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Eli Hicks Jr.

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Eli Hicks Jr.

Birth
Camden County, Georgia, USA
Death
1893 (aged 73–74)
Nassau County, Florida, USA
Burial
Macclenny, Baker County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Bio from "Pioneers Of Florida's First Coast"
Eli Hicks Jr. is believed to have been born in Camden County, Georgia and lived in Nassau, Columbia and Baker Counties in Florida. Parents were Eli Hicks and Susannah (Pos. Thigpen). Married Mary Ann Sparkman approximately 1840. Family legend is Mary Ann was a Creek Indian (believed to have been born around 1820 in Florida) and her mother walked up to a family in Fernandina and handed them the baby to raise as their own. She was believed to have been raise by Luke Sparkman. She died at the home of her son Wiley Hicks April 20, 1897. Both Eli and Mary Ann are buried at Macedonia Cemetery, Macclenny, Florida.
Bio from "Pioneers Of Florida's First Coast"
Eli Hicks Jr. is believed to have been born in Camden County, Georgia and lived in Nassau, Columbia and Baker Counties in Florida. Parents were Eli Hicks and Susannah (Pos. Thigpen). Married Mary Ann Sparkman approximately 1840. Family legend is Mary Ann was a Creek Indian (believed to have been born around 1820 in Florida) and her mother walked up to a family in Fernandina and handed them the baby to raise as their own. She was believed to have been raise by Luke Sparkman. She died at the home of her son Wiley Hicks April 20, 1897. Both Eli and Mary Ann are buried at Macedonia Cemetery, Macclenny, Florida.


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