George T. PICKEN

1817 - 1903  (85 years)

• Name	George T. PICKEN
  Birth	21 Dec 1817	Virginia (now West Virginia)
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Nov 1903	Hamilton, Hancock, Illinois
  Burial	Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Hancock, Illinois
  Notes	Some of our Picken data comes from from work done by Lehlah Belle West b.1879 writing in 1957, in combination with the information in George Picken's Will from 1803. Some individual dates have been gleaned from the Internet, however. The George Picken family moved from Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia to Carthage Township, Hancock County Illinois in 1867.
  Person ID	I85692	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	John PICKEN,   b. 1786, Virginia d. 24 Mar 1866, Barbour, West Virginia (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Nancy HALL,   b. 1799, Virginia d. 5 Dec 1859, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia) (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	18 Jul 1817	Harrison, Virginia (now West Virginia)
  Family ID	F1157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth REGER,   b. 20 Nov 1820, Lewis, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. 16 Apr 1904, Hamilton, Hancock, Illinois (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1839	Buckhannon, Upshur, Virginia (now West Virginia)
  Children	1. Mary PICKEN,   b. 1839, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia)   2. Leah Ann PICKEN,   b. 1842, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia)   3. Rachel PICKEN,   b. 1844, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. Bef 1903 (Age 58 years)   4. Elizabeth PICKEN,   b. 24 Feb 1846, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. 28 Jan 1896, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois (Age 49 years)   5. Rebecca PICKEN,   b. 1847, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. Died young   6. John William PICKEN,   b. 20 Nov 1849, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. 17 Mar 1932, Blaine, Smith, Kansas (Age 82 years)   7. Cecelia PICKEN,   b. Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. Bef 1903   8. Orlando A. PICKEN,   b. 8 Feb 1854, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia)   9. Emma Belle PICKEN,   b. 2 Jan 1857, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. 24 May 1925, Plymouth, Hancock, Illinois (Age 68 years)   10. Alfred PICKEN,   b. Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. Died young   11. Estella PICKEN,   b. 27 Aug 1862, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. 13 Oct 1900, Hancock, Illinois (Age 38 years)   12. Lulu Maud PICKEN,   b. Feb 1866, Barbour, West Virginia   13. Herman PICKEN,   b. 6 Feb 1870, Hancock Twp, Hancock, Illinois d. 29 Sep 1871, Hancock Twp, Hancock, Illinois, on his parents farm (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F23167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2018

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Law restricting liquor sales Evidently George was in favor of restricting licenses to sell liquor Virginia in 1852
  		1874 Map of Hancock Twp., Hancock, Illinois Showing George Picken's farm
  		Last Will and Testament of George T. Picken., with Codicil Daughters Rachel, Elizabeth, and Cecelia were omitted, because they predeceased their father.
  		Headstone for George T. Picken Located in Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Hancock, Illinois Photo courtesy dgmurray