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     Howard Dewey Hickman III is the son of Howard Dewey Hickman Jr. and Jane Margaret Jones.

     Howard Dewey Hickman Jr. was born on 27 November 1923 at Oakland, CA..⁴ He was the son of Howard Dewey Hickman and Aster Isabell Moore. He married Jane Margaret Jones, daughter of Robert Parry Jones and Winnifred "Winnie" Phillips, on 27 July 1947 at Berkeley, CA.. He died on 22 July 2011 at Fairfield, CA., at age 87. He was buried at Mt. View Cemetery, Oakland, CA.. Howard graduated from the California Maritime Academy and served in the Merchant Marines during World War II. He was a Naval Reserve Offider. He was an engineer on the City of Oakland Fireboat. In 1957, he trained in the new field of nuclear powered electricity generating plants. For most of his career, he worked as a start-up engineer and manager on power plants in many locations. Several of his designs received U.S. patents. He lived in Idaho Falls, ID., Pittsburgh, PA., Mol, Belgium, San Clemente, CA., Two Rivers, WI., Quincy, MA., Tokyo, Japan, Cobb, CA., and St. Francisville, LA.
He received a Masters Degree from Harvard University in 1985.
When he semi-retired as a consultant to geothermal power plants in Cobb, CA, he served on the local water board and the Lake County Grand Jury. He taught at Yuba Community College and became active in the Lions Club, becoming a Youth Exchange Coordinator for northern California. He was a Free Mason, life member of Live Oak Lodge, Oakland, a member of the Scottish Rite and a Shriner.

     Jane Margaret Jones was born on 18 February 1923 at Berkeley, CA.. She was the daughter of Robert Parry Jones and Winnifred "Winnie" Phillips.
(Comment:
As a young girl she lost her father a successful carpenter to tuberculosis. Jane’s mother became a bridal seamstress raising her through the Great Depression with some support from Jane’s aunt and uncle with whom they shared a house. From these humble beginnings she excelled throughout her schooling, especially in Mathematics. She received a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics with a Minor in Art from the University of California, Berkeley in 1944. She became a high school math teacher and then married Howard Hickman, Jr.. Howard’s engineering career meant moving every 2-3 years across and between continents within widely different cultural norms. She grew in the experiences brought by living in many cultures, always connecting with neighbors, women’s groups, scouts and the local church. After her children were raised, she went back to teaching high school math.
 
Growing up with car camping trips to Yosemite and the Russian River opened the door for her love of nature. She and Howard and long-time friends built a still in-use cabin in a high-mountain valley by Wrights Lake. She had a friendliness that found her surrounded by a small group of ardently-supportive friends throughout her lifetime. She was a talented hostess, organizing dinners and holiday parties in whatever neighborhood or apartment she lived. She was very talented artistically. One of the fabrics she created in a weaving class while in college even brought her a job offer to design fabric in New York. And when she took an Ikebana floral arranging class in Japan, her teacher selected her to get a teaching certificate, which was a great honor. She had a great sense of humor, especially poignant during times of embarrassment or during the many foibles of life.) She married Howard Dewey Hickman Jr., son of Howard Dewey Hickman and Aster Isabell Moore, on 27 July 1947 at Berkeley, CA.. She died on 19 July 2022 at Fairfield, Solano Co, CA., at age 99.
(Comment: She remembered her childhood in an interview in 1987.)

     Howard Dewey Hickman was born on 26 May 1898 at Mannington, WV..^10,11 He was the son of Joseph Morgan Hickman and Sarah Virginia Cunningham. He worked in Hartley's Store in 1912 at Fairmont, WV..¹² He married Aster Isabell Moore, daughter of Myron M Moore and Lillian May Fletcher, on 19 May 1922 at Los Angeles, CA..¹³ He and Aster Isabell Moore were divorced on 18 January 1935 at Oakland, CA..¹⁴ He married Constance Catherine Maloney, daughter of Joseph James Maloney and Nellie Ellen Chattleton, on 22 February 1937 at Tijuana, Mexico. He died on 12 September 1978 at Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co, CA., at age 80. He was buried at Mt. View Cemetery, Oakland, CA; plot 76, grave 119.

Howard attended schools in Mannington and Fairmont, West Virginia. In 1915, he went to Arizona, working for Goldwaters' Store, and for the Arizona National Guard. He returned to West Virginia and learned the machinist trade in Fairmont and Grove City, PA.
At the beginning of World War I, at age 19, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was promoted to Sergeant in Co. F, 15th Engineers Corps. He went to France and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was a Platoon Leader in Co. K, 113th Infantry in the trench warfare in France. On Oct. 9/10, 1918, he lead a charge out of the trenches, and "going over the top," he was injured by a 88 mm. Austrian mortar shell. He spent 5 months in France, mostly at San Salvadour Hospital in Hyeres, recovering from his wounds, before returning to the 113th.
After World War I, he returned to Arizona surveying the Grand Canyon and then working as a bank clerk at the Phoenix National Bank. In 1920, he enlisted for two years in the Navy, serving as a Machinist's Mate on the maiden voyage of the USS California.
While in the Navy, Howard met his first wife, Aster Moore, at a dance hall in Long Beach, CA. He then worked in the shipyards at San Pedro. After completion of the building of the ferry "San Leandro", he traveled with the ferry up to San Francisco Bay, where he later worked as the Marine Superintendent for the Key System.
At the beginning of World War II, Howard returned to active military duty, as Officer In Charge of the Marine Repair Shop in the Transportation Corps at Fort Mason. At the end of the War, he worked in Bremerhaven, Germany, with the Army of Occupation. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and was the Officer In Charge of Maintenance and Repair at the Asano Dockyard, Yokahama, Japan. He remained there, servicing military ships during the Korean War.
He worked in Rio Vista, CA. and St, Louis, MO. He retired from the Army at the rank of Colonel in 1958, and retired from government service in 1962. He joined the Masons in 1925 and was a Commander of the VFW Post #999 in Oakland in 1936.¹⁵

     Margaret Jane Hickman is the daughter of Howard Dewey Hickman Jr. and Jane Margaret Jones.

     Robert Donald Peralta Hickman was born on 26 March 1927 at Oakland, CA.. He was the son of Howard Dewey Hickman and Aster Isabell Moore. He married Elizabeth Oliphant Haddaway, daughter of Roland L. Haddaway and Elizabeth V. Oliphant, on 1 May 1948. He was a Freemason. He was an owner of a Precision Part Manufacturing Company. He died on 13 October 2004 at Glendale, CA., at age 77.

     Aster Isabell Moore was born on 23 November 1902 at Seaside, OR.. She was the daughter of Myron M Moore and Lillian May Fletcher. She married Howard Dewey Hickman, son of Joseph Morgan Hickman and Sarah Virginia Cunningham, on 19 May 1922 at Los Angeles, CA..⁸ She and Howard Dewey Hickman were divorced on 18 January 1935 at Oakland, CA..⁹ She received a Bachelor of Arts from USC in 1938. She married Theodore Smith Palmer, son of George William Palmer and Margaret Agnes Smith. She was a school teacher at Okinawa, Japan. She and Theodore Smith Palmer were divorced in 1956. She was a school teacher and reading specialist at Los Angeles, CA.. She received a Master of Arts from Los Angeles State College in 1962. She died on 28 February 1983 at El Toro, Orange Co, CA., at age 80. Aster provided several details of her life in a 1982 interview. Also she talked about her mother's experinces being blind and teaching at Perkins School. Click here for a transcription. She was buried at Section L.O., Block 27, Lot 46, Space #1, El Toro Cemetery, Orange Co, CA..

     Joseph Morgan Hickman was born on 3 September 1859 at Whiteley Twp, Greene Co, PA.. He was the son of Jesse A. Hickman and Charlotte Waychoff. Joseph's mother died when he was three years old. He moved frequently as a child with his father and step-mother. By 1880, he finally settled in Mannington, West Virginia, where he lived with his sister Elizabeth and her husband William B. Sine. He married William's niece, Sarah V. Cunningham. He married Sarah Virginia Cunningham, daughter of Henry Harrison Cunningham and Nancy Anne Sine, on 19 August 1884 at Mannington, WV..^3,8,9 He worked a small farm on Flat Run, just outside of Mannington. He also worked as a coke drawer and a miner at a nearby coal mine. He fell from an apple tree and suffered a compound fracture and/or back injury. He died of consumption at age 41, leaving 9 children, the youngest 5 months old. He died on 18 October 1900 at Mannington, WV., at age 41.¹⁰ He was buried at Beegum Church Cemetery, Mannington, WV..

