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About a foot north of the William H. Hicks headstone is a smaller one, marked "W. H. H."; possibly the headstone of the senior Hicks' son, William Henry Hicks Jr., who died in December 1935 (although this is not mentioned in the information…

A destroyed headstone in the vicinity of the William H. Hicks marker at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, potentially from the Hicks Cemetery.

One of two unmarked grave markers in the section of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery that appears to be occupied by the headstones moved from the Hicks Family Cemetery. This marker has no information on it beyond the name of the church, and…

(Illegible) Hicks
Died Dec 23, 1926

Faces east. Census records do not indicate the existence of a relative of William H. Hicks whose death date and name correspond with these markings, nor does the survey's account of the graves moved from the…

HICKS
William H.
Died Oct. 15, 1912
Aged 48 Years
Loved In Life, In Death Remembered

Headstone faces west.

Described in the Lee Highway Association's book concerning Lee Highway in 1926, the Zero Milestone is a monument on the south lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, the landmark from which all highways radiating from the city are measured. This…

A book created and published by the Lee Highway Association in the year 1926, describing the history and importance of Lee Highway, the first highway to connect the east and west coasts of America (and also the highway which, after being expanded in…

The Quick/Gibson Family Tree's entry for William H. Hicks on Ancestry.com. The birthday, siblings, and date of death are consistent with census records, and following the census records indicates that he is the same William H. Hicks whose gravestone…

An account in Arlington Historical Magazine, matching the account in the Genealogical Society's "Graveyards of Arlington County, Virginia".

Page 45 of "Graveyards of Arlington County", compiled by the Arlington Genealogy Club, containing Lucy Belle Hicks Coates' (possibly inaccurate) account of the movement of the Hicks Cemetery to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and references to the…