Finding Aid to the Everdell Altamont Hicks Family Letters
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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
EVERDELL ALTAMONT HICKS FAMILY LETTERS 1914-1932
The collection contains correspondence between various members of the Hicks family
of Campbell County, Virginia.
EVERDELL ALTAMONT HICKS (1862-1961)
Hon. E. A. Hicks, delegate from Campbell to the Virginia State Legislature, lived
on a farm owned by his grandfather. He served on the Board of Supervisors in Campbell
County for 20 years and was chairman for eight years. He was elected to the Virginia
House of Delegates in 1920 and was re-elected in 1922. He was educated at New London
Academy.
The News, December 13, 1961 [B-11-1]
Former Campbell Official Dies
Everdell Altamont Hicks, 99, former chairman of the Campbell County Board
of Supervisors and former member of the Virginia General Assembly, died at 6:25
p.m. Thursday at his home in Evington. He served on the board of supervisors from
1900 to 1920, being chairman the last 10 years. Then he was a member of the
Virginia House of Delegates of the General Assembly from 1920 to 1930.
A lifetime resident of Campbell County, Hicks continued to supervise the
operation of his 300 acre farm. In addition, he was a representative for the VirginiaCarolina Chemical Co. selling fertilizer in this area.
In a feature story in The News soon after he observed his 99th birthday on Feb.
13. Hicks recalled how he helped John Lane, father of the Town of Altavista, pile a
marker of rocks at a point that is now the center of the community.
Hicks accompanied Lane on several trips through the area laying out what was
to become the town of Altavista. Later, as chairman of the Campbell County Board
of Supervisors, he recommended construction of some of the roads suggested by
Lane and so contributed to the founding of Altavista and the development of the
entire area.
Born in Campbell County, he was the son of James Westmoreland and Mildred
Hicks Hicks. He was a member of Evington Methodist Church and Evington
Masonic Lodge No. 333, AF&AM.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Patrick Hicks; three sons, Ray Landon
Hicks of McLean, E. A. Hicks Jr. of Cave Springs and Gerald Westmoreland Hicks
of Richmond; two daughters, Dr. Mildred Hicks Bruun of Easton, Pa. and Mrs.
Henry M. Taylor of Lamesa, Calif, and four grandchildren.
The body is at Whitten Timberlake Chapel pending funeral arrangements.
Continued
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EVERDELL ALTAMONT HICKS FAMILY LETTERS 1914-1932, Cont’d.
BOX 1
1-1
1-2
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6
1-7
1-8
1-9
1-10
1-11
1-12
BOX 2
2-1
2-2
2-3
Hicks Family Genealogy prepared by Nancy Jamerson Weiland
Correspondence to Mrs. E. A. Hicks. Includes letters to and from
sisters circulated to each other (7 letters dated 1914)
Correspondence to Mrs. E. A. Hicks from Clara Patrick Trayham.
Includes instructions and parts list from the Monitor Sad Iron Co.,
Big Prairie, OH. (4 letters dated 1915)
Correspondence to Mr. E. A. Hicks from Acorn Brass
Manufacturing Co., Chicago, IL. Includes flyer for the Acorn
Gasoline Self-Heating Flat Iron (1915)
Campbell County Mutual Fire Insurance Company Card, dated
August 31, 1915
Correspondence to Mrs. E. A. Hicks, to and from her sisters (8
letters dated 1916-1917)
James Thomas Hicks draft Card. Correspondence to Mr. and Mrs.
Hicks from children (14 letters dated 1918-1919)
Correspondence E. A. Hicks to Mrs. E. A. Hicks. “Annexation Bill
out of house”. (40 letters dated 1920)
Wedding invitation Iva Kelly to E. Hicks (1921). Letters from
James Hicks to his mother written on The Maryland Motor Machine
Co., Frederick, Maryland letterhead; Letter to Mrs. Hicks from Idalia
M. Petty
Correspondence to E. A. Hicks from C. T. Light Co., Wholesale
Feed & Groceries; Southern Railway Co., Bill of Lading (17 letters
dated 1922)
Correspondence from James Hicks to parents; Mildred Hicks to
father; E. A. Hicks to wife, Mrs. E. A. Hicks from Monitor Sad Iron
Co.
