William Winston HicksAge: 77 years1877–1954
- Name
- William Winston Hicks
- Given names
- William Winston
- Surname
- Hicks
 Birth | June 7, 1877 37 37 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 6 months)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a sister | Susannah R Hicks January 9, 1879 (Age 19 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Benjamin B Hicks March 12, 1879 (Age 21 months) |
| Death of a sister | Susannah R Hicks June 12, 1879 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 30, 1880 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin B Hicks September 26, 1882 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Michael B Freeman August 6, 1886 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a mother | Louisa Emaline Freeman December 21, 1905 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 38 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 39 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 40 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Franklin Hicks August 6, 1923 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 52 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Camilla Quintina “Tinie” Hicks December 11, 1933 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 68 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | August 6, 1954 (Age 77 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Benjamin Franklin Hicks Birth: February 7, 1840 — North Carolina, United States Death: August 6, 1923 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Louisa Emaline Freeman Birth: September 3, 1839 26 38 — North Carolina, United States Death: December 21, 1905 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: 1866 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary Jane “Janie” Hicks Birth: April 26, 1868 28 28 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: September 1, 1956 — Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Camilla Quintina “Tinie” Hicks Birth: April 1, 1870 30 30 Death: December 11, 1933 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Johanna Hicks Birth: April 15, 1873 33 33 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: January 21, 1956 — Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years himself |
William Winston Hicks Birth: June 7, 1877 37 37 — North Carolina, United States Death: August 6, 1954 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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19 months younger sister |
Susannah R Hicks Birth: January 9, 1879 38 39 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 12, 1879 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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2 months younger brother |
Benjamin B Hicks Birth: March 12, 1879 39 39 — North Carolina, United States Death: September 26, 1882 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Hicks - Household
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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