Earl Melvin HicksAge: 74 years1914–1989
- Name
- Earl Melvin Hicks
- Given names
- Earl Melvin
- Surname
- Hicks
 Birth | July 18, 1914 28 27 |
 Birth of a brother | Shearl Elvin Hicks July 18, 1914 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 17 months)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 2 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 3 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/ |
| Birth of a brother | Willard Jeffrey Hicks July 5, 1919 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elbie Uriah Hicks 1921 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 | Elbie Uriah Hicks 1932 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a mother | Minnie Ethel Jenkins June 26, 1945 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 |
| Death of a brother | Perry Logan Hicks May 8, 1951 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 |
| Death of a father | Uriah Hezekiah “Pete” Hicks March 3, 1967 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 of a brother | Shearl Elvin Hicks August 27, 1982 (Age 68 years) |
 Death | February 21, 1989 (Age 74 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Uriah Hezekiah “Pete” Hicks Birth: August 30, 1885 Death: March 3, 1967 |
| mother |
Minnie Ethel Jenkins Birth: September 2, 1886 18 Death: June 26, 1945 |
| elder sister |
Jesse Hicks Birth: November 5, 1905 20 19 Death: 1912 |
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3 years elder brother |
Perry Logan Hicks Birth: January 27, 1909 23 22 Death: May 8, 1951 |
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6 years twin brother |
Shearl Elvin Hicks Birth: July 18, 1914 28 27 Death: August 27, 1982 |
| himself |
Earl Melvin Hicks Birth: July 18, 1914 28 27 Death: February 21, 1989 |
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5 years younger brother |
Willard Jeffrey Hicks Birth: July 5, 1919 33 32 Death: July 22, 1993 |
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3 years younger sister |
Elbie Uriah Hicks Birth: 1921 35 34 Death: 1932 |
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Earl Melvin Hicks Birth: July 18, 1914 28 27 Death: February 21, 1989 |
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Earl Melvin Hicks has 5 first cousins recorded
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Mother's family (5)
Parents Dewitt E Dicken + Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins
Parents James Taylor Bruce + Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins
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