Battle Creek Food Company to Mrs. Hicks; Pamphlet” ParamelsRemedy for Constipation; Pamphlet “Laxa” Colon Food; price list;
Correspondence from E. A. Hicks to his wife; Report Card Gerald
W. Hicks from New London Academy; Application bland to
Randolph-Macon Academy, Bedford, VA
Correspondence from Ray Hicks to Mrs. E. A. Hicks; from Mildred
Hicks to Mrs. E. A. Hicks; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station;
F. W. Woolworth weight card (14 letters dated 1925)
Correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hicks from their children and
to each other (28 Letters dated 1926)
Correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hicks from their children;
marriage announcement Virginia Elinor Wilkins to Charles Madison
Trayham (27 letters dated 1927)
Continued
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EVERDELL ALTAMONT HICKS FAMILY LETTERS 1914-1932, Cont’d.
BOX 2
2-4
2-5
2-6
2-7
BOX 3
3-1
3-2
3-3
3-4
Hicks family correspondence; undated news clipping “W. M. Bass,
Jr., named in Probe of Stolen Automobiles.” A piece of fabric from
“the Graf Zeppelin” October 15, 1928 plus Wikipedia article about
the zeppelin. (28 letters dated 1928)
Hicks family letters; The Monitor Sad Iron Co., brochures;
Commencement announcement Invitation New London Academy,
June 6, 1929 for Miss Lillian Ava Hicks; letter to E. A. Hicks from
national Geographic Society from O. P. Austin (10 letters dated
1929)
Hicks family letters; receipt from Walter H. Buzby Live & Dressed
Poultry to E. A. Hicks for chickens ordered; letter from Quaker City
Poultry Company Christmas card –Greetings from T. McCall
Frazier; wedding announcement in Washington Post May 4, 1930
Mildred Hicks to Bruum; (14 letters dated 1930)
Family letters; Norfolk & Western Railway Co., train Schedule to E.
A. Hicks from O. L. McCraw, ticket agent; Bill to Commonwealth
of Virginia Department of Highways from Mrs. M. P. Hicks for the
board and lodging of 9 men (47 letters dated 1931)
Family letters; blank application for admission to the Marjorie
Webster Schools, Washington, DC; Letter from Julia L. McFarland,
register to Mrs. E. A. Hicks.
Undated letter from Gerald Hicks to his mother and sister reporting a
plane crash he witnessed including a map.
News article in
Lynchburg paper dated August 8, 1931 about the plane crash.
Miscellaneous letters and documents; National Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage letterhead dated January 18, 1920 to Gentlemen
of the Legislature from Mary G. Kilbreth, President; Flyer from
Acorn Brass Manufacturing Co; Flyer on Citizenship from Equal
Suffrage League of Virginia; flyer entitled “Plans from the Suffrage
Platform:; 1931 maps of Illinois; 1919 West Virginia map; Cooks
travel tickets (2); invoice from Quaker City Poultry Co., to Mrs. E.
A. Hicks’ photograph of unknown elderly woman (8 letters,
undated)
“A Plea for Our State”
MS1441
JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
EVERDELL ALTAMONT HICKS FAMILY LETTERS 1914-1932
The collection contains correspondence between various members of the Hicks family
of Campbell County, Virginia.
[Detailed finding guide available with the collection.]
MS1441
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
EVERDELL ALTAMONT HICKS FAMILY LETTERS 1914-1932
The collection contains correspondence between various members of the Hicks family
of Campbell County, Virginia.
