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Charles Wells Wicks
- Birth
- Paris Hill, Oneida County, New York, USA
- Death
- 25 Aug 1931 (aged 68)Kennebunkport, York County, Maine, USA
- Burial
- Utica,Oneida County,New York,USAShow MapGPS-Latitude: 43.0787506, Longitude: -75.2510834
- Plot
- 37 B; lot 4825
- Memorial ID
- 183722174View Source
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Was a member of Faxton Lodge, No. 697, Free & Accepted Masons.
- Pursued his early education in the "old red schoolhouse" at Paris Hill, NY.
- Attended Sauquoit Academy at Sauquoit, Oneida county, and graduated with the class of 1889.
- A member of the New York State Senate (36th D.) from 1915 to 1918, sitting in the 138th, 139th, 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures.
- A director of the Utica Fine Yarn Company of Utica, New York, of the Maxwell Manufacturing Company of New Hartford (Utica) New York, a director and treasurer of the Gunn Motor Company of Utica, a director of the Utica Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Lincoln Memorial Road Association of America.
- George and Lucie had two sons: Glenn Dickinson Wicks, born January 30, 1893; and Roger Manning Wicks, born November 7, 1894.
Son: Glenn Dickenson Wicks was a Sopwith Camel Pilot in Word War II.
Glenn enlisted in the Aviation Section and became a First Lieutenant in the 17th Aero Squadron in the Army Air Corps. Flying his Sopwith Camel, Glenn successfully shot down a German plane and was credited with being the first in his unit to achieve this accomplishment. A skilled pilot, he participated in a number of missions. On 5 October 1918 while flying on a mission to bomb German ammunition dumps over France, his plane collided with that of Lieutenant Harold G. Shoemaker. It was reported that the plane “was seen going down behind German lines in a tailspin.” When he was reported missing his father, the Senator, immediately applied for a passport to go to France, his son’s fate unknown for several weeks. It was later determined that both men had died. Glenn was 25 years old. The flying field established in Utica, New York was named the Glenn D. Wicks Field in his memory.
Glenn is buried in the Somme American Cemetery, Plot A Row 24 Grave 8, in Bony, France.
Was a member of Faxton Lodge, No. 697, Free & Accepted Masons.
- Pursued his early education in the "old red schoolhouse" at Paris Hill, NY.
- Attended Sauquoit Academy at Sauquoit, Oneida county, and graduated with the class of 1889.
- A member of the New York State Senate (36th D.) from 1915 to 1918, sitting in the 138th, 139th, 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures.
- A director of the Utica Fine Yarn Company of Utica, New York, of the Maxwell Manufacturing Company of New Hartford (Utica) New York, a director and treasurer of the Gunn Motor Company of Utica, a director of the Utica Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Lincoln Memorial Road Association of America.
- George and Lucie had two sons: Glenn Dickinson Wicks, born January 30, 1893; and Roger Manning Wicks, born November 7, 1894.
Son: Glenn Dickenson Wicks was a Sopwith Camel Pilot in Word War II.
Glenn enlisted in the Aviation Section and became a First Lieutenant in the 17th Aero Squadron in the Army Air Corps. Flying his Sopwith Camel, Glenn successfully shot down a German plane and was credited with being the first in his unit to achieve this accomplishment. A skilled pilot, he participated in a number of missions. On 5 October 1918 while flying on a mission to bomb German ammunition dumps over France, his plane collided with that of Lieutenant Harold G. Shoemaker. It was reported that the plane “was seen going down behind German lines in a tailspin.” When he was reported missing his father, the Senator, immediately applied for a passport to go to France, his son’s fate unknown for several weeks. It was later determined that both men had died. Glenn was 25 years old. The flying field established in Utica, New York was named the Glenn D. Wicks Field in his memory.
Glenn is buried in the Somme American Cemetery, Plot A Row 24 Grave 8, in Bony, France.
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- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183722174/charles_wells-wicks: accessed), memorial page for Charles Wells Wicks (16 Dec 1862–25 Aug 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID183722174, citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica,Oneida County,New York,USA;Maintained by Frank R Williams (contributor48822118).
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