Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....HICKERSON, Elizabeth DOWELL January 25, 1929
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Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, January 30, 1929
OBITUARY, Page 4
MRS. WILLIAM HICKERSON AND SON --
     A double funeral was held on Saturday, January 26, 1929 for Mrs. 
William HICKERSON and her 15-year-old son, which was conducted at the New 
Bethel Baptist Church.
     Mrs. HICKERSON before her marriage was Miss Elizabeth DOWELL, the 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack DOWELL of near Hardinsburg.  She was near 38 
years of age. Ill with pneumonia, and died at noon on Friday, January 25, 
1929, just three hours before the death of her oldest son, John HICKERSON, 
who had been ill for two weeks.  Mrs. HICKERSON had been ill 10 days.
Mrs. HICKERSON is survived by:
her parents
her husband
one daughter:
Lucile HICKERSON
five sons:
William HICKERSON, Jr.
Raymond HICKERSON
Roy Lee HICKERSON
James HICKERSON
Curtis HICKERSON
two sisters:
Mrs. Kelly ROBBINS
Mrs. William ADCOX
one brother:
Ernest DOWELL    ALL OF BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY
     Mr. HICKERSON is quite ill of pneumonia, and is in the care of a 
trained nurse, as was the other members of the family.
     The funeral was conducted by the Reverend B. M. Winters, Pastor of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church of Hardinsburg.  Mrs. HICKERSON was a member of 
the Methodist Church at Sample (in Breckinridge County).  The burial was 
held in the Bethel Burying Ground, which is near the church.
     The relatives of Mr. HICKERSON who are residents of Illinois were 
expected to attend the funeral, but on account of illness in their homes, 
were unable to come.
     The HICKERSONS had a son who was drowned just a year ago while crossing 
a stream on horseback.
     
     

Additional Comments:
Breckinridge County Cemeteries, Volume one, published in 1991:
#0259 New Bethel Cemetery, located 5 miles north of Hardinsburg, Ky on New 
Bethel--Stephensport Road, off of Ky 259.
HICKERSON, Elizabeth DOWELL  04 Dec 1892 -- 25 Jan 1929
           wife of William, Sr.
HICKERSON, Johnie MCCager  28 Feb 1912 -- 25 Jan 1929
           son of William & Elizabeth
HICKERSON, Raymond  26 Feb 1915 -- 07 Feb 1928
           son of William & Elizabeth
HICKERSON, James Owen  11 May 1925 -- 21 Sep 1941
(James is also a son of William & Elizabeth.  See his death certificate 
information I have posted to this Archives site.)

I searched and searched for the death certificates for Elizabeth and her 
son, John on Ancestry.  Their certificates must not have been filed by the 
doctor.  I could not find them.
Then I searched for William and his children, and they did not die in 
Kentucky.  BUT, I did finally find them in Alton, East Alton, and Godfrey, 
Illinois; all towns are in Madison County.  Edwardsville is the county seat.  
I know this because some of my OSBORNE family left Breckinridge County, and 
moved to Alton, Illinois as well.
I did not find their daughter Lucile HICKERSON who was 20 years old and 
single on the Breckinridge County Census for 1930.

I did not find the burial or a tombstone of father, William "Willie" 
HICKERSON, Sr., but I found this:
Social Security Death Index, 1935 - 2014
Willie HICKERSON
born 19 July 1888
died Feb 1971
lived at Cottage Hills, Madison County, Illinois
He got his social security card in Illinois
(I found William listed as Willie in the 1930 census of Breckinridge County, 
Ky.)

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery & Mausoleum (all tombstones are flat)
Godfrey, Madison County, Illinois
Ancestry.com's database:  Find-A-Grave.com
Single flat bronze tombstone--photo
HICKERSON, William, Jr.  16 Jan 1914 -- 25 Dec 1968
Single flat bronze Military Tombstone-photo
HICKERSON, Percy  02 Oct 1920 -- 09 Apr 1967
           Illinois
      PFC US Marine Corps
          World War II
No tombstone photo provided
HICKERSON, Daniel R.  born 17 Dec 1953 in Alton, Illinois
           died in 1917 in Wentzville, St. Charles County, Missouri
(I don't know who Daniel is)
Double Flat bronze tombstone-photo
HICKERSON, Guy F.    1928 -- 2011
           Helen M.  1933 -- ____
Double flat bronze tombstone-photo
HICKERSON, Roy Lee                  11 Mar 1918 -- 23 Jan 1995
           Catherine Helen VELTJES  24 Jan 1919 -- 01 Nov 2001

I also found the death certificates for 2 more children of William & 
Elizabeth DOWELL HICKERSON, which I have posted here on the Archives site as 
well.  Henry & Raymond HICKERSON.
Peggy Russell




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