"Abram Hickox came to Cleveland in 1809 with his wife, Tamer Tuttle Hickox and five daughters, Ruth, Oriana, Lucinda, Lucy, and Dorcas. Abram Hickox was the son of Capt. Abraham and Jemima Foote Hickox of Waterbury Conn. Mr. Hickox was a Blacksmith and his first shop and dwelling was near the corner of Superior and Bank streets, the present site of the Rockefeller Building. Either it was moved across the street near Seneca St. or he built there a few years later, and before his death the smithy stood on Euclid Ave. and his residence directly back of it No. 27 Prospect St. Mr. Hickox was the village sexton and laid away in the first cemetery nearly all who were interred there. Mrs. Hickox lived but six years after her arrival in Cleveland. A year after her death, 1816, Mr. Hickox married Phoebe Stone widow of Elisha Dibble. She died in 1839 aged 70 years. Abram Hickox then went to live with his daughter and died six years later at the age of 80 years. The children were;
Ruth Hickox married Christopher Gun
Oriana Hickox married 1st Luther Scott 2nd Solomon Woodford
Dorcas HIckox married Eleazar Waterman
Lucinda Hickox married 1st Nathan Cummings 2nd Asel Caldwell
Lucy Hickox died at an advanced age unmarried"
The Abram Hickox family plot in Erie Street Cemetery was at Section 1, Lot 77 and exchanged for lot 320 in Highland Park Cemetery on Nov. 8, 1918. The original burials moved to Highland Park follow:
Abram Hickox age 61 d. Nov. 2, 1845
Tamer Hickox age 59 d. Oct. 7, 1815
Edna Scott age 6 d. Sept. 19, 1812
"Abram Hickox came to Cleveland in 1809 with his wife, Tamer Tuttle Hickox and five daughters, Ruth, Oriana, Lucinda, Lucy, and Dorcas. Abram Hickox was the son of Capt. Abraham and Jemima Foote Hickox of Waterbury Conn. Mr. Hickox was a Blacksmith and his first shop and dwelling was near the corner of Superior and Bank streets, the present site of the Rockefeller Building. Either it was moved across the street near Seneca St. or he built there a few years later, and before his death the smithy stood on Euclid Ave. and his residence directly back of it No. 27 Prospect St. Mr. Hickox was the village sexton and laid away in the first cemetery nearly all who were interred there. Mrs. Hickox lived but six years after her arrival in Cleveland. A year after her death, 1816, Mr. Hickox married Phoebe Stone widow of Elisha Dibble. She died in 1839 aged 70 years. Abram Hickox then went to live with his daughter and died six years later at the age of 80 years. The children were;
Ruth Hickox married Christopher Gun
Oriana Hickox married 1st Luther Scott 2nd Solomon Woodford
Dorcas HIckox married Eleazar Waterman
Lucinda Hickox married 1st Nathan Cummings 2nd Asel Caldwell
Lucy Hickox died at an advanced age unmarried"
The Abram Hickox family plot in Erie Street Cemetery was at Section 1, Lot 77 and exchanged for lot 320 in Highland Park Cemetery on Nov. 8, 1918. The original burials moved to Highland Park follow:
Abram Hickox age 61 d. Nov. 2, 1845
Tamer Hickox age 59 d. Oct. 7, 1815
Edna Scott age 6 d. Sept. 19, 1812
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