Millard Riley Hickman1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15

M, b. 22 March 1889, d. 30 May 1962
Millard Hickman - 1918
     Millard Riley Hickman was born on 22 March 1889 at Mannington, WV.. He was the son of Joseph Morgan Hickman and Sarah Virginia Cunningham. He enlisted in U.S. Navy. on 24 July 1907.16 He served for 4 years and sailed with the "Great White Fleet" that sailed around the world. He lived in 1911 at Mt. Vernon, OH..17,18 He lived in 1916 at Wilkinsburg, PA..19 He was a mechanical engineer for Westinghouse Machine Co in 1917 at Chester, PA..8 He married Helen Marguerite Gardiner, daughter of Hedley T. Gardiner and Helen C. Burgstrom, on 15 July 1919 at Berkeley, CA..16,20 He was installed as President of American Society of Marine Engineers in 1930.21 He was an Engineering Superintendent in San Fransico Bay Area. He was accused of murder but found not guilty by a jury in May 1934 at San Francisco, CA..22 He and Helen Marguerite Gardiner were divorced on 7 September 1934.23 He married Lillian H. Rankin in 1935.24 He and Lillian H. Rankin were divorced. He died on 30 May 1962 at San Francisco, CA., at age 73. He was buried at Mt. View Cemetery, Oakland, CA; plot 14D, grave 33.

Children of Millard Riley Hickman and Helen Marguerite Gardiner

Child of Millard Riley Hickman and Lillian H. Rankin

Citations

  1. [S1124] 1900 Marion Co, WV. Census, Mannington.
  2. [S1279] 1920 Alameda Co, CA. Census, Oakland.
  3. [S1355] 1930 Alameda Co, CA. Census, Alameda.
  4. [S1147] Hickman Bible.
  5. [S1088] Obituary ,Oakland Tribune, 31 May 1962.
  6. [S1105] California Death Record.
  7. [S1289] W.W.II Draft Registration.
  8. [S1035] W.W.I draft registration card.
  9. [S2514] Oakland Directory ,1923-28.
  10. [S3024] Passenger List: San Francisco to Hawaii Sept 1929.
  11. [S2797] WV Birth Record.
  12. [S3656] 1940 San Francisco, CA. Census.
  13. [S3756] John W. Leonard, Who's Who In Engineering, p. 596.
  14. [S2813] Fairmont Directory ,Mannington 1904.
  15. [S1922] U. S. passport application ,photograph.
  16. [S2067] Bee Gum Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, compiled by Nancy A. Cunningham, and then Annie McFarland.
  17. [S4303] The Democratic Banner, Mount Vernon, OH. ,8 aug 1911.
  18. [S4303] The Democratic Banner, Mount Vernon, OH. ,28 jul 1911.
  19. [S4255] The Fairmont West Virginian neswpaper ,30 aug 1916.
  20. [S1301] Oakland Tribune, 21 July 1919.
  21. [S2485] San Francisco Chronicle ,28 Feb 1930.
  22. [S2485] San Francisco Chronicle ,May to July 1934.
  23. [S2485] San Francisco Chronicle ,8 Sep 1934.
  24. [S2485] San Francisco Chronicle ,16 Feb 1936.