1.ThomasBlaineHicks, born 11 Jun 1897 in Sacville, Greene Co., Missouri; died 28 Jun 1977 in Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri. He was the son of 2. HiramJehuHicks and 3. SarahSusanAtchley. He married (1) GladysEvaDavis 22 Jun 1918 in Polk Co., Missouri. She was born 14 Mar 1901 in Knox, Polk Co., Missouri, and died 15 Sep 1999 in Neosho, Neosho Co., Missouri. She was the daughter of Joseph Columbus Davis and Hattie Launa Jones.
Notes for Thomas Blaine Hicks:
1900 Census -- Murray Twp., Greene Co., Missouri, family 17.
Thomas Blaine Hicks, the eighth child of Hiram Jehu Hicks and Sarah Susan Atchley, was born June 11, 1897, in a log house near Sacville, 5 or 6 miles north of Willard, Greene County, Missouri. He Graduated from Walnut Grove High School. He was a Baptist and a Republican. He had brown eyes, dark brown hair and fair complexion. Height was 5' 10" and weight was 175 lbs. At age 14 he had his right leg amputated below the knee secondary to infection after a spider bite. He was owner of a construction company and constructed roads and ponds.
He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Bolivar, Missouri. Polk Co., Missouri Cemetery Directory.
Notes for Gladys Eva Davis:
She was born on the family farm near Knox, Polk County, Missouri.
She resided in Bolivar and Neosho, Missouri.
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri.