. AL on March 29, 1925, the son of Monroe Arlee Oliver and Myrtle Vernon. Two

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children, both born in Jasper, Walker Countyr AL.

(1) Deanna Lynn Oliver, born September 8, 1956. Married August 25, 1979, Timothy Howard Robertson. Two children:

(A) Kellyn Laci Robertson, born September 2, 1982.

(B) Kaley Landon Robertson, born November 23, 1985.

(2) Tim Adron Oliver, born November 28, 1959. Married Sandra Renee Lower on May 7, 1988.

(A) Adron Renee Oliver, born July 25, 1990.

G. Columbus Edward Benson, twin, born October 14, 1893; died January 10, 1975; buried at Scyrene, AL. He married Eula Bradford, sister to the above Maggie Bradford on September 26, 1920, in Scyrene. Eula was born at Scyrene December 23, 1899. She died in Birmingham on June 6, 1987, and was also buried at Scyrene, Clarke County, Alabama.

a. Columbus Bland Benson,born at Scyrene, Clarke Co. August 8, 1922. Married Florence Keith, born in Birmingham on September 11, 1922,the daughter of Isaac Anderson Keith and Lucy Mae Hicks.

(1) Elizabeth Ann Benson,born in Birmingham June 3, 1944. Married James McCutcheon.

(A) Tracy Michelle McCutcheon,born December 28, 1973.

(2) Barbara Joe Benson, born in Biloxi, MS June 15, 1951. Married Terry James Henderson.

(A) Heath Dwayne Henderson, born March 20, 1974.

(B) Shane Michael Henderson, born June 15, 1979.

(3) Ronald Gary Benson, born February 16, 1954. Married Marti Joe Pike.

(A) Alex William Benson, born November 20, 1987.

 

 

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(B) Ryan Edward Benson, born on March 19, 1983.

b. Pauline Benson, born in Scyrene on August 11, 1927. married on June 1, 1949, Robert Lawrence Lancaster, Jr., born May 3, 1921. He was born in North Birmingham, the son of Robert Lawrence Lancaster, Sr. and Bertha Flack.

(1) Shirley Ann Lancaster, born in Birmingham on July 7, 1950. Married Thomas Lee Strickland.

(A) Tammie Sherie Strickland, born December 30, 1973.

(B) Sherissa Eve Strickland, born October 24, 1976, Birmingham.

(C) Troy Jared Strickland, born April 4, 1978, Birmingham.

(2) Dorothy Sue Lancaster, born in Birmingham on July 13, 1951. Married William Douglas Hamilton.

(A) Joshua David Hamilton, born in Birmingham on August 18, 1978.

(B) Jonathan Kyle Hamilton, born in Birmingham on May 13, 1985.

c. Thomas E. Benson, born March 9, 1933. Married on September 17, 1954 in Waco, Texas, Edna LaVerne Dugger, born on April 13, 1935, the daughter of Benjamin Harrison Dugger and Nola Irene Ward. Two sons, both born in Waco, McLennan CO. Texas.

(1) Thomas Lee Benson, born August 9, 1956. Married Karen Elizabeth Wigger on June 9, 1979.

(2) David Wayne Benson, born April 13, 1958. Married Sharon LeNell Hardcastle on October 20, 1977. Three children, all born in Waco:

(A) Brian Heath Benson, born Oct. 16, 1979.

(B) Eric Dwayne Benson, born Dec. 25, 1980.

(C) Chad Edward Benson, born Feb. 25, 1986.

