Kenneth Allum HICKS

  General Notes:

Photo: This rare image of Kenneth Allum Hicks, 1899-1923, is shared by Kenneth Wesley Hicks.



1899 BIRTH of Kenneth Allum Hicks

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, Wayne County, South Fork Township ("Kenneth," age 10 months, with parents)

1910 CENSUS, Iowa, Decatur County, Garden Grove Township ("Kenneth A.," age 10, with parents) ("Hicks" is transcribed "Hie" in some census indexes)

DRAFT Registration, Michigan, Detroit ("Kenneth Allum Hicks," age 19, born "July 6, 1899," permanent home address, "Kalona, Washington County, Iowa," occupation, "Student, Michigan State Auto School at Detroit, Michigan," nearest relative, "Mrs. Robt. F. Hicks, Kalona, Iowa")

1920 CENSUS

1921 MARRIAGE of Kenneth Allum Hicks and Mabel Cora Pell on June 2 at Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa by Rev. Ellis

1923 DEATH, Kenneth Allum Hicks, at 24 years 1 month 17 days

Cause of death: "Shock and injuries. Fell from scaffold from 6th floor at 130 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois. Contributory, Industrial accident." --death certificate

Kenneth's occupation was that of "Painter," according to his death certificate

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1930 CENSUS, Iowa, Johnson County, Iowa City ("Mabel," age 32, widow, "Bookkeeper, Transfer Co.," is in the household of her parents, George and Emma Pell)

1994 DEATH, Mabel, at 94 years 10 months 23 days




DESCRIPTION (Kenneth): "Medium height, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair" (World War I Draft Registration)

MILITARY SERVICE: "About 6 months" (unknown)

CHURCH AFFILIATION: Methodist




DOCUMENT: State of Illinois Death Certificate No. 22786 for Kenneth A. Hicks; informant, Maurice D. Hicks, 57 West Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois




PHOTOGRAPH:

Gravestone of Kenneth A. Hicks (1899-1923) at Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa

Kenneth married Mabel Cora PELL, daughter of George H. PELL and Emma FACKLER, on June 2, 1921 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. (Mabel Cora PELL was born on June 9, 1899 in Coralville, Johnson County, Iowa and died on May 2, 1994 in Mapleton, Monona County, Iowa.)