Marion was a daughter of Germon HICKS (1813-1873) and Minerva GARDNER (1817-1880). Her parents were married at Hempstead, New York on 9 January 1840 [IGI].
She was born at Nassau on February 1845 and was raised in New York.
Marion and her parents were enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census at Stephentown, New York.
They moved to Iowa by 1860, where they were enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census at Fremont Township, Winnesheik Co.
Marion married Thomas Jefferson DUNBAR on 28 December 1862 at Caledonia, Minnesota.
Frequent Moves
They initially moved to La Crosse, and then to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but later moved to New Jersey and Chicago for his horse trading business. They later returned to Milwaukee where he died.
Marion petitioned to probate the estate of Thomas J. on 13 October 1913 [Milwaukee Co. Probate Records]. These records indicate that they bought property as joint tenants in the 15th Ward of Milwaukee on 15 June 1905 from Mrs. Alice N. BEERS, widow.
Marion survived her husband by many years, residing at Milwaukee until her death there at 2817 Dunbar Place [1920 U.S. Census, Milwaukee; Milwaukee Dir., 1924].
Marion died there at her residence on 30 July 1925, of a diabetic coma, aged 80 years, 5 months, and 23 days [Wisconsin Vital Records, Deaths, filed 31 July 1925; Lt. Co. Jerome A. Watrous, ed., Memoirs of Milwaukee County, 1909, hereafter Memoirs of Milwaukee County, p. 637].
Her Estate
Her will, dated at Milwaukee, on 22 October 1920 and modified there on 28 April 1924, was probated there at Milwaukee on 13 August 1925 [Milwaukee Co. Probate Records].
Her will mentions her daughters Marion Dunbar GUTMAN and Luella Caroline BIRKHAEUSER, and her sons Thomas Whipple and Charles B. She named her son, Thomas Whipple, as executor of her estate. Her estate was appraised at more than $57,000, over $50,000 of which was in the real estate of two properties in the 15th Ward of Milwaukee.
The inventory of her house at 2817 Dunbar Place shows these rooms: parlor, lower hall, sitting room, dining room, sun parlor, kitchen, front bedroom, middle bedroom, back bedroom, and upper hall.
She gave all her household articles and furniture at 2817 Dunbar Place and $500 to her daughter-in-law, Julia G. DUNBAR.
She bequeathed her piano at that place to her granddaughter, Doris DUNBAR, daughter of her son Charles B. The remainder of her estate she divided equally amongst her four surviving children.
Forest Home Cemetery records indicate that Marion was cremated there but not interred there.
Biography by Tom Brocher; last updated on 6 January 2022.
She was born at Nassau on February 1845 and was raised in New York.
Marion and her parents were enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census at Stephentown, New York.
They moved to Iowa by 1860, where they were enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census at Fremont Township, Winnesheik Co.
Marion married Thomas Jefferson DUNBAR on 28 December 1862 at Caledonia, Minnesota.
Frequent Moves
They initially moved to La Crosse, and then to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but later moved to New Jersey and Chicago for his horse trading business. They later returned to Milwaukee where he died.
Marion petitioned to probate the estate of Thomas J. on 13 October 1913 [Milwaukee Co. Probate Records]. These records indicate that they bought property as joint tenants in the 15th Ward of Milwaukee on 15 June 1905 from Mrs. Alice N. BEERS, widow.
Marion survived her husband by many years, residing at Milwaukee until her death there at 2817 Dunbar Place [1920 U.S. Census, Milwaukee; Milwaukee Dir., 1924].
Marion died there at her residence on 30 July 1925, of a diabetic coma, aged 80 years, 5 months, and 23 days [Wisconsin Vital Records, Deaths, filed 31 July 1925; Lt. Co. Jerome A. Watrous, ed., Memoirs of Milwaukee County, 1909, hereafter Memoirs of Milwaukee County, p. 637].
Her Estate
Her will, dated at Milwaukee, on 22 October 1920 and modified there on 28 April 1924, was probated there at Milwaukee on 13 August 1925 [Milwaukee Co. Probate Records].
Her will mentions her daughters Marion Dunbar GUTMAN and Luella Caroline BIRKHAEUSER, and her sons Thomas Whipple and Charles B. She named her son, Thomas Whipple, as executor of her estate. Her estate was appraised at more than $57,000, over $50,000 of which was in the real estate of two properties in the 15th Ward of Milwaukee.
The inventory of her house at 2817 Dunbar Place shows these rooms: parlor, lower hall, sitting room, dining room, sun parlor, kitchen, front bedroom, middle bedroom, back bedroom, and upper hall.
She gave all her household articles and furniture at 2817 Dunbar Place and $500 to her daughter-in-law, Julia G. DUNBAR.
She bequeathed her piano at that place to her granddaughter, Doris DUNBAR, daughter of her son Charles B. The remainder of her estate she divided equally amongst her four surviving children.
Forest Home Cemetery records indicate that Marion was cremated there but not interred there.
Biography by Tom Brocher; last updated on 6 January 2022.
Marion was a daughter of Germon HICKS (1813-1873) and Minerva GARDNER (1817-1880). Her parents were married at Hempstead, New York on 9 January 1840 [IGI].
She was born at Nassau on February 1845 and was raised in New York.
Marion and her parents were enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census at Stephentown, New York.
They moved to Iowa by 1860, where they were enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census at Fremont Township, Winnesheik Co.
Marion married Thomas Jefferson DUNBAR on 28 December 1862 at Caledonia, Minnesota.
Frequent Moves
They initially moved to La Crosse, and then to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but later moved to New Jersey and Chicago for his horse trading business. They later returned to Milwaukee where he died.
Marion petitioned to probate the estate of Thomas J. on 13 October 1913 [Milwaukee Co. Probate Records]. These records indicate that they bought property as joint tenants in the 15th Ward of Milwaukee on 15 June 1905 from Mrs. Alice N. BEERS, widow.
Marion survived her husband by many years, residing at Milwaukee until her death there at 2817 Dunbar Place [1920 U.S. Census, Milwaukee; Milwaukee Dir., 1924].
Marion died there at her residence on 30 July 1925, of a diabetic coma, aged 80 years, 5 months, and 23 days [Wisconsin Vital Records, Deaths, filed 31 July 1925; Lt. Co. Jerome A. Watrous, ed., Memoirs of Milwaukee County, 1909, hereafter Memoirs of Milwaukee County, p. 637].
Her Estate
Her will, dated at Milwaukee, on 22 October 1920 and modified there on 28 April 1924, was probated there at Milwaukee on 13 August 1925 [Milwaukee Co. Probate Records].
Her will mentions her daughters Marion Dunbar GUTMAN and Luella Caroline BIRKHAEUSER, and her sons Thomas Whipple and Charles B. She named her son, Thomas Whipple, as executor of her estate. Her estate was appraised at more than $57,000, over $50,000 of which was in the real estate of two properties in the 15th Ward of Milwaukee.
The inventory of her house at 2817 Dunbar Place shows these rooms: parlor, lower hall, sitting room, dining room, sun parlor, kitchen, front bedroom, middle bedroom, back bedroom, and upper hall.
She gave all her household articles and furniture at 2817 Dunbar Place and $500 to her daughter-in-law, Julia G. DUNBAR.
She bequeathed her piano at that place to her granddaughter, Doris DUNBAR, daughter of her son Charles B. The remainder of her estate she divided equally amongst her four surviving children.
Forest Home Cemetery records indicate that Marion was cremated there but not interred there.
Biography by Tom Brocher; last updated on 6 January 2022.
She was born at Nassau on February 1845 and was raised in New York.
Marion and her parents were enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census at Stephentown, New York.
They moved to Iowa by 1860, where they were enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census at Fremont Township, Winnesheik Co.
Marion married Thomas Jefferson DUNBAR on 28 December 1862 at Caledonia, Minnesota.
Frequent Moves
They initially moved to La Crosse, and then to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but later moved to New Jersey and Chicago for his horse trading business. They later returned to Milwaukee where he died.
Marion petitioned to probate the estate of Thomas J. on 13 October 1913 [Milwaukee Co. Probate Records]. These records indicate that they bought property as joint tenants in the 15th Ward of Milwaukee on 15 June 1905 from Mrs. Alice N. BEERS, widow.
Marion survived her husband by many years, residing at Milwaukee until her death there at 2817 Dunbar Place [1920 U.S. Census, Milwaukee; Milwaukee Dir., 1924].
Marion died there at her residence on 30 July 1925, of a diabetic coma, aged 80 years, 5 months, and 23 days [Wisconsin Vital Records, Deaths, filed 31 July 1925; Lt. Co. Jerome A. Watrous, ed., Memoirs of Milwaukee County, 1909, hereafter Memoirs of Milwaukee County, p. 637].
Her Estate
Her will, dated at Milwaukee, on 22 October 1920 and modified there on 28 April 1924, was probated there at Milwaukee on 13 August 1925 [Milwaukee Co. Probate Records].
Her will mentions her daughters Marion Dunbar GUTMAN and Luella Caroline BIRKHAEUSER, and her sons Thomas Whipple and Charles B. She named her son, Thomas Whipple, as executor of her estate. Her estate was appraised at more than $57,000, over $50,000 of which was in the real estate of two properties in the 15th Ward of Milwaukee.
The inventory of her house at 2817 Dunbar Place shows these rooms: parlor, lower hall, sitting room, dining room, sun parlor, kitchen, front bedroom, middle bedroom, back bedroom, and upper hall.
She gave all her household articles and furniture at 2817 Dunbar Place and $500 to her daughter-in-law, Julia G. DUNBAR.
She bequeathed her piano at that place to her granddaughter, Doris DUNBAR, daughter of her son Charles B. The remainder of her estate she divided equally amongst her four surviving children.
Forest Home Cemetery records indicate that Marion was cremated there but not interred there.
Biography by Tom Brocher; last updated on 6 January 2022.
Gravesite Details
Her cremains may have been first interred at Fairview Mausoleum in Milwaukee, but were moved before the Mausoleum was torn down in 1996 [thanks to FAG Contributor John Uhlman for providing the information about Fairview Mausoleum].
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