Hicks

(from Beers)

George Hicks was born in Southwold, Ont. in 1865. He grew up on his father’s farm at Talbotville better known then as “Five Stakes”. His parents James and Ellen (Arney) Hicks were both born in Hampshire, England in 1839. They immigrated to Ontario in 1864. George’s brothers and sisters were Sarah, William (a farmer), James H. (a merchant tailor at Glencoe), Herbert (a farmer), Ellen (who moved to Detroit) and Alfred (a dentist in Chatham).

George taught school for a few years before studying dentistry at the Toronto Dental College, receiving his L.D.S. degree in 1893, then his D.D.S. from Trinity College the same year. Dr. Hicks at once set up a flourishing practice in Watford.

In 1895 he married Viola Mitchell, daughter of James Mitchell of Watford. They had a son, Elgen Donley Hicks, born in 1896. The Hicks family attended the Methodist Church.

Chapter 24 of 25 - Hicks Family

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