Forest A. HICKS
Helen M. CHASE
Husband: Forest A. HICKS
Birth: Feb 1843, Barnard, Windsor Co., Vermont
Death: Aft 1910, Petersham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
Burial:
Father: Benjamin Bosworth HICKS
Mother: Elizabeth R.
CHAMBERLAIN
Marriage: 8 Dec 1868, Petersham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
Wife: Helen M. CHASE
Birth: Nov 1845, Royalston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
Death: Aft 1920, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts
Burial:
Father: George CHASE
Mother: Esther UNKNOWN
Children:
1. Emma Stella HICKS, b: 7 Oct 1870, Petersham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
2. Walter Forest HICKS, b: 4 Jul 1872, Petersham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
3. Frederick Benjamin HICKS, b:
9 Aug 1879, Petersham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
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Notes:
Forest served with the Union forces in the Civil War. His Service
Record shows:
Name: Forest Hicks
Residence: Barre, Massachusetts
Occupation: Farmer
Enlistment Date: 15 September 1862
State Served: Massachusetts
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 September 1862 at the
age of 19.
Enlisted in Company F, 53rd Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 17 October 1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal 9 July 1863.
Mustered out Company F, 53rd Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 2 Sep 1863
at Camp Stevens, Groton, MA.
Both Forest and Helen, after he died, a received a pension for Forest's service:
Name: Forest Hicks
Widow: Helen M Hicks
Service: F 53 Mass Inf
Pension Type:
Invalid
Widow
Date Filed:
23 Jul 1891 26
Feb 1916
Application #:
831,246
1,061,412
Certificate #:
765,024
808,233
1870 Federal Census Data (M593_0655, Page 179B), Petersham, Worcester Co.,
Massachusetts,
Enumeration
Date: 2-Sep-1870, Family #84
|
NAME |
Age |
Sex |
Col. |
Occupation or Trade |
Real Estate |
Per. Estate |
POB |
In |
Marr |
D, D, B, I, I, P, or C |
|
HICKS, Forest A |
61 |
M |
W |
Works in Powder Keg Shop |
--- |
--- |
VT |
|
|
|
|
Helen M |
61 |
F |
W |
Keeping House |
|
|
MA |
|
|
|
1880
Federal Census Data (T9_0553, Page 457B), Petersham, Worcester Co.,
Massachusetts,
Enumeration Dist: 822, Enumeration Date: 11-Jun-1880, Family
#172
|
NAME |
Age |
Sex |
Col. |
Relation |
M/S W/D |
Occupation |
POB |
Fa |
Mo POB |
In Sch |
|
HICKS, Forest A |
37 |
M |
W |
Self |
M |
Works in Keg Shop |
VT |
VT |
MA |
|
|
Helen M |
34 |
F |
W |
Wife |
M |
Keeping House |
MA |
MA |
MA |
|
|
Emma S |
9 |
F |
W |
Daughter |
S |
At School |
MA |
VT |
MA |
X |
|
Walter F |
7 |
M |
W |
Son |
S |
At School |
MA |
VT |
MA |
X |
|
Frederick B |
10m |
M |
W |
Son |
S |
|
MA |
VT |
MA |
|
1900 Federal Census Data (T623_0694, Page 133B), Petersham,
Worcester Co., Massachusetts,
Enumeration District: 1670, Enumeration Date:
2-Jun-1900, Family #25
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Birth Mo. |
Birth Yr |
Age |
M/S W/D |
# Yr Mar |
# C Bn. |
# C Liv. |
POB |
Fa. POB |
Mo. POB |
Occupation |
In Sch |
|
HICKS, Forest A |
Head |
M |
Feb |
1843 |
57 |
M |
30 |
|
|
VT |
VT |
MA |
Farmer |
|
|
Hellen M |
Wife |
F |
Nov |
1845 |
54 |
M |
30 |
3 |
3 |
MA |
MA |
MA |
|
|
By 1920, Helen was widowed and living with their daughter Emma and her
family.
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Sources:
1) Marriage: Worcester County Massachusetts Vital
Statistics - Marriages, Vol. 210, Page 266
2) Birth - Child #1: Worcester County Massachusetts Vital Statistics -
Births, Vol. 225, Page 283
3) Birth - Child #2: Worcester County Massachusetts Vital Statistics -
Births, Vol. 243, Page 297
4) Birth - Child #3: Worcester County Massachusetts Vital Statistics -
Births, Vol. 306, Page 312