EVERDELL ALTAMONT HICKS (1862-1961)
Hon. E. A. Hicks, delegate from Campbell to the Virginia State Legislature, lived
on a farm owned by his grandfather. He served on the Board of Supervisors in Campbell
County for 20 years and was chairman for eight years. He was elected to the Virginia
House of Delegates in 1920 and was re-elected in 1922. He was educated at New London
Academy.
The News, December 13, 1961 [B-11-1]
Former Campbell Official Dies
Everdell Altamont Hicks, 99, former chairman of the Campbell County Board
of Supervisors and former member of the Virginia General Assembly, died at 6:25
p.m. Thursday at his home in Evington. He served on the board of supervisors from
1900 to 1920, being chairman the last 10 years. Then he was a member of the
Virginia House of Delegates of the General Assembly from 1920 to 1930.
A lifetime resident of Campbell County, Hicks continued to supervise the
operation of his 300 acre farm. In addition, he was a representative for the VirginiaCarolina Chemical Co. selling fertilizer in this area.
In a feature story in The News soon after he observed his 99th birthday on Feb.
13. Hicks recalled how he helped John Lane, father of the Town of Altavista, pile a
marker of rocks at a point that is now the center of the community.
Hicks accompanied Lane on several trips through the area laying out what was
to become the town of Altavista. Later, as chairman of the Campbell County Board
of Supervisors, he recommended construction of some of the roads suggested by
Lane and so contributed to the founding of Altavista and the development of the
entire area.
Born in Campbell County, he was the son of James Westmoreland and Mildred
Hicks Hicks. He was a member of Evington Methodist Church and Evington
Masonic Lodge No. 333, AF&AM.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Patrick Hicks; three sons, Ray Landon
Hicks of McLean, E. A. Hicks Jr. of Cave Springs and Gerald Westmoreland Hicks
of Richmond; two daughters, Dr. Mildred Hicks Bruun of Easton, Pa. and Mrs.
Henry M. Taylor of Lamesa, Calif, and four grandchildren.
The body is at Whitten Timberlake Chapel pending funeral arrangements.
Continued
MS1441
EVERDELL ALTAMONT HICKS FAMILY LETTERS 1914-1932, Cont’d.
BOX 1
1-1
1-2
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6
1-7
1-8
1-9
1-10
1-11
1-12
BOX 2
2-1
2-2
2-3
Hicks Family Genealogy prepared by Nancy Jamerson Weiland
Correspondence to Mrs. E. A. Hicks. Includes letters to and from
sisters circulated to each other (7 letters dated 1914)
Correspondence to Mrs. E. A. Hicks from Clara Patrick Trayham.
Includes instructions and parts list from the Monitor Sad Iron Co.,
Big Prairie, OH. (4 letters dated 1915)
Correspondence to Mr. E. A. Hicks from Acorn Brass
Manufacturing Co., Chicago, IL. Includes flyer for the Acorn
Gasoline Self-Heating Flat Iron (1915)
Campbell County Mutual Fire Insurance Company Card, dated
August 31, 1915
Correspondence to Mrs. E. A. Hicks, to and from her sisters (8
letters dated 1916-1917)
James Thomas Hicks draft Card. Correspondence to Mr. and Mrs.
Hicks from children (14 letters dated 1918-1919)
Correspondence E. A. Hicks to Mrs. E. A. Hicks. “Annexation Bill
out of house”. (40 letters dated 1920)
Wedding invitation Iva Kelly to E. Hicks (1921). Letters from
James Hicks to his mother written on The Maryland Motor Machine
Co., Frederick, Maryland letterhead; Letter to Mrs. Hicks from Idalia
M. Petty
Correspondence to E. A. Hicks from C. T. Light Co., Wholesale
Feed & Groceries; Southern Railway Co., Bill of Lading (17 letters
dated 1922)
Correspondence from James Hicks to parents; Mildred Hicks to
father; E. A. Hicks to wife, Mrs. E. A. Hicks from Monitor Sad Iron
Co.
