Wishon Ransom Hickerson

per Death Certificate

Divorced from fifth wife, May Woolsey. Had 8 children by May - 2 sons who died as infants and 6 daughters.

In this census record, Ransom Wishon is listed as head of household, a white male age 63. His age at his first marriage is listed as 25. He was working in a supply yard as a carpenter. He and his parents were born in North Carolina. Living with his was his wife, May, age 28 whose age at marriage was 17 years. May was born in Oklahoma and her father and mother were born in Missouri. Their children were daughters Dora Ellen, age 5, born in Colorado, Grace Marie, age 4, born in Colorado, Mary Lorene, age 3 born in Arkansas, and Ima Gene, 4 months, born in Oklahoma.

Per death certificate - died in commercial hotel where he had lived for three months, listed as widowed and as a retired carpenter. Usual place of residence was Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Cause of death was heart disease. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery in Sulpher, Oklahoma.