William Berry Hicks⁴, (Cath. Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) was born October 16, 1857, in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois, and died November 14, 1910, in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois. He married Nancy J. Matthews, daughter of Greenberry Matthews and Melinda Fox, on April 16, 1867, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was born March 29, 1840, in Kentucky. Her date of death on her tombstone couldn't be read, but she and her husband were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois.

Children:

1. Alfred HICKS b 1859 (11-1870), Fayette Co., IL
2. + James Thomas HICKS   b 9 May 1861; m 1st Martha RUNYON; m 2nd Nancy Jane DONALDSON
3. Keziah HICKS b Oct 1865 (5-1870), Fayette Co., IL; m 19 Feb 1885, Fayette Co., IL, William A. DONALDSON (s/o Presley Garner DONALDSON and Elizabeth LOVEGROVE) b Dec 1859, IL, d 1910; lvd Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL when 1900 census taken
   
   Children:
   1. Homer DONALDSON b Dec 1885 IL, d Mar 1910, age 21y 2m 2d, Witt, Montgomery Co, IL; m  ? ; had one child
   2. Rosa L. DONALDSON b Mar 1888, IL
   3. Ruffus E. DONALDSON b Mar 1890, IL
   4. Betsy E. DONALDSON b Oct 1895, IL
   
   
4. Parthena HICKS b 17 Mar 1868, Fayette Co., IL, d 14 Nov 1957, Fayette Co., IL, bur Little Hickory Cem., Fayette Co., IL
5. George Ewing HICKS b 28 Jul 1869, Fayette Co., IL, d 30 Dec 1943, Fayette Co., IL, bur Little Hickory Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 24 Nov 1890, Minnie Lavina COZAD (d/o John COZAD and Cenith BAKER) b Aug 1871, IL; lvd Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, when 1900 census taken
   
   Children:
   1. Essie M. HICKS b Dec 1891, IL
   2. Thorney HICKS, d as infant, bur in Little Hickory Cem., Fayette Co., IL
   3. William E. HICKS b Nov 1897, IL
   
   
6. Drucilla M. HICKS b Dec 1876, Fayette Co., IL, d 1961, bur beside husband in Little Hickory Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m William Thomas HICKS   [s/o George Thomas HICKS⁵ (Alfred R.⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), and Artemisia Adeline DAVIDSON] b Sep 1868, Fayette Co., IL, d 3 Feb 1955
7. Antonette "Nettie" HICKS b 27 Jun 1874, Fayette Co., IL; m 12 Oct 1892, Fayette Co., IL, Wesley Carroll HARRISON, (s/o Ira HARRISON and Mary J. CARTER) b Sep 1869, Sharon Twp., Fayette Co,, IL; lvd Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, when 1900 census taken
   
   Child:
   1. Ester D. HARRISON b Jan 1900, IL

James Thomas Hicks⁵ (Wm. B⁴., Cath. Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) was born May 9, 1861, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died July 9, 1912. He was married twice. He married Martha Runyon, daughter of John Runyon and Demerias Anders, on August 25, 1879, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was born in about 1864 in Illinois. She was age 16 when the 1880 census was taken for Fillmore Township, Montgomery County, Illinois. He married his second wife, Nancy Jane Merriman, daughter of Dempsey Merriman and Lucinda Renshaw, on August 27, 1882, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born in May 1860, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died December 2, 1944, in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. James and Nancy were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

Children of James T. Hicks and Nancy J. Merriman:

1. Walter H. HICKS b 31 Oct 1883, Fayette Co., IL, d 23 Oct 1918, WWI, bur Little Hickory Cem., Fayette Co., IL
2. Alfred G. HICKS b Dec 1887, Fayette Co., IL, d 1973; m Pearl  ?  b 1891 (19-1910), IL; lvd Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL when 1910 census taken
   
   Children:
   1. Herral HICKS b 1907 (3-1910), IL
   2. Raymond HICKS b 1908 (2-1910), IL
   3. Merle HICKS (male) b 1910 (age 4 mo 1910), IL
   
   
3. Elsie Elizabeth HICKS b 26 Nov 1889, Fayette Co., IL, d 14 Mar 1914; m Nov 1910, Fayette Co., IL, Jesse Edward WHITTEN (s/o William Woodford WHITTEN and Lovina Elizabeth CASEY) b 11 Sep 1890, Fayette Co., IL, d 11 Jun 1967; he m 2nd Malinda Frances HICKS⁸   [d/o Cyrus⁷ (Martin M.⁶, Wm. R.⁵, James J.⁴, Cath. Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Cynthia Malissa MEYER [d/o John Lawrence MEYER and Cynthia Frances SEARS⁵ (Frances J. HARRIS⁴, Wm. R.³, Wooten², Isaac¹); children listed under her name in this Part, Ch. 8.5, Descendants of James Jordan Hicks
   
   Children:
   1. Willie Carl WHITTEN b 23 Sep 1911, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m Yvonne DEPRIES
   2. Orval Bernel WHITTEN b 11 Feb 1913, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 5 May 1947; m Blanch HICKS
   
   
4. Hershel J. HICKS b Mar 1892, Fayette Co., IL
5. Cecil E. HICKS b 28 Oct 1895, Fayette Co., IL, d 8 Jun 1935, bur Little Hickory Cem., Fayette Co., IL
6. Hallie V. HICKS b Sep 1897, Fayette Co., IL; m Mr. KEESECKER
7. Hazel HICKS b Apr 1900, Fayette Co., IL; m Mr. EVANS
8. Fern Alpha HICKS b Fayette Co., IL

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