The Family of Grandison Templin LICKLIDER
and Amanda Samanna HUMRICHOUSE
(5th. Generation)

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20-Grandison Templin LICKLIDER, b. 12 Jun 1823, Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., MD, s/o Adam and Elizabeth (POWELL) LICKLIDER, d. 6 Apr 1903, Shepherdstown, m. 4 Nov 1847, Shepherdstown?, (21) Amanda Samanna HUMRICHOUSE, b. 24 Nov 1824, Shepherdstown, d/o Albert and Elizabeth (WEIS) HUMRICHOUSE, d. 7 Jun 1866, Shepherdstown. Both are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown. Grandison LICKLIDER followed his father's trade in the saddler business. At one time during his life he was the largest taxpayer of property unencumbered in Jefferson Co.. WV. He was the principal organizer of the Jefferson Savings Bank and Treasurer of the Morgan Grove Agriculture Association. In 1854, he was an elected officer of the Sons of Temperance, Potomac Division. During the 1870s, his smokehouse caught fire "in the dead of night." Edward and Will, his sons, and Thomas RICKARD were sent up and down the street to yell fire. A barrel of linseed oil exploded, lighting up the whole neighborhood and endangering the surrounding buildings. It was not reported whether other buildings suffered from the fire. Tragedy struck the family in 1866. G. T. LICKLIDER lost both his wife and a daughter within a week. Amanda, his wife, d. 7 Jun 1866, one week after their daughter Mary Amanda. It was thought at the time that the daughter had died from poison candy she ate at a party (family members later suspected that she died of appendicitis), and the mother died a few days later, "thought to be of a broken heart." (BR10, O12) Children:

20.1-Charles William LICKLIDER, b. 21 Sep 1848, Shepherdstown, d. 29 Dec 1916, Norfolk, VA, m. 29 Oct 1874, Jefferson Co., Mary Florence HARP, b. 19 Apr 1852, Shepherdstown, d/o Van and Elisabeth Ann (RICKARD) HARP, d. 12 Feb 1945, Norfolk, VA. Charles lost his insurance business in the Great Baltimore Fire in 1904, which was visible in the Shepherdstown sky. (BR10, O12, WVJE1) Children:

20.1a-Albert Harp LICKLIDER, b. 29 Sep 1874, Jefferson Co., WV, d. Aug/Dec 1959. Dr. A. H. LICKLIDER, Ph.D, was an assistant professor at Dartmouth College. He was a graduate of Randolph Macon in 1896, M.A. in 1897, was the English Master at Norfolk Academy 1899-1903. He attended Johns Hopkins from 1903 to 1907, and taught there until 1911. While at Dartmouth he attended Oxford, England, special course of studies. He retired at Dartmouth in 1941. He published "Chapters on the Metric of the Chaucerian Tradition. He never married. (O12)

20.1b-Templin Rickard LICKLIDER, b. 25 Oct 1877, Shepherdstown, d. 7 Feb 1951, Princeton, NJ, m. Oct 1910, Norfolk, VA, Grace Heath JONES, b. 13 Apr 1880, Norfolk, VA, d. Apr 1956, East Aurora, NY. Both are buried in Norfolk, VA. (O12) Children:

20.1b1-Templin Rickard LICKLIDER, b. 7 Jul 1911, Norfolk, VA, d. 19 Jan 1998, Oberlin, Lorain, C., OH, m. 2 Sep 1941, Wyoming OH, Adelaide Thelka KERNS, b. 11 Feb 1917, Cinncinati, Hamilton Co., OH, d/o Carl Edward and Adelaide Buckingham (HILDRETH) KERNS. Templin graduated from Maury H.S., Norfolk in 1928; College of William and Mary, A.B. 1934; Graduate Fellowship, Yale 1941-42 (no degree); Wayne State U., M.A. 1955, taught English and did ususal independent school Jobs; Williston Head, Easthampton, MA, 1934-1936; Cranbrook School, Bloomfield, MI 1926-1977, where he as head of the English Department, Housemaster, and published the alumni Quarterly Magazine. He retired Jun 1977. (LE37, O12, US1)

20.1b2-daughter

  • 20.1b2a son
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20.1b3-Heath LICKLIDER, b. 16 Nov 1917, Norfolk, VA, d. Jan 1982, Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ, m. 20 Dec 1952, Lois Jean HARDY. Heath was teaching at Princeton in the 1980s. (LE38, O12, US1) Children:

  • 20.1b3a son
  • 20.1b3b daughter

20.2-Bettie Powell LICKLIDER, b. 7 Sep 1850, Shepherdstown, d. 12 Feb 1945, Shepherdstown, m. 21 Nov 1894, Shepherdstown, Daniel Laurence RENTCH, b. c1855, Washington Co., MD, d. Mar 1915, aged 60. Bettie's husband, Daniel RENTCH, must have been the son of the Confederate Postmaster in Shepherdstown of the same name in the early days of the Civil War. RENTCH was appointed to the position by Jefferson Davis. However the job was short lived due to harassment by the Union Troops and the the post office was forced underground. The story goes, that Daniel RENTCH, would check the streets to see which army was in control each morning. If the Confederates were in evidence, the post office opened; if the contrary, the post office remained closed for the day. Daniel RENTCH is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown. They had no children. (BR10, O12, WVJE1)

20.6-William Pendleton LICKLIDER, b. 28 Aug 1861, Shepherdstown, d. 25 Mar 1944, Shepherdstown, m. Baltimore, MD, Ada OSBORNE, b. Sep 1862. "Uncle Will", as most of family referred to him, was elected treasurer of Shepherdstown Fire Department in 1884. He ran a store in Shepherdstown for many years. He lived across the street from the LICKLIDER (old Joseph ENTLER Hotel) on German Street. He was on the Shepherdstown Town Council in 1914 and was appointed to the Jefferson Co. Welfare Board in May 1934 by the county court of Jefferson Co. Several articles in the scrapbooks (O12) mention  his buying a five-passenger Overland Touring Car from Charles B. VanMetre in 1914 and in 1934, "two black men" cornered a polecat behind his house on Main Street and clubbed it to death, much to the annoyance of the neighbors. William Knode, a close friend of the compiler's mother and father, once told me that Uncle Will always had a wad of tobacco in his jaw, even when he was leading the proceedings as Superintendant of the Methodist Sunday School. They had no children. There is an abnormality here. At least one member of the family voiced the opinion that Will and Ada were never married, and a clipping in the scrapbooks mentions that they were married in Baltimore. In the 1900 census, she appears as a wife, married 15 years. However, in the 1920 census, Ada LICKLIDER is listed separately from Will, but living in the same household with Will, but reporting that there is no relationship between them. At this point, no marriage licenses has be located. (BR8, O12, WVJE16, WVJE19)

The Research Record of Grandison Templin LICKLIDER
and Amanda Samanna HUMRICHOUSE

BIRTH: G. T.: Bible record; Amanda: Bible Record
20. 5 Mary H. LICKLIDER, b. 9 Oct 1856 (WVJE2) Note: there is a descrepency in the bible record and the county birth record.
PARENTS:
CHILDREN: Bible record
DEATH: G.T.: Bible record; Amanda: Bible Record
OBITUARY:
CEMETERY:
MARRIAGE:
20.1 Charles A. LICKLIDER and Florence HARP, m. Shepherdstown, 29 Oct 1873; age husband 25; age of wife 21; both single; both b. Jefferson Co.; both reside Jefferson Co. (WVJE1)
20.2 Bettie L. LICKLIDER b. Jefferson Co., age 42, single, m. 21 Nov 1894, Shepherdstown, to D. Lawrence RENTCH, b. Washington Co., MD, age 40, single, licenses issued 16 Nov 1894; minister Frank A. Strother. (WVJE1)
20.6 W. P. LICKLIDER, Shepherdstown, m. Miss Ada OSBORN, Baltimore.(O12)
FAMILY BIBLE:
Grandison T. LICKLIDER Family Bible, published by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1850, Philidelphia, owned by Ruth LICKLIDER TUCKER, Shepherdstown, WV, recorded by Dale W. MORROW, Nov 1973.
-Grandison T. LICKLIDER b. Shepheerdstown, 12 Jun 1823 d. 6 Apr 1903, 79y 9m 24d
-m. Amanda S. HUMRICHOUSE on 4th ___ 1847, by Rev. J. Hensill, b. 24 Oct 1824 in Shepherdstown, d. 7 Jun 1866
-Charles Albert b. 21 Sep 1848 in Shepheerdstown, d. 29 Dec 1916 in Norfolk, VA age 68
-Betty Powell b. 7 Sep 1850 in Shepherdsstown, d. 12 Feb 1945 age 94
-Annie Deale b. 11 Oct 1854 in Shepherdsstown, d. 2 Nov 1841 in Shepherdstown age 87
-Mary Amanda b. 4 Oct 1856 in Shepherdsttown, d. 30 May 1866
-William Pendleton b. 28 Aug 1861 in Sheepherdstown, d. 25 Mar 1944 age 83
-Bettie P. LICKLIDER and D. L. RENTCH were married 21 Nov 1894.(BR10)
RELIGION:
OCCUPATION: 
G. T. LICKLIDER was a saddler
Amanda S. LICKLIDER keeping house
WILL:
ESTATE RECORDS:
DEEDS: Numberous deeds in Jefferson County, WV; have not critiqued them as of 2003.
CENSUS:
1850-Page 630, 262-264, Shepherdstown; Grandison T. LICKLIDER, age 27, male, saddler, b. VA, $600 Per. Prop; Amanda, age 25, female, b. VA; Charles A., age 1 male, b. VA; James Evans, age 17 male, apprentice, b. VA; Albert HUMRICHOUSE, age 3, male, b. VA. (Note: Albert b. PA)(WVJE12)
1860-Page 82, 570-555, Shepherdstown; Grandison Templin LICKLIDER, age 27, saddler, value Real Estate $2500, Per. Prop. $2750; Amanda, wife, age 35; Charles A., son, age 12; Bettie T., dau, age 9; Edward T., son, age 7; Anna D., dau., age 6; Mary A., dau., age 3; Others: Elizabeth Brantner 56, Newton Keyes, apprentice, age 16, Julia Washington, female, age 16 (WVJE13)
1870 visitation 149-184, Shepherdstown, Granville T. (Grandison T.) LECKLIDER, 46, farmer, RE $6000, PP $1000, b. WV; Charles N. 21, sadler; Bettie P. 14, keeping house; Edward T. 17 farm laborer; Annie L. 15, William P. 9, Rebecca Simms, domestic servant, all B. WV. (WVJE14)
1900-Page 165, 136-140, Shepherdstown: G. T. LICKLIDER, b. Jun 1826, age 73, b. WV, f. b. WV, m b. WV, retired; Annie B. dau, b. Apr 1854, age 45, single, b. WV, f. b. WV, m. b. WV; both can read, write, speak English. Home owned free of mortgage. (WVJE16)
20.6 1900 Shepherdstown; William P. LICKLIDER, b. Aug 1861, age 38, m. 15y, b. WV, f. b. WV, m. b. WV; Addie R., wife, b. Sep 1862, age 37, m. 15y, b. WV, f. b. WV; m. b. WV; both can read and write, speak English (WVJE16) 
20.6 1920 Shepherdstown; William P. LICKLIDER, age 48, b. WV; Ada R. LICKLIDER, no relation, age 57, b. MD. (WVJE19) See below.
20.6 1920 (Spouse or livein?) Shepherdstown;  Ada LICKLIDER, age 57, b. MD, enumerated with William P. LICKLIDER, no relationship. (WVJE19)
20.6 1930 William P. LICKLIDER, head $5000, 68, widower, Nettie Long, 62, single. (WVJE20)
INTERVIEWS:
20.1b1 From Templin R. LICKLIDER, Box 184, Northport, MI 49670: Dear Cousin Dale: I remember your father and grandfather quite clearly. In 1920 or so, I spent a summer on the farm that Ruthvan (MORROW) Sr., and Cousin Louise (LICKLIDER MORROW) were farming, and I was initiated into farm life by them and by your father. Cousin Elisabeth (MORROW BUSEY) her nickname was Kick, for some family reason) who, I remember, milked or rather squirted milk straight from the cow's teat into my mouth, tasted hariy, I recall. Glad someone is getting the LICKLIDER story together. My uncle Albert LICKLIDER spent some time (and money) after he reitred from Williams College, and after he died I inherited a lot of stuff which seemed to indicate aht the was trying to find proof that he was eligible for Cinncinnati or something ___?. Anyhow, he paid investigators to send copies of gravestone inscriptions, etc., to the tune of several hundred dollars. I made a digest of what he thought he'd discovered-nothing brilliant, just damn' good German American Salt-of-the-earth. If you're interested, I'll send a copy of my digest. Do you have a privately printed book called The HUMRICHOUSE Family? It mentions LICKLIDERS in one place his by  marriage; yours if you want it. I have a grandfather clock wedding present of Elizabeth POWELL when she married Adam LICKLIDER. Runs beautifully; keeps better time thean any watch (you can't have that!). May I wish you all possible success in you compilation. Knowing "who you are" is good unless y ou become proud of what you had no part in, as I'm sure you'll agree. But it's a supporting thing to know your stock in an honest one, and puts an obligation in front of you that is correction and support ____?. If I can help in any way, please say so. Sincerely, Templin (LE37). (Note: Templin sent forms with family information.)
20.1b3 Heath LICKLIDER, Princeton University, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton, MJ 08540 (date c1977). Dear Dale, I am embarrassed to be so late in answering your letter of November eighth--the college year becomes an ungovernable rat race from time to time. It is goood to hear that you are engaged in the project of a LICKLIDER genealogy. I was raised to view my Shepherdstown connections as "yankee"__such is the arrogance of tidewater Virginia-although I received nothing but kindness from my great aunts, Betty (LICKLIDER RENTCH) and Annie (LICKLIDER).Uncle Will (LICKLIDER) and the warm hospitable family of Uncle Ed (LICKLIDER). With advancing years I have come to appreciate them better, and look forward to the time when my children will become interested. My uncle Albert Harp LICKLIDER spent some time and cash during his retirement on tracing LICKLIDERS. Templin, my brother inherited his papers-I believe he has recently given the original Shepherdstown land grant document to the WV Historical Society-and you should write him if you have nhot done so. Templin Richard LICKLIDER, Northport, MI. This is now his year-around address, and I usually spend the summers next door on the sand dunes of Lake Michigan. This is your best source in our branch of the tree. You have, oc course, caught me without the simplest facts about my immediate family. I shall see a plethora of them during the holiday and attempt to complete and return the forms. There is a distinguished professor at M.I.T. (Cambridge, MA) of whom I hear from time to time-does he fit in? Do you know of a photograph of the old stone house, Conrad's and Adam's I believe, that I visited outside Shepherdstown? It burned before I could introduce my so to it. But it is you who have earned the right to ask questions. Good Luck in the enterprise. Heath LICKLIDER (LE38) (Note: Heath died in 1982, and the compiