What We Know About William H. Hicks

Reported day of death: September 12, 1912

Born in Alexandria in 1864, and died in Fairfax on October 15, 1912 (a different date than in Lucy Hicks' contribution). The "died in Fairfax" could be the result of the researcher locating his gravestone in Herndon, not Arlington, due to its relocation.

The headstone in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church's cemetery that reflects the Ancestry.com family tree data.

The 1880 census, reflecting Ancestry.com's data on William H. Hicks' siblings, birthplace, and age; however, the parents are not the same people. As the Ancestry.com data suggests that his parents would have been fourteen and fifteen when he was born, and the census suggests the more realistic age of 52 and 38, it seems more likely that this census is accurate and the Ancestry.com record is flawed. We also learn that the Hicks were an African-American family.

After not appearing at all in the 1890 census, William H. reappears in 1910 with the family described in the Genealogical Society's account; wife Susanna and sons William H. Jr. and John H, at this point living in Arlington County.

By 1910, sons Theodore and Robert have been born.

By 1920, William H. has passed away, and Susanna is now head of the household.