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Charles Wayne Hickman

Male 1942 - 1970  (27 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Charles Wayne Hickman was born on 1 Jul 1942 (son of Wayne Hickman and Miriam Lucille Gilkison); died on 17 Jun 1970; was buried in Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114950174/charles-w-hickman


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Wayne Hickman was born on 25 Sep 1902 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of George Wilfred Hickman and Sadie Philona Hopper); died on 18 Dec 1981 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Catlin, Ill. - Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Catlin Church of Christ for Wayne Hickman, 79, of 123 Short in Catlin. He died of natural causes Friday (Dec. 18, 1981) at his home. Frank Bush will officiate, and burial will be in Mt. Vernon Cemetery west of Catlin. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Carrington Funeral Home in Fairmount. Hickman was an electrical engineering graduate of the University of Illinois. He worked at Commonwealth Edison in Joliet, retiring in 1967. He was a pioneer in the field of rural electricity. Hickman was born Sept. 25, 1902, in Catlin Township, the son of George and Sadie Hopper Hickman. On June 12, 1932, in Catlin, he married Miriam Gilkison, who survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Ann Hickman of Catlin; and a granddaughter, Susan Lynn Hickman of Oklahoma. Hickman was preceded in death by a son, Charles, on June 7, 1970, and by three brothers, Wilfred, Vernon and Owen. DANVILLE COMMERCIAL-NEWS.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49504146/wayne-hickman

    Wayne married Miriam Lucille Gilkison on 12 Jun 1932 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. Miriam (daughter of William Isaac Gilkison and Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox) was born on 24 Apr 1909 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 May 1991 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Miriam Lucille Gilkison was born on 24 Apr 1909 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of William Isaac Gilkison and Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox); died on 15 May 1991 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Miriam Lucile Hickman of Catlin died at United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville, Il. on May 15, 1991. She was born in Catlin Township on April 24, 1909, the daughter of
    William Isaac Albert and Sarah Adeline Cox Gilkison. Miriam married Wayne Hickman on June 12, 1932, at her parents' home in Catlin Township. They lived in northern Illinois where he worked as an electrical engineer and returned to Catlin after his retirement. He preceded her in death on Dec. 18,1981. Survivors include a daughter, Ann Hickman; a granddaughter, Susan Hickman; a sister, Dorothy Thielking; a sister-in law, Mary Gilkison; a daughter-in-law, Gloria Baldridge, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Miriam was preceded in death by a son, Charles Wayne Hickman on June 17, 1970; her parents; two brothers, Charles and Sanford Gilkison; and two sisters, Cena Hickman and Iris Davis. Miriam attended Fayette and Plainview Grade Schools and was graduated from Catlin Township High School and Lakeview Hospital School of Nursing. She was a member of Catlin Church of Christ. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, reading, gardening, singing, playing the piano and visiting with relatives and friends. She worked with Girl Scouts, Parent-Teachers Association and church groups, and was known for her good sense of humor. A memorial service will be held at the Catlin Church of Christ at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, 1991. Robert Stacy will officiate. Visitation will follow the service. Burial was in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin Township. Memorials may be donated to lllini Children's Christian Home in St. Joseph, Illinois, or Catlin Church of Christ. Sunset Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. DANVILLE COMMERCIAL-NEWS, 17 May 1991.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49503913/miriam-lucile-hickman

    Children:
    1. Delores Ann Hickman was born on 24 May 1933 in Vermilion Grove, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 17 Jul 2015 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. 1. Charles Wayne Hickman was born on 1 Jul 1942; died on 17 Jun 1970; was buried in Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Wilfred Hickman was born on 14 Jun 1871 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 11 Jan 1963 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Fairmount (CNS) - George Wilfred Hickman, 91, a retired farmer, died unexpectedly about 10 p.m. Friday (Jan. 11, 1963) in St. Elizabeth Hospital where he had been a patient three days. Born June 14, 1871 on the family homestead east of Fairmount, he was a son of Richard and Achsa Pruden Hickman. He lived his entire life on the farm. On Jan. 1, 1896 he married the former Sadie Hopper at Muncie. She died in 1904. Also preceding him in death were a son, four brothers and a sister. Survivors are three sons, Wilfred and Vernon of Fairmount and Wayne of Joliet. Also, 11 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. S. P. Smith of Olivet. The body is at the Carrington Funeral home, where friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday. Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, with the Rev. Burton Heleine officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Vernon Cemetery east of Fairmount. DANVILLE COMMERCIAL-NEWS, 12 Jan. 1963. The obituary's reference to "a sister, Mrs. S. P. Smith of Olivet" refers to a foster daughter of the parents of the deceased.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49502978/george-wilfred-hickman

    George married Sadie Philona Hopper on 1 Jan 1896. Sadie was born on 26 Jun 1874 in Illinois; died on 29 Jun 1904 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sadie Philona Hopper was born on 26 Jun 1874 in Illinois; died on 29 Jun 1904 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18265071/sadie-philona-hickman

    Children:
    1. Wilfred Hickman was born on 10 Nov 1896 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 27 May 1964 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. 2. Wayne Hickman was born on 25 Sep 1902 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 18 Dec 1981 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

  3. 6.  William Isaac Gilkison was born on 13 Aug 1871 in Rowan County, Kentucky (son of Sanford Lewis Gilkison and Rosannah Sarah Hedges); died on 10 Aug 1960 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Carroll, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1910, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1920, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    MHR note: Willie Gilkison was a strong and long-enduring young man and could cut (with a knife) and shock 1000 socks of corn when 50 was an ordinary man's work. He could lift a horse weighting 100-1100 lbs by crawling under and grasping one fore and one hind leg. He once lifted his cousin, John Hedges, onto the coal house by taking John's wrists in one hand and the slack of John's pants in the other. John was only 10 or 15 pounds lighter than Willie.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65910446/william-i._a.-gilkison

    William married Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox on 15 Feb 1900 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois. Sarah (daughter of John Henry Cox and Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff) was born on 3 Feb 1882 in Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky; died on 5 Aug 1958 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox was born on 3 Feb 1882 in Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky (daughter of John Henry Cox and Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff); died on 5 Aug 1958 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Addie fell and broke her hip in May 1958. She left 3 brothers: Charles Cox, Portsmouth, Ohio; Lewis Cox, Bluffton, Indiana; and William Cox, Daytona Beach, Florida. Addie had lived in Vermilion County, Illinois since she was 12 years old and in Catlin Township for 51 years. She belonged to the Catlin Church of Christ.

    Names of parents and grandparents of Addie come from a page in the back of the Hedges Reunion Book. Also the names and birth dates of her six children.

    MHR gives Addie's parents names: John Henry Cox and Mary Elizabeth Ratefill.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65910424/addie-gilkison

    Children:
    1. Charles Mortimer Gilkison was born on 4 Dec 1900 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Jun 1967 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Cena Lois Gilkison was born on 24 Oct 1902 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 17 Apr 1986 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Sanford Lewis Gilkison was born on 11 Jul 1904 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 12 Dec 1987; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Iris Rose Gilkison was born on 2 Mar 1907 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 13 Jul 1988 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. 3. Miriam Lucille Gilkison was born on 24 Apr 1909 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 May 1991 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. Dorothy Nell Gilkison was born on 18 May 1911 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died in Feb 1995 in Crofton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland; was buried in Parklawn Memorial Garden, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Sanford Lewis Gilkison was born on 2 Jan 1834 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky (son of William Gilkison and Unknown Fawin); died on 10 Feb 1884 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1880, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39193024/sanford-lewis-gilkison

    Sanford married Rosannah Sarah Hedges on 31 Jan 1860 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky. Rosannah (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity) was born on 1 Nov 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 27 May 1924 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 May 1924 in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Rosannah Sarah Hedges was born on 1 Nov 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity); died on 27 May 1924 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 May 1924 in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    MHR note: A red-headed M. E. preacher (one of the Ohio cousins) had a charge near the William Ribelin Hedges home and proposed to Rosanna when a widow. She called him her father's 2nd cousin.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39193083/rosannah-sarah-gilkison

    Children:
    1. Lillian Mayfield Gilkison was born on 26 Oct 1860 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 16 Feb 1922 in Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois; was buried in Old Homer Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.
    2. Pembroke Rousseau "Rous" Gilkison was born on 8 Oct 1864 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 6 Jan 1931 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    3. Mary Frances "Fannie" Gilkison was born on 7 Apr 1866 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 31 Aug 1886 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    4. 6. William Isaac Gilkison was born on 13 Aug 1871 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 10 Aug 1960 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. Thaddeus "Mortimer" Gilkison was born on 7 Aug 1878 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 27 Oct 1955 in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois; was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois.

  3. 14.  John Henry Cox was born in 1851 in Kentucky (son of William Cox and Delsena Armstrong); died on 25 Jan 1931 in Scioto County, Ohio; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Carter County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121711344/john-h-cox

    John married Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff on 24 Sep 1873 in Carter County, Kentucky. Mary was born about 1852 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff was born about 1852 in Kentucky.
    Children:
    1. 7. Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox was born on 3 Feb 1882 in Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky; died on 5 Aug 1958 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.


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