     Sarah Virginia Cunningham was born on 13 June 1869 at Mannington, WV..¹¹ She was the daughter of Henry Harrison Cunningham and Nancy Anne Sine. She married Joseph Morgan Hickman, son of Jesse A. Hickman and Charlotte Waychoff, on 19 August 1884 at Mannington, WV..^6,12,11 She obtained a marriage license, but did not marry Harriaon C. Dale, age 41. The license was obtained ny her eldest son Jesse Hickman on 20 January 1905 at Marion Co, WV.. She lived from 1905 to 1909 at Wheeling, WV.. She married Henry "Harry" Patrick Keenan, son of Patrick Henry Keenan and Anzonetta Mary "Ann" Baker, on 11 March 1905 at St. Charles Hotel, Wheeling, WV..^13,6 She lived in 1911 at Barrackville, WV..¹⁴ She lived from 1912 to 1913 at Boothsville, WV..^15,16 She and Henry "Harry" Patrick Keenan lived in 1915 at Eldora, WV..^17,18 She lived in 1919 at Fairmont, WV..¹⁹ She married Benjamin Ison Stevens, son of Ezra Stevens and Rebecca Jacobs, on 30 January 1922 at Gladesville, WV..^6,20 She lived in 1922 at Little Falls, Monongalia Co, WV..^21,22 She died on 17 January 1932 at State Hospital, Weston, Lewis Co, WV., at age 62.²³ She was buried at Beegum Cemetery, Mannington, WV..

     Lillian May Fletcher was born on 7 May 1864 at Nashua, NH.. She was the daughter of Amos Fletcher and Clarissa "Clara" Ann Ferson. Lillian was blind as a child due to cataracts. In 1879, she attended The Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston, MA, where she received her high school diploma in 1886. A young eye surgeon performed cataract operations, which restored part of her vision. She then taught at the Perkins School. One of her students was Edith Thomas, who was blind and deaf.
In 1890, she traveled to Honolulu, where she taught. She witnessed the return of the decasied King in January 1891. In Aug 1892 she had retunred home in Nahuea, NH. By1892, she was teaching in several small rural schoolhouses in Marshall County, South Dakota.^13,14,15 She married Myron M Moore, son of John Henry Moore and Celestia A. Burch, on 14 October 1897 at Aberdeen, Brown Co, SD.. She bought the lease of the Surfine Apartments from her sister Mabel Bailey in June 1921 at 28 Surfine Place, Long Beach, CA..¹⁶ She was the proprietor of the Rockwell Hotel in 1922 at 244 Pacific Ave., Long Beach, CA..¹⁷ She died on 12 July 1931 at Seaside, OR., at age 67; She died crossing a street, hit by a car she did not see. She was buried at Ocean View Cemetery, Clatsop Co, OR..

     Jesse A. Hickman was born in 1828 at Greene Co, PA.. He was the son of Samuel Hickman and Elizabeth (---). He married Charlotte Waychoff, daughter of Jacob Waychoff Jr. and Nancy Bonar, circa 1848 at Greene Co, PA.. He was listed in the Draft list of Richill Twp, Greene Co, PA. between May 1863 and June 1863. He married Caroline Renner, daughter of Elisha T. Renner and Jane Gump, in 1864. He died on 12 June 1885 at Salem, Dent Co, MO.. Jesse married twice and fathered a total of thirteen children, the last when he was 54 years old. Jesse's first wife was Charlotte Waychoff, daughter of Jacob Waychoff, Jr. and Nancy Bonar. Charlotte was a direct descendant of Peter Wyckoff, who migrated from Holland to New Netherlands (now New York) in 1636. His house, now the Wyckoff House and Museum in Brooklyn, is the oldest house still standing in New York.
Jesse was a carpenter and joiner by trade. His known works included building railroad trestles, framing churches, and the fine woodworking inside a Courthouse. He was quite a strong willed character, weighing close to 300 pounds. Townsfolk lovingly called him "Uncle Jesse." It has been said that between work projects, he would go into town and drink heavily for days. The court records show that he was involved in several lawsuits in Greene County, and allegedly squandered the money of this first wife's estate.
Just east of Waynesburg, PA, Jesse purchased land from Elmore Phillips and advertised town lots for sale in the local newspaper, in December 1850. In the 1850's, Jesse and Charlotte lived on the farm of Jesse's father, on the border of Whiteley and Jefferson Townships, Greene County, where their six children were born.
In 1860, after the settlement of Charlotte's father's estate, Jesse and Charlotte moved and bought 51 acres property in Richhill Township, Greene County. They sold the land in 1863 when Charlotte became ill, probably of tuberculosis. Charlotte died on August 3, 1863.
In 1864, Jesse married Caroline Renner, who was the daughter of his first cousin, Elisha Renner. Caroline was born Oct. 28, 1845, remarried John Christopher after Jesse's death and died Nov. 12, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri.
After his marriage to Caroline, Jesse and his large family moved to Maryland, Mannington WV, Salem MO,Texas, Illinois, Gainesville TX, and back to Salem Missouri, probably in search of carpentry work. In 1869, he built the house on Lot 24, #4 Monroe St., Mannington,WV. In 1870 Salem, MO, he built the stair railings and woodwork inside the Dent County Courthouse, which can still be seen today.
After building the Presbyterian Church in Salem, 1881, Jesse was elected Justice of the Peace of Spring Township, Dent County in 1882. He resigned in 1884, probably due to ill health, as he died in Salem, on June 12, 1885, after "a long and painful attack." There is no record of his burial, but he is probably buried in the same Potter's Field of the Cedar Grove Cemetery, where his son was buried three years earlier.

     Charlotte Waychoff was born circa 1828 at Jefferson Twp, Greene Co, PA.. She was the daughter of Jacob Waychoff Jr. and Nancy Bonar. She married Jesse A. Hickman, son of Samuel Hickman and Elizabeth (---), circa 1848 at Greene Co, PA.. She died on 3 August 1863 at Greene Co, PA..
(Comment: Her Estate was settled by her husband Jesse A. Hickman.) She obtained a loom in the 1859 Estate Sake of her father. She made quilts, one of which is now owned by Margaret Jones.

     Henry Harrison Cunningham was born on 31 October 1844 at Cunningham Run, Eagle Twp, Harrison Co, VA.. He was the son of Christopher C. Cunningham and Elizabeth Linville. He was a railroad hand in 1865 at Marion Co, WV..¹³ He married Nancy Anne Sine, daughter of Alfred Flowers Sine and Mary Ann Chesney, on 19 November 1865 at Marion Co, WV..^14,12 He moved to Marion County, and later sold his inherited interest in the family farm on Cunningham Run Harrison County in 1892.¹⁵ He was a farmer at Mannington, WV.. He served in Co. D, 1st Reg, WV National Guard from 1887 to 1894.¹⁶ He was the Chief Engineer at Mannington High School in 1907. He died on 3 April 1912 at Mannington, Marion Co, WV., at age 67.¹⁷ He was buried at Beegum Cemetery, Mannington, Marion Co, WV..

     Nancy Anne Sine was born on 24 May 1845 at Flat Run, Mannington, Marion Co, WV..¹³ She was the daughter of Alfred Flowers Sine and Mary Ann Chesney. She married Henry Harrison Cunningham, son of Christopher C. Cunningham and Elizabeth Linville, on 19 November 1865 at Marion Co, WV..^14,11 She kept a book of newspaper clippings of items about family and friends. (I now have it in my possession.) She lived in 1920 at 419 James St., Mannington, Marion Co, WV.. She died on 3 October 1920 at Mannington, Marion Co, WV., at age 75.¹³ She was buried at Beegum Cemetery, Mannington, Marion Co, WV..
(Comment: Here are some of her letters she wrote when she was 18, during the Civil War.)

     Myron M Moore was born on 9 June 1875 at Pennfield Twp, Calhoun Co, MI.. He was the son of John Henry Moore and Celestia A. Burch. He went to school in a one room school house. at Burch School House, Miller Twp, Marshall Co, SD.. He married Lillian May Fletcher, daughter of Amos Fletcher and Clarissa "Clara" Ann Ferson, on 14 October 1897 at Aberdeen, Brown Co, SD.. He was a drayman in 1900 at Luverne, MN.. He was a lumberman and carpenter. He was an engineer for Clatsop Co. Road Dept. in 1918. He was a building caretaker in 1930 at Long Beach, CA.. He married Clara Gracia Gass on 16 June 1932 at Long Beach, CA..¹³ He lived in 1946 at 1355 W. Slover Ave., Fontana, CA.. He died on 9 March 1946 at San Bernardino Co, CA., at age 70.