Battle Creek Food Company to Mrs. Hicks; Pamphlet” ParamelsRemedy for Constipation; Pamphlet “Laxa” Colon Food; price list;
Correspondence from E. A. Hicks to his wife; Report Card Gerald
W. Hicks from New London Academy; Application bland to
Randolph-Macon Academy, Bedford, VA
Correspondence from Ray Hicks to Mrs. E. A. Hicks; from Mildred
Hicks to Mrs. E. A. Hicks; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station;
F. W. Woolworth weight card (14 letters dated 1925)
Correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hicks from their children and
to each other (28 Letters dated 1926)
Correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hicks from their children;
marriage announcement Virginia Elinor Wilkins to Charles Madison
Trayham (27 letters dated 1927)
Continued
MS1441
EVERDELL ALTAMONT HICKS FAMILY LETTERS 1914-1932, Cont’d.
BOX 2
2-4
2-5
2-6
2-7
BOX 3
3-1
3-2
3-3
3-4
Hicks family correspondence; undated news clipping “W. M. Bass,
Jr., named in Probe of Stolen Automobiles.” A piece of fabric from
“the Graf Zeppelin” October 15, 1928 plus Wikipedia article about
the zeppelin. (28 letters dated 1928)
Hicks family letters; The Monitor Sad Iron Co., brochures;
Commencement announcement Invitation New London Academy,
June 6, 1929 for Miss Lillian Ava Hicks; letter to E. A. Hicks from
national Geographic Society from O. P. Austin (10 letters dated
1929)
Hicks family letters; receipt from Walter H. Buzby Live & Dressed
Poultry to E. A. Hicks for chickens ordered; letter from Quaker City
Poultry Company Christmas card –Greetings from T. McCall
Frazier; wedding announcement in Washington Post May 4, 1930
Mildred Hicks to Bruum; (14 letters dated 1930)
Family letters; Norfolk & Western Railway Co., train Schedule to E.
A. Hicks from O. L. McCraw, ticket agent; Bill to Commonwealth
of Virginia Department of Highways from Mrs. M. P. Hicks for the
board and lodging of 9 men (47 letters dated 1931)
Family letters; blank application for admission to the Marjorie
Webster Schools, Washington, DC; Letter from Julia L. McFarland,
register to Mrs. E. A. Hicks.
Undated letter from Gerald Hicks to his mother and sister reporting a
plane crash he witnessed including a map.
News article in
Lynchburg paper dated August 8, 1931 about the plane crash.
Miscellaneous letters and documents; National Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage letterhead dated January 18, 1920 to Gentlemen
of the Legislature from Mary G. Kilbreth, President; Flyer from
Acorn Brass Manufacturing Co; Flyer on Citizenship from Equal
Suffrage League of Virginia; flyer entitled “Plans from the Suffrage
Platform:; 1931 maps of Illinois; 1919 West Virginia map; Cooks
travel tickets (2); invoice from Quaker City Poultry Co., to Mrs. E.
A. Hicks’ photograph of unknown elderly woman (8 letters,
undated)
“A Plea for Our State”
MS1441
JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
EVERDELL ALTAMONT HICKS FAMILY LETTERS 1914-1932
The collection contains correspondence between various members of the Hicks family
of Campbell County, Virginia.
[Detailed finding guide available with the collection.]
MS1441
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Title
Finding Aid to the Everdell Altamont Hicks Family Letters
Subject
Finding aids
Hicks, Everdell Altamont
Description
Finding aid to the Everdell Altamont Hicks letters held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The letters are between various members of the Hicks family of Campbell County, Virginia.
Creator
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Publisher
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Date
2023
Rights
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
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Language
English
Identifier
MS1441FA
Collection
Citation
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.), “Finding Aid to the Everdell Altamont Hicks Family Letters,” Digital Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://digitaljones.omeka.net/items/show/515.