 

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H. Edna Benson, twin; married Charlie Tuberville. Two children:

a. Gracie Tuberville; lives in Arkansas.

b. Trenton Tuberville

I. Ruby Keziah Benson, born may 5, 1890; died October 1, 1963 in Montgomery, AL and is buried in Tallassee,AL. She married John Franklin Mann on March 4, 1922. He was born January 21, 1875, the son of Alec Taylor Mann, and died December 4, 1952. Ruby and Frank had six children.

a. Joyce Dera Mann, born November 27, 1899 in Elmore Co. AL. Married Howard Flournoy Bryan.

b. Clinton Norman Mann, born in Elmore Co. April 13, 1903; died April 5, 1983. Married Sallie Price.

c. William Horace Mann, born in Elmore Co. October 29, 1906; died August 29, 1976. He married Beatrice Smiley.

d. Paul Loomis Mann, born November 9, 1908, Elmore Co. Married Genie Maude Golden.

e. Grace Florine Mann, born in Tallassee, Elmore Co. AL on February 26, 1925. Married Mack Edwin Elkins.

f. Norma Jean Mann, born in East Tallassee, Tallapoosa Co. AL on October 7, 1928. Married August 14, 1949, Gaylord Bernard Hall, born in Birmingham on May 1, 1927, the son of John Dilmus Hall and Gratie Norene Taylor. Norma is a registered nurse and her husband is a retired supervisor.

(1) Anthony John Hall, born in Montgomery, AL on August 19, 1951. Married to Martha Ann Ivey on May 12, 1972.

(2) Alan Bernard Hall, born April 13, 1955 in Montgomery.

J. Ripley Howard Benson, born September 20, 1896; died April 26, 1967; buried in New Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama. Married Lula Alma Moore, born June 17, 1917; died December 31, 1986. She is buried in New Live Oak Cemetery also.

 

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After Howard's death Lula married William A. McLeod, born January 9, 1908; died December 2, 1984; buried in New Live Oak Cemetery, Selma.

Howard and Lula Benson had three children.

a. Gladys Jean Benson, born August 5, 1934. Married first on June 20, 1952, Sam Wiley Smith, born on September 18, 1927, the son of Wilson and Nellie Smith. Three children:

(1) Mike Smith, born at Frisco City, Monroe Co. AL on June 21, 1953.

(2) Ted Smith, born in Selma November 22, 1955.

(3) Ed Smith, born in Selma January 28, 1956.

b. Bonnie Faye Benson, born April 29, 1941 in Excel, Monroe Co. AL. She was married first to Eugene Ward and second to Roger Belcher, as his second wife. Roger was first married to Cora Belle Hicks, who was born in Clarke Co., according to Patricia Belcher,daughter-in-law of Roger Belcher (married his son Robert).

There is a tombstone in New Live Oak Cemetery for Cora Belle Belcher, born October 4, 1923; died December 29, 1966. Roger Lee Belcher is buried there also and his tombstone reads: Born January 1, 1921; Died April 22, 1986.

Bonnie Faye Benson Ward Belcher died October 31, 1988.

c. Dan Benson, born February 28, 1945. No further information.

 

 

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SOURCES FOR MARY CALVISS HICKS

Clarke County, AL Marriage Records

Clarke County, AL Census Records

Newspaper clippings

Cemetery records and tombstones

Clarke County Alabama and Its Surroundings by Rev. T.H. Ball

Historical Sketches of Clarke County, Alabama by The Clarke County Historical Society

Old family letters

Personal knowledge

Family Group Sheets completed by family members

Willis Bishop Hicks Family Bible

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CHAPTER VII

NANCY TALBERT HICKS

Nancy Talbert Hicks, seventh child and fourth daughter of Willis Bishop Hicks and his first wife, Dorothy B. Nance, was born in Alabama on July 30, 1831. She married George Vickers October 5, 1848.

The 1850 Clarke County Census listed the family as follows:

George Vickers, farmer Age 33 B. GA

Nancy 20 AL

William 5 mos. "

The 1860 Census listed the family in the same county:

George Vickers, farmer Age 35 $2,700 B. SC

Nancy 28 AL

William J. 10 AL

John 7 "

Lorenzo J. 4 ‘

You will note that George hadn't aged much in the last ten years! Also, in 1860 he claimed he was born in South Carolina. Nancy took a few years off her age also.