     Howard Dewey Hickman IV is the son of Howard Dewey Hickman III and Marcia Lynn Wright.

     Mary Magdalena Livengood was born on 4 December 1756 at Colebrookdale Twp, Berks Co, PA.. She was the daughter of Johan Peter Livengood and Ann Eva Linderman. She was baptized on 20 March 1757 at New Hanover Lutheran Church, Philadelphia Co, PA.. She married Robert Hickman, son of Samuel Hickman and Nannie (---), circa 1788. She died on 25 August 1838 at Whiteley Twp, Greene Co, PA., at age 81. She was buried at Hickman Cemetery, Frosty Run, Greene Co, PA; Photos of Hickman Cemetery.

     Johan Peter Livengood was born on 16 December 1733 at Gumbrechtshoffen, BasRhin, Alsace. He was the son of Hans Jacob Liebengut Jr. and Maria Margaretha Schafer. He immigrated on Ship Phoenix on 28 August 1750. He married Ann Eva Linderman, daughter of John ? Linderman and Ann(?) (---), circa 1753 at Berks Co, PA.. He died on 6 January 1814 at Whiteley Twp, Greene Co, PA., at age 80.

SYNOPSIS of the Life of PETER LIVENGOOD SR (c. 1733-1814)
by Pat (Levengood) Brucer

Among the arrivals in Philadelphia August 28, 1750 aboard the "Phoenix" were Hans Jacob Liebengut and family: wife Anna Margaretha, sons Peter and Hans Jacob Jr, daughters Magdalena and Barbara, and Magdalena's husband George Shep/Schnep.

They settled in Barks Co and were members of the Lutheran Church of Colebrookdale Parish, which included Hill Church and the New Hanover Church at Falkners Swamp in Montgomery Co. Peter and Eva Linderman were married before Sunday, April 14, 1754, when they took communion at Hill Church. On May 18, 1755, Margaretha was listed in the church book as the widow of Hans Jacob Sr. It's believed she died before or soon after December 14 that year, as she was not a baptismal sponsor of Peter's first child (or subsequent babies) as would be expected. Peter paid taxes 1758-67 in Colebrookdale Twp; he was a founder at Colebrookdale Furnace, just south of Boyertown.

About 1768 Peter and brother Jacob moved to Frederick Co, VA, and lived near Isaac Zane's Iron Works on Cedar Creek, Marlboro, where cannon and ammunition were produced for the Continental Army.. Son George was born there in 1775. In March 1776, Peter Jr enlisted in the 8th VA Regiment and served until his escape from the British in June 1780, after the defeat at Charleston. On the 1782 VA state census, Peter Sr and Jacob were both listed with their families, in Frederick Co, near Marleboro.

In 1783/84 Peter Sr joined Peter Jr in SW Pennsylvania. The younger Peter had settled on Pursley Creek and was listed on the 1781 Supply Tax with 100 acres, 2 horses & 3 cows, for a 74 pound property evaluation. Both were taxed in 1784 in Washington Co, Cumberland Twp. In 1786 Peter Sr was warranted a 200 acre tract, "Peter's Purchase" on a branch of Muddy Creek. Brother Jacob's 1789 warrant was for "Green Bush" on Frosty Run, a branch of Big Whiteley Creek in Greene Twp, about 2 miles south of Peter Sr.

Peter's wife Eva was dead before March 1808 when he made his will, in which he names all eight children: Elizabeth (Mathias) Halfhill; Magdalena (Robert ) Hickman; Peter Jr (m: Mary Provator Sellars); Catherine (John) Smith; Maria Margaretha (James) Waits; Barbara (John) Lemley; Sarah (Jacob Jr.) Franks and George. Peter died at about 80 on January 6, 1814 in Whiteley Twp at the home of daughter Barbara and John Lemley, who had taken care of him during his final illness. He was buried beside Eva, and early records indicate well-tended graves--but do not give the location.

     Ann Eva Linderman was born circa 1735. She was the daughter of John ? Linderman and Ann(?) (---). She married Johan Peter Livengood, son of Hans Jacob Liebengut Jr. and Maria Margaretha Schafer, circa 1753 at Berks Co, PA.. She died between 1800 and 1808 at Greene Co, PA..