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Harold Ellsworth Hickman
Left Photo:
Harold as a boy.
Right Photo:
Harold in the early 1990's
Harold Ellsworth Hickman was born 1920 in
Illinois, the son of
Charles Ambrose Hickman, Jr.
and
Mary "Mamie" Elizabeth (Fears) Hickman. The family had come
from
Orange County in southern Indiana to take advantage of a farming
opportunity in Illinois. The family returned to southern Indiana
soon after Harold's birth.
Harold's mother died when he was only 12-years of age. Harold's father soon re-married to a widow
with children. So, the two families merged "Brady Bunch" style --- except this bunch included 11 children!
That's how Harold ended up with 10 siblings and 34 nephews & nieces, all of whom are listed below.
And that doesn't even count the third family, when Harold's father married for a third time to another
widow with 5 children. By then, all of the kids were adults, so the effect wasn't the same.
Harold was uncle to 34 people, as follows:
Harold had 11 nephews and 3 nieces, including:
Charles William Lee (born 1928)
Robert Wesley Lee (born 1942)
Robert E. Hickman (born 1927)
Allen J. Hickman (born 1931 - a twin)
Carolyn (Hickman) Witham Baxter (born 1931 - a twin)
David J. Hickman (born 1939)
James Charles Corbin (born 1926)
John Corbin (born 1929)
Leslie Harold "Bucky" Corbin (born 1942)
Wayne Reynolds (born 1929)
Donald Reynolds (born 1933)
Kenneth Austin Reynolds (born 1937)
Betty (Reynolds) Pittman (born 1941)
Maribeth Brinson (born 1948)
Harold had 9 step-nephews and 4 step-nieces, including
Richard Lee Rice (born 1930)
Morris H. Rice (born 1934)
Betty Lou (Rice) Dinius (born 1943)
John William Rice, Jr. (born 1924)
Robert Elza Rice (born 1928)
William Raymond "Billy" Rice (born 1930)
Henry Roscoe "Roscoe" Rice (born 1933)
Melville Edmund Rice (born 1937)
Mary Madonna (Rice) Newlin (born 1943)
Darlena Kay "Kay" (Wilson) McGee Kinder Strahm
Melville Duane "Duane" Wilson (born 1935)
Brenda Elaine (Wilson) Sparks Hancock (born 1938)
Jackie Lee Rice (born 1939)
Harold had 4 nephews and 3 nieces by marriage, including
Debra Sue Wellman (born 1954)
Brett Eugene Wellman (born 1958)
Janna Lynn (Wellman) Shields (born 1974)
Gloria Ann (Hazel) Calhoon (born 1955)
Bruce Anthony Hazel (born 1957)
Kevin Carl Hazel (born 1959)
Jeffrey Scott Hazel (born 1961)
Harold was the grandson of
Charles Ambrose
Hickman, Sr. (born 1842)
and
Roxey Emiline (
Denton) Hickman, (born 1848)
and of Jesse David
Fears, Jr. (born 1858)
and Lavina Frances "Fanny" (
Farnsley) Fears. (born 1852)
Harold was the great-grandson of
Issac Hickman (born 1821)
& Rebecca Collins (Henderson) Hickman White, (born 1822)
and of Allen Denton (born 1804)
& Clary (Foster) Denton, (born 1823)
and of Jesse David Fears, Sr. (born 1831)
& Cornelia Jane (Williams) Fears, (born about 1837)
and of David Martin Farnsley (born about 1818)
& Eliza Ann (Zenor) Farnsley.
Harold's Hickman ancestors migrated from
Orange County, North Carolina to Orange County, Indiana
in the 19th century.
Harold Ellsworth Hickman is the
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson
of the Reverand Richard
Denton (Born 1603 in Yorkshire England,
Graduate of Cambridge University, Founder of the first
Presbyterian
Church in North America. That church still stands in New York
and
has historical designation.)
- Harold Ellsworth HICKMAN
was born 1920 in Illinois.
- Married to
Winifred Jean EDDLEMAN
(Born 1930 in Indiana) in 1948 in Johnson County, Indiana.
- This Winifred Jean (EDDLEMAN) HICKMAN was the daughter of
Clarence Noble EDDLEMAN and Elda Elizabeth (ROUTH) EDDLEMAN
- This Harold Ellsworth HICKMAN and Winifred Jean (EDDLEMAN) HICKMAN
were parents of:
- This Harold Ellsworth HICKMAN and Winifred Jean (EDDLEMAN) HICKMAN
were grandparents of:
- This Harold Ellsworth HICKMAN and Winifred Jean (EDDLEMAN) HICKMAN
were great-grandparents of:
-- Here's a photo of a tree house on legs that our father (Harold Ellsworth Hickman)
built for us during our youth.
Mother named it our Chalet -- I guess because the
scalloped boards in the gables reminded her of a Chalet she had seen.
Anyway,
this was a fun get-away place for my sisters and I during our youth!
(Thanks, Dad!)
Click on small photo to see larger photo!
Harold holding his first great-grandchild,
Coleman Adam SATER
Click on small photo to see larger photo!
Harold was a Sergeant in the United States Army.
Harold attended the School of Business at Indiana University
in Bloomington, Indiana.
Harold is Minister of Visitation at the First Free Methodist
Church in Bloomington, Indiana.
He received that Church's
Man of the Year Award in 1998.
Harold, until retirement, was Secretary-Treasurer and Controller
of the Woolery Stone Company, Inc. in Bloomington, Monroe County,
Indiana. Although Harold worked there for many years, he also
held other jobs -- sometimes holding three jobs to support his
family.
Harold likes to work. He has retired twice, and both times
gone back to work.
Harold has had many interests in life, and most of these center around
people.
Harold has enjoyed genealogy, visiting with people,
camping, traveling, walking, serving on election boards, the Internet, his career,
his church and his family.
Harold is a close friend of his children and grandchildren, a model of
patience, unconditional love and giving in all of our lives.
- Read about our camping family at
http://grand_uncle_mark.home.insightbb.com/camping.html
Harold Ellsworth Hickman
as a student at
Clear Creek School
Clear Creek
Monroe County
Indiana
1933 and 1934
Harold married Winifred Jean Eddleman in 1948
at the
parsonage of the Union Christian Church near Ninevah and Franklin
in
Johnson County, Indiana. They were married by their friend (who
had
been their Pastor at Clear Creek Christian Church in Clear Creek,
Monroe County, Indiana), Rev. George Wyatt. Rev. and Mrs. Wyatt
hosted
a wedding reception for Harold and Winifred at their parsonage.
A second
wedding reception was then held for Harold and Winifred by Rev.
and Mrs.
Frederick Sears at the parsonage of Clear Creek Christian Church.
Harold Ellsworth Hickman's grandfather served in the Union Army
during the U. S. Civil War:
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Charles Ambrose HICKMAN, Sr. was a Private in Company A of the 38th Indiana
Regiment of the Union Army during the U. S. Civil War. He enrolled in the
Army on 20 August 1861 in Orleans, Orange County, Indiana. He was enrolled
by Capt. Wheeler.
Charles was the first of the HICKMAN's to enroll in the Union Army, although
his father and brother (Josiah) enrolled four months later, and
Charles' other brother (John) joined Charles' Regiment the following year.
Charles was mustered into the Army on 17 September 1861 in New Albany,
Floyd County, Indiana by Capt. Gilman.
Charles Ambrose HICKMAN, Sr.'s yougest brother, John Wesley HICKMAN,
latered enrolled in the same Company and Regiment as Charles, while
their other brother (Josiah) and their father (Issac) were both in
Company F of the 59th Indiana Regiment.
Like his father and brothers, Charles enrolled in the Army for 3 years.
These Military Records (from the Indiana State Archives) describe Charles
as having dark hair, brown eyes, dark complexion, being 22 years of age,
5 feet 9 inches tall, a farmer, born in Orange County, Indiana.
Charles Ambrose HICKMAN, Sr. was mustered out of the Army on 17 September
1864 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Harold Ellsworth Hickman's great-grandfather also served in the Union Army
during the U. S. Civil War:
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Isaac HICKMAN served
in the Union Army and was a prisoner of war
at Andersonville prison camp. He became ill during this imprisonment and
subsequently died in a military hospital. He is buried in a veteran's cemetery
in Evansville, Indiana.
Isaac HICKMAN (Born 1821) was a Private in Company F of the 59th Indiana Regiment
in the Union Army during the U. S. Civil War. He enrolled in the Army on
03 December 1861 in Valeene, Orange County, Indiana. He enrolled for three years,
despite being 43-years old at the time. Isaac was enrolled by Captain Welman.
Isaac joined the Union Army with his 2nd son, Josiah, four months after
Isaac's oldest son (Charles) enrolled. Isaac's youngest son (John) enrolled
the following year.
Isaac was mustered into the Army on 11 Feburary 1862 in Gosport, Indiana by
Major Carpenter.
These Military Records (from the Indiana State Archives) describe Isaac
as having black hair, black eyes, dark complexion, 5 feet 10 1/4 inches tall,
a farmer, born in Orange County, North Carolina.
- Orange County, Indiana birth records
- Orange County, Indiana marriage records
- Orange County, Indiana death records
- Franklin County, Indiana marriage records
- Monroe County, Indiana birth records
- Monroe County, Indiana marriage records
- Monroe County, Indiana death records
- Obituaries from Herald-Times (formerly Herald-Telephone),
Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
- Various funeral home flyers from funerals of Hickman relatives
- Cemetery marker words from various cemeteries in Monroe and Orange Counties,
Indiana.
- U. S. Census Records
- U. S. Civil War Records, Indiana Archives, Indianapolis, Indiana
- First person accounts of
Charles Ambrose Hickman, Jr. (who is listed above)
- First person accounts of
Harold Ellsworth Hickman (who is listed above)
- Identified ancestral photographs
Click this button to read about Harold's wife
Copyright 1996-2006, Granduncle Mark
(Mark Ellsworth Hickman, PhD)
Granduncle Mark's Genealogy Parlor
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