In the 1870 Clarke County Census William, Lorenzo and Georgia were listed in the home of their maternal grandparents,Willis Bishop Hicks and his second wife, Susan M. Garrick. Another daughter, Alabama V., was listed in the home of her Aunt Mary C. Benson, who was of course, Mary Calviss Hicks.

Since Georgia was born around 1862 we can assume that her parents died sometime between 1862 and 1870. Perhaps Nancy died from complications following the birth of their last child. George possibly died during the War Between the States.

1. William James Vickers, first child of Nancy Talbert Hicks and George Vickers, was born around 1850. He married Lucy Ann Presnall on December 20, 1871.

There is a tombstone in Old Salem Cemetery for Nancy Leona Vickers, born in 1873 and died in 1897. She was the the first wife of Thomas Arthur Larrimore(see Davis Section). I was told by members of the William Russin Thomas family that Nancy Leona was the daughter of William Vickers, and that Nancy Leona died soon after the birth of hers and Arthur's twins, who also died.

2. John Jefferson Vickers, second child of Nancy Talbert Hicks and George Vickers, was born August 10, 1853; died September 5, 1935. He married Martha Jane Garrick,

 

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born February 16, 1855; died December 6 or 7, 1911. She is buried in Old Salem Cemetery, Scyrene.

Martha Jane was the daughter of William Lewis Garrick and Martha Elizabeth Haskew. Martha Jane's brother, Manuel Garrick, had two sons whose families will be found elsewhere in this book.

Clarence Garrick married Mattie Estelle Davis (see chapter on Johnson Davis in Davis Section) and William Carey Garrick married Mary Bernice Kennedy (see chapter on Robert Lee Kennedy in Kennedy Section).

Martha Jane Garrick had another brother, Bryant Alexander Garrick, whose daughter married Strother Edd Kennedy (see chapter on Thomas Jefferson Kennedy in the Kennedy Section).

John Jefferson Vickers and Martha Jane Garrick had fourteen children.

A. Nancy Octavia Vickers, born September 5, 1872; died February 2, 1949. Married Parker Taylor McLendon.

a. Parker Taylor McLendon, Jr., born in 1906; died November 12, 1990. I was told that his wife's name was Betty but his Obituary listed her as Mildred P. McLendon. Perhaps he was married twice. Two children:

(1) William P. McLendon. Married Faye Ralston first; she is deceased. Name of second wife is unknown.

(2) Marilyn McLendon; married a Lawson; lives in Weaver, AL.

b. Alma McLendon; married Massey Smith.

C. Emmet McLendon

d. Elma R. McLendon

e. Eula McLendon; married Clarence Dunn.

B. Ellen Virginia Vickers, born September 23, 1974; married Matthew Anderson.

a. Nettie Anderson; married Chris Loding.

b. Vera Anderson; married Jinx Bassarge.

 

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c. Clayton Anderson

d. Rennie Anderson; married Ebie Mills.

e. Geneva Anderson; married Buford Heath.

f. Sim Anderson; never married.

g. Jewel Anderson; died in infancy.

C. Manuel Eugene Vickers, born August 21, 1876; died on January 1, 1950. Married Lucy Eulalia Bagley, born March 23, 1879; died January 3, 1966.

a. Lena Jane Vickers; married Clyde Singley.

b. Lucy Mae Vickers; married first, Edgar Britton Day. Married second, Andrew Redmond.

c. Vernon Edward Vickers; never married. Killed in a plane crash during World War I.

d. Elmore Jefferson Vickers, born November 1, 1904; died January 1, 1905. Buried at Old Salem.

e. Eula Inez Vickers

f. Curry DeWitt Vickers. Married first, Marie Ruth Wright; second, Daisy Walker; third, Joy Parker.

g. Maynard Eugene Vickers. Married first, Hudie Hammond; second, Edna, last name unknown; third, Campbell.

h. William Clyde Vickers; married Evelyn Slausen.

i. Mary Etta Vickers. Married lst, John Korne Shelton; married 2nd, William Sims.

j. Ruth Vickers; married Barney H. Weeks.

k. Doris Eugenia Vickers. Married lst,a Newman; 2nd, Charles Norman; 3rd, a Wood; 4th, an O'Neal; 5th Don Hersey.

D. William Leroy Vickers, born July 3, 1878.

E. Alice Corrine Vickers, born May 24,1880; died April 13, 1969. Married lst to an Autrey and 2nd to a LeFlore.

a. Leland Autrey

 

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b. Viola Autrey

c. Willie Carl LeFlore

F. Kossuth Amos Vickers, born October 5, 1883; died Oct. 11, 1883. Buried at Old Salem.

G. Emma Quinnie Vickers, born October 5, 1884; died April 5, 1937. Married Walter Fontaine.

H. Lucy Mae Vickers, born June 12, 1886; died September 25, 1954. Married Benjamin Franklin Clanton. Ten children:

a. Martha Jane Clanton, born July 31, 1906; died in May of 1989. Married Glenn E. Nunn.

(1) James E. Nunn; married Madeline Deas.

(A) James Edward Nunn, Jr. Wife's name is Bonnie.

(a) Greg Nunn

(b) Shelly Nunn

(B) Donald Richard Nunn; married Bonita Morrison.

(a) Donald Richard Nunn, Jr.

(b) James Lawrence Nunn

(2) Glenn E. Nunn; married Faye Vickers.

(A) Nancy Jane Nunn. Married lst, Allen Filyan; married 2nd, Larry Bradstreet.

(B) Glenn Ed Nunn; married Donna Schwartz.

(C) Susan Nunn

(3) Mary Jean Nunn; married Kenneth Wood.

(A) Kenny Wood

b. Nannie Lou Clanton, born July 20, 1908. Married Edward Taylor Hall, Jr. Three children;

(1) Edward Taylor Hall, III.

 

 

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(2) Carita Sue Hall; married Thomas R. Dowden, Jr. Four children.

(A) Baby boy; died in infancy.

(B) Thomas Dowden

(C) Susan Dowden

(D) Elizabeth Dowden

(3) Nannelle Hall; married Herbert Bruce.

(A) Jeffrey Bruce

(B) Jerry Bruce

C. John Lenzy Clanton, born January 10, 1910; died November 10, 1983; buried in Burlington, WA. Married Frances Elizabeth Allen, born in Milton, Fl April 30, 1915, daughter of William Albert Allen and Minnie Mae Mason.

(1) Mary Elizabeth Clanton, born July 22, 1938, Milton, Santa Rosa Co. FL. Married Arnold Goldstein on June 20, 1965.

(A) Jonathan David Goldstein, born in England on February 7, 1969.

(B) Andrew Joseph Goldstein, born in Germany on February 18, 1970.

(C) Matthew Jason Goldstein, born in Germany also, October 5, 1972.

(2) Barbara Ann Clanton, born in Portsmouth, VA September 20, 1941. Married Donald Daniels on August 4, 1963.

(A) Donald Allen Daniels, born July 8, 1975 in Olympia, Thurston Co. WA.

(3) Jon Timothy Clanton, born July 7, 1955, Oak Harbour Island, WA. Married Lucy Ann Hickman.

d. Ida Mae Clanton, born March 9, 1913. Married lst, Arward Maness, Sr. Two children by him but none by her second husband, Howard Dortch.

 

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(1) Arward Lambert Maness, Jr.

(2) Mary Frances Maness; married James Kelly Bennett.

(A) Debra Bennet; died at birth.

(B) Richard Kelly Bennett

(C) Pamela Ann Bennett

(D) Donald Lee Bennett

e. Mary Ethel Clanton, born December 9, 1915. Married January 14, 1939, Robert Clay Larrimore (as his second wife), the son of Robert Edward Larrimore and Laura Haskew. He was the grandson of E. P. Larrimore and Lucy Ann Wilson (see chapter on Julia Ann Hicks and James J. Haskew).

