Private, Company "C" 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, AEF, U. S. Army
Died of Wounds 2 November 1918, Argonne, France
Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.
Photo from Soldiers of the Great War - West Virginia
FLOYD ALVIN HICKMAN, born 25 September 1887 in Middlebourne, Tyler County, W.Va., was the son of David M. Hickman and Mary Elizabeth Coppage, married in Tyler County in 1880.
1900 Census, Middlebourne, Tyler County, W.Va.
#53
David M. Hickman, Head, 45, Farmer, b. June 1855, Ohio
Mary E. Hickman, Wife, 36, b. Sept 1863, Va.
Merlie Hickman, Daughter, 17, b. Mar 1883, W.Va.
Blanche Hickman, Daughter, 15, b. May 1885, W.Va.
Floyd A. Hickman, Son, 12, b. Sept 1887, W.Va.
Nellie B. Hickman, Daughter, 10, b. Oct 1889, W.Va.
William H. Hickman, Son, 8, b. Feb 1892, W.Va.
Arza Hickman, Son, 5, b. Sept 1894, W.Va.
David Hickman, Son, 3, b. June 1897, W.Va.
1910 Census, Ellsworth District, Tyler County, W.Va.
#192
David Hickman, Head, 54, Farmer, b. Ohio
Mary E. Hickman, Wife, 45, W.Va.
Floyd Hickman, Son, 22, Laborer Home Farm, b. W.Va.
Arza Hickman, Son, 15, b. W.Va.
David Hickman, Son, 12, b. W.Va.
Amy Hickman, Daughter, 9, b. W.Va.
Floyd A. Hickman is buried at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France. There's also a memorial marker at Greenwood Cemetery, Middlebourne, Tyler County.
According to "U. S., World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1929, Pilgrimages of Gold Star Mothers and Widows, 1930-1933," Floyd's mother made the trip to France.
MOTHER'S OBITUARY
