Information from The Houston Home Journal
Died at his house in Reynolds, Ga. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Perry, Ga. 68 years old. Leaves his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Cora Dash of Ocilla, FL.
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W. R. Hickson, who states DOB as 11 Sept 1840, has a CSA pension application on line under Macon County in the GA Archives. He says he enlisted in July 1861 and served with Company D of the 13th GA Regt. Gordon's brigade. In battle in Maryland in 1964-65 he was wounded in his left shoulder. His pension was first disapproved for failure to prove his arm had become useless. But then it was later approved at $15 per Year. Proof of his death on 13 Aug 1908 is included as well as his marriage to Mollie E. Avery in Pike County, GA.
Title Hickson, W R
County MACON
Record ID USAMILCONFEDGA_184916-00777
Last Name Hickson First Name W
Middle Name R
Record Type
Document
Cite as :Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives Digital Collection ;Confederate Pension Applications
Date created 2010-10-26
Contributor: C Bozeman (46985035)
Died at his house in Reynolds, Ga. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Perry, Ga. 68 years old. Leaves his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Cora Dash of Ocilla, FL.
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W. R. Hickson, who states DOB as 11 Sept 1840, has a CSA pension application on line under Macon County in the GA Archives. He says he enlisted in July 1861 and served with Company D of the 13th GA Regt. Gordon's brigade. In battle in Maryland in 1964-65 he was wounded in his left shoulder. His pension was first disapproved for failure to prove his arm had become useless. But then it was later approved at $15 per Year. Proof of his death on 13 Aug 1908 is included as well as his marriage to Mollie E. Avery in Pike County, GA.
Title Hickson, W R
County MACON
Record ID USAMILCONFEDGA_184916-00777
Last Name Hickson First Name W
Middle Name R
Record Type
Document
Cite as :Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives Digital Collection ;Confederate Pension Applications
Date created 2010-10-26
Contributor: C Bozeman (46985035)
Information from The Houston Home Journal
Died at his house in Reynolds, Ga. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Perry, Ga. 68 years old. Leaves his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Cora Dash of Ocilla, FL.
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W. R. Hickson, who states DOB as 11 Sept 1840, has a CSA pension application on line under Macon County in the GA Archives. He says he enlisted in July 1861 and served with Company D of the 13th GA Regt. Gordon's brigade. In battle in Maryland in 1964-65 he was wounded in his left shoulder. His pension was first disapproved for failure to prove his arm had become useless. But then it was later approved at $15 per Year. Proof of his death on 13 Aug 1908 is included as well as his marriage to Mollie E. Avery in Pike County, GA.
Title Hickson, W R
County MACON
Record ID USAMILCONFEDGA_184916-00777
Last Name Hickson First Name W
Middle Name R
Record Type
Document
Cite as :Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives Digital Collection ;Confederate Pension Applications
Date created 2010-10-26
Contributor: C Bozeman (46985035)
Died at his house in Reynolds, Ga. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Perry, Ga. 68 years old. Leaves his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Cora Dash of Ocilla, FL.
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W. R. Hickson, who states DOB as 11 Sept 1840, has a CSA pension application on line under Macon County in the GA Archives. He says he enlisted in July 1861 and served with Company D of the 13th GA Regt. Gordon's brigade. In battle in Maryland in 1964-65 he was wounded in his left shoulder. His pension was first disapproved for failure to prove his arm had become useless. But then it was later approved at $15 per Year. Proof of his death on 13 Aug 1908 is included as well as his marriage to Mollie E. Avery in Pike County, GA.
Title Hickson, W R
County MACON
Record ID USAMILCONFEDGA_184916-00777
Last Name Hickson First Name W
Middle Name R
Record Type
Document
Cite as :Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives Digital Collection ;Confederate Pension Applications
Date created 2010-10-26
Contributor: C Bozeman (46985035)
Inscription
Peaceful be thy silent slumber. Thy will be done.
Gravesite Details
Though the death date appears to be 1988 it is really 1908. There is a white spot on the marker in the middle of the first eight.
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