Clay was born in Dickinson on April 22, 1904 and died December 9, 1969 in Thomasville; buried at Choctaw Corner near Thomasville.

(1) Robert Clay Larrimore, Jr., born July 27, 1943, Fulton. Married Jamie Lee.

(A) Robert Clay "Trey" Larrimore, III. born in 1974.

(2) Lucy Anne Larrimore, born in Thomasville on June 4, 1946. Married Larry Hickman.

(A) Michael DeWitt Hickman, born September 3, 1967.

(B) Mary Dena Hickman,born February 6,1972.

(3) Ben Edd Larrimore, born December 9, 1948 in Thomasville. Married Wanda Boswell.

(A) Mary Christina Larrimore, born January 31, 1971.

(B) Ben Edd Larrimore,jr.born July 9, 1977.

f. Benjamin Lamar Clanton, born November 5, 1918; died May 11, 1989; buried in Thomasville. Married Dovie Lee Freeman, born at Lamison, AL March 24, 1921, daughter of Fred Maxwell Freeman and Dovie Lee Keefe.

 

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Lamar and Dovie had five children, born in Thomasville.

(1) Benjamin Frederich Clanton,born July 18,1947. Married Kathryn Wilkinson on March 16, 1965.

(A) Charles Clanton

(B) Mathew Clanton

(2) David Lamar Clanton, born September 10,1949. Married Barbara Anne Smith March 10, 1968.

(A) Andy Clanton

(3) John Donald Clanton, born August 16, 1951. Married Reba Cline on February 14, 1971.

(4) Joseph Michael Clanton,born December 8,1954. Married Patricia Adams on July 1, 1976.

(A) Ashley Clanton

(B) Adam Clanton

(5) Anna Marie Clanton, born November 27, 1957. Married Robert Lee Smith September 12, 1981.

g. Helen Grace Clanton, born March 17, 1921. Married first, James Miller Dennis, Jr. Married second, James Eugene Smith.

h. Edna Louise Clanton, born September 24, 1923 in Jennings, FL. Married in Washington, DC February 25, 1944, George Thomas Jones. George was born in Gadsden, AL October 11, 1922, son of Lucien Jones and Mary Opal Hall.

(1) Martha Louise Jones, born at Repton, Conecuh Co. Al March 27, 1945. Married Douglas Ray Moorer on May 6, 1967.

(A) Valeria Raye Moorer

(B) Vickers Moorer

(C) Mathew Moorer

(2) George Lucian Jones, born in Mobile October 22, 1953. Married first to Sherry Browning; second, Dawn Haddock.

 

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i. Carita Frances Clanton, twin, born May 14, 1926. Died March 3, 1917.

j. Carl Franklin Clanton, twin, born May 14, 1926. Died in March of 1928.

I. Alpha Pearl Vickers, born October 23,1887; died June, 1963. Married Ocie McLendon. Three children:

a. Wynema MLendon

b. Peggy McLendon

C. Alonzo McLendon

J. Addie Viola Vickers, born May 14, 1889; died November 10, 1908. Married Daniel Horton. They had one child, stillborn. Addie in childbirth.

K. Johnny Grove Vickers, born December 8,1890; died June 15, 1913. Never married.

L. Martha Jane Vickers, born August 4, 1892. Married to Willie McFarland.

a. Mable McFarland

b. Curtis McFarland

C. Manes McFarland

M. Richard Coma Vickers, born August 30, 1895; died November 20, 1895; died November 24, 1968. Married to Gussie Haggard.

a. Richard Coma Vickers, Jr.

N. Daniel Norman Vickers, born December 4, 1896; died on January 31, 1916. Never married.

3. Lorenzo James Viickers, third child of Nancy Talbert Hicks and George Vickers, was born October 10, 1855 and died October 9, 1926. Married Ada Epsy DeLoach on December 22, 1876. Ada was the daughter of Epsey Davis and Pennington DeLoach, Epsey being the daughter of John Davis and the granddaughter of Enoch Davis Sr. (see chapter on John Davis in the Davis Section of this book).

Lorenzo and Ada had sixteen children but only eleven of them lived to adulthood. Two died before they were one year old, one lived a year, one died at 3-1/2 years and

 

 

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one died when he was eleven years old.

A. James Pennington Vickers, born September 23, 1877; died April 25, 1920. Never married.

B. Emma Elina Vickers, born April 7, 1879; died February 10, 1960. Married Samuel John Hamilton on December 4, 1898. No issue.

C. William Walter Vickers, born February 23, 1881; died August 8, 1956. Married Nell Ryser, born on December 25, 1887; died April 19, 1968.

a. Margaret Nell Ryser Vickers, born March 9, 1914; died October 28, 1918. Buried in Old Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, on the same lot with her maternal grandparents, Maggie Isola Hayes and Peter Ryser.

b. Helen Elizabeth Vickers; married Keith Yenne and had one son.

(1) Peter Yenne; lived in San Diego, CA.

D. Terrance Miller Vickers, born June 21, 1883; died April 5, 1942. Married Emma Alice Moseley on April 5, 1942. Emma Alice was born October 31, 1886; died November 22, 1975. Terrance and his wife had seven children, three of them dying in infancy.

a. Cecil Mosely Vickers, born May 28, 1909. Married Josephine Carrero on October 21, 1937. She was born September 23, 1916. They had three children.

(1) Cecil Miller Vickers, born May 26, 1942. Married Magdaline Sarapolus on July 23, 1966.

(A) Cecil Miller Vickers, Jr., born May 7, 1970.

(B) Gregory Clark Vickers, born February 17, 1973.

(2) James Joseph Vickers, born September 23, 1952.

(3) Mary Louise Vickers, born Augsut 16, 1955. She married Albert DeWitt Felts on August 15, 1976. He was born February 16, 1953.

(A) Virginia Marie Felts, born on April 21, 1981.

 

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b. Mary Miller Vickers, second child of Terrance Miller Vickers and Emma Alice Moseley, was born on August 12, 1910. She married John Amos McGee as his second wife. He was first married to Carrie Viola Vickers, Mary's aunt, who died in 1931.

John McGee was born August 31, 1895. He and Mary had two children.

(1) John Amos McGee Jr. born June 20, 1942. He married Myrtle Ruth Carpenter June 30, 1967. She was born March 31, 1945.

(A) John Edward McGee, born Septemer 6,1968.

(B) Donna Jean McGee, born March 14, 1972.

(C) Wanda Ann McGee, born July 12, 1973.

(2) Alice Miller McGee, born December 22, 1945. Married Ronald Douglas Rutherford December 26, 1963. He was born July 28, 1944.

(A) Ronald Douglas Rutherford, born October 13, 1964.

(B) Susan Kay Rutherford,born June 1,1966.

c. George Grady Vickers, born August 13, 1912; died August 1, 1988. Married Mildred Ruth Champion April 2, 1953. She was born January 8, 1931,the daughter of Lonnie N. Champion and Mallie Grey Wilkinson. After George died, Mildred married Junior Elrod. George and Mildred had twin daughters.

(1) Martha Vickers, born in Selma July 21, 1959. Married Dr.Brian Thomas Bueaing May 29, 1982 and has two children.

(A) Jorge Thomas Buening,born May 25, 1986.

(B) Catherine Elizabeth Buening, born June 19, 1990.

(2) Marie Vickers, born in Selma July 21, 1959. Married Gary Ivan Schmidt April 2,1983. Gary

is a CPA. They have one child and are expecting another in December, 1990.

(A) Margaret Ruth Schmidt, born May 15,1986.

 

 

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d. Pauline Emma Vickers, born August 25, 1914. Married George Edward Clausen August 4, 1967, born March 12, 1912; died January 13, 1986. No issue.

E. Minnie Lou Vickers, twin, born in Vashti, Clarke Co. AL February 9, 1885; died April 16, 1982; buried in Thomasville. Married John Frank Donaldson in Selma January 9, 1909. He was born in Crenshaw Co. AL on February 11, 1876, the son of Jesse Donaldson and Catherine Elizabeth Pollard. John died July 20, 1951, and is also buried in Thomasville.

a. Gladys Viola Donaldson, born in Montgomery, AL on October 31, 1909. Never married; lives in Auburn AL.

b. Emmie Frances Donaldson, also born in Montgomery on March 29, 1911; died June 22, 1962. She never married.

c. Leland Stanford Donaldson, born in Montgomery on August 20, 1912; died in November the same year.

d. Oscar Woodrow Donaldson, born in Catherine,Wilcox Co. AL on November 6, 1913. Married Julia Wheeler on December 4, 1938.

e. Catherine Epsy Donaldson,born in Catherine December 15, 1914; died in July of 1916.

f. John Frank Donaldson, Jr., born in Catherine February 15, 1917; died June 25, 1988. Married Pauline Pickrell on December 29, 1945.

F. Ann Mary Vickers, twin, born February 9, 1885; died May 17, 1885. Buried at Old Salem Cemetery, Scyrene, Alabama.

G. George Bracy Vickers, born July 2, 1886; died July 7, 1955. Married Irene Thrash, born 1895; died August 2, 1990.

a. Eunice Vickers

b. Franklin Vickers

C. Mable Vickers; married an Easley.

d. Georgie Lynn Vickers; married a Buhl and lives in Milton, FL.

 

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H. Ada Arulia Vickers, born March 16,1888; died November 25, 1912. Married Alfred Young Benson (see chapter on Mary Caliss Hicks).

I. Ella Grace Vickers, born January 22, 1890; died October 18, 1890. Buried in Old Salem Cemetery.

J. Jessie Lee Vickers, born September 3, 1891; died March 21, 1990. Married Forney P. Laney. She was a nurse during World War I. They had only one child, stillborn. Jessie Lee and her husband are buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Birmingham, AL.

K. Donnie Alva Vickers, born August 5, 1893; died December 2, 1965. He married Hazel Pierce. No issue.

L. Alice Lovie Vickers, born July 30, 1895; died January 15, 1981. Married John Renfroe Benson(see chapter on Mary Caliss Hicks). One child:

a. Roger E. Benson, born September 29, 1920; killed in action August 1, 1943 during World War II, as a member of the 346 AAF Bomb Sqd. Buried in the National Cemetery, Mobile, AL.

M. Carrie Viola Vickers, born May 26, 1897; died March 4 1931. Married John Amos McGee and they had one child stillborn. After Carrie's death, John married Mary Miller Vickers, her niece.

N. Willie May Vickers, born March 17, 1899, died March 19, 1900.

O. Lorenzo Grady Vickers, born May 9,1902; died December 7, 1905.

P. Curry DeLoach Vickers, born May 15,1905; died October 6, 1916.

 

4. Alabama Virginia Vickers, fourth child of Nancy Hicks and George Vickers, was born December 1, 1860 and died October 15, 1941. Bama married William Russin Thomas November 1, 1880 and they had eleven children (See Susan Davis chapter in Davis Section for a complete account of their descendants).

5. Georgia Vickers, last child of Nancy Hicks and George Vickers, was born in 1862. No further information.

 

 

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SOURCES FOR NANCY TALBERT HICKS

Clarke County, AL Census Records

Clarke County, AL Marriage Records

Records of Helen Clanton Smith

Records of Mary Vickers McGee

Records of Gladys Donaldson

Family Group Sheets completed by family members

Willis Bishop Hicks Family Bible

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