Mollie Jane Hicks was the oldest child of Joseph Benjamin and Mary Angeline (Shrout) Hicks. She was born September 2, 1878 in Herndon, Saline, Missouri. Not long after the family moved to to Kansas, homesteading 7 miles southeast of Logan. Here three other children were born. Two of the children died at an early age, the last dying along with the Mollie's mother in 1886. This left Mollie and her brother James (John) Blain to live alone with their father. Her father remarried several years after her mother's death having several more children by his second marriage to which Mollie was a caring big sister.
Mollie married Arthur Courtland Boyd, Sept. 20, 1899 and in 1949 were able to celebrate their 50th Aniversery. The couple had five children Frank Marvin, 1900-1964; Edith Adele (Krouse) 1902-1990; James Earl, 1908-1970; Dorothy Eulalia, 1915-1989; and John Yardley, 1917-1942 (N.Africa Campaign WWII).
NOTE: The above is taken from her Obituary -
Mollie married Arthur Courtland Boyd, Sept. 20, 1899 and in 1949 were able to celebrate their 50th Aniversery. The couple had five children Frank Marvin, 1900-1964; Edith Adele (Krouse) 1902-1990; James Earl, 1908-1970; Dorothy Eulalia, 1915-1989; and John Yardley, 1917-1942 (N.Africa Campaign WWII).
NOTE: The above is taken from her Obituary -
Mollie Jane Hicks was the oldest child of Joseph Benjamin and Mary Angeline (Shrout) Hicks. She was born September 2, 1878 in Herndon, Saline, Missouri. Not long after the family moved to to Kansas, homesteading 7 miles southeast of Logan. Here three other children were born. Two of the children died at an early age, the last dying along with the Mollie's mother in 1886. This left Mollie and her brother James (John) Blain to live alone with their father. Her father remarried several years after her mother's death having several more children by his second marriage to which Mollie was a caring big sister.
Mollie married Arthur Courtland Boyd, Sept. 20, 1899 and in 1949 were able to celebrate their 50th Aniversery. The couple had five children Frank Marvin, 1900-1964; Edith Adele (Krouse) 1902-1990; James Earl, 1908-1970; Dorothy Eulalia, 1915-1989; and John Yardley, 1917-1942 (N.Africa Campaign WWII).
NOTE: The above is taken from her Obituary -
Mollie married Arthur Courtland Boyd, Sept. 20, 1899 and in 1949 were able to celebrate their 50th Aniversery. The couple had five children Frank Marvin, 1900-1964; Edith Adele (Krouse) 1902-1990; James Earl, 1908-1970; Dorothy Eulalia, 1915-1989; and John Yardley, 1917-1942 (N.Africa Campaign WWII).
NOTE: The above is taken from her Obituary -
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