Family: Thomas Beau HICKMAN / Annie Rhoda RILEY (F2211)
m. 11 Mar 1886-
Father | Male
Thomas Beau HICKMAN
Born 16 Dec 1861 Tyler Co, WV 
Died 1 May 1957 Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Married 11 Mar 1886 [1, 2, 3] Doddridge Co, WV [1, 2, 3] Father Francis Delong HICKMAN | F3438 Group Sheet Mother Harriett S. MORRIS | F3438 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Annie Rhoda RILEY
Born 30 Jul 1866 Doddridge Co, WV Died 1 Feb 1941 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Father John T. RILEY | F7146 Group Sheet Mother Agnes Stevenson GARRISON | F7146 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ Burleigh C. HICKMAN
Born 2 Sep 1884 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Died 3 Aug 1975 Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Spouse Sarah Rulina GASTON | F107 Married 19 Dec 1909 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 2 | Male
+ Robert Stanley HICKMAN
Born 4 Nov 1886 Died 13 Oct 1964 Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Spouse Margaret A. PRITCHARD | F3444 Married 15 Sep 1911 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Child 3 | Male
+ Francis Grover "Frank" HICKMAN
Born Mar 1889 Doddridge Co, WV Died 1949 Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Lola Blanche HESS | F3445 Married 3 Aug 1912 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Child 4 | Female
+ Minnie Davis HICKMAN
Born 23 Jul 1891 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Died 11 Jul 1979 Washington, DC Buried Spouse Lindsay Franklin MORRIS | F2181 Married 23 Jun 1907 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 6 | Male
+ Leland Morris HICKMAN
Born 23 Jul 1895 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Died 12 Feb 1976 Coraopolis, Allegheny Co, PA Buried Coraopolis Cemetery, Coraopolis, Allegheny Co, PA Spouse Cecelia DOWER | F5973 Married
Child 7 | Male
David HICKMAN
Born 28 Dec 1897 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Died 11 Mar 1900 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Buried
Child 8 | Female
+ Jane E. HICKMAN
Born 30 Jun 1901 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Died 11 Dec 2003 Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Spouse Sydney Frederick LUNN | F4836 Married 12 Jul 1924 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 9 | Female
+ Mildred Christina HICKMAN
Born 17 Jan 1904 Died Dec 1980 Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Spouse Harvey Samuel HARPER | F4837 Married
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Notes - Thomas Beau Hickman and his brother Fillmore owned and edited the West Union Record, the first successful newspaper ever published in Doddridge County. He had served as superintendent of the water works in West Union for 18 years, served as town police for several years, and worked for the B&O Railroad as a fan operator at the Central Station tunnel. He came to West Union at the age of three and spent his entire life in the family home on Wood Street.
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 4 1900:
Thomas Hickman, 39, b. Dec 1861, day laborer, married 13 yrs; wife Annie, 33, b. Jul 1866, mother of 7 children (5 still living); son Burleigh C, 15, b. Sep 1884; son Robert S, 13, b. Nov 1886; son Francis G, 11, b. Mar 1889; dau Minnie, 8, b. Jul 1891; son Leland M, 4, b. Jul 1895.
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District, Town of West Union), enumerated on Apr 16 1910:
Thomas Hickman, 48, pumper at pump house; wife Annie, 43; son Robert, 23, single, common laborer; son Frank G, 21, single, common laborer; son Leland, 14; dau Jane, 8; dau Mildred, 6; father Frank, 85, widowed.
Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, May 25 1916, in its entirety:
"Thomas Hickman, the veteran town pumper, and Earl B. Kinney, town sergeant, tendered their resignations to the town council last Monday night at the regular session. Both resignations were accepted, and D. B. Knight, better known as "Chick," was appointed pumper and Bailey Knight appointed town sergeant."
Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Sep 16 1926, in its entirety:
"Water Supt. Thomas Hickman and son Burley are engaged in repairing the road on East Main Street. This brick was dug up in order to fix the water main some time ago, and the holes in the pavement made it very uncomfortable for the traveling public." [4]
- Thomas Beau Hickman and his brother Fillmore owned and edited the West Union Record, the first successful newspaper ever published in Doddridge County. He had served as superintendent of the water works in West Union for 18 years, served as town police for several years, and worked for the B&O Railroad as a fan operator at the Central Station tunnel. He came to West Union at the age of three and spent his entire life in the family home on Wood Street.
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Sources - [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
Identified as Thomas Hickman, 24, of Doddridge Co; and Annie Riley, 20, of Doddridge Co. Married Mar 11 1886. - [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).
- [S110] Obituary of husband.
- [S14] Obituary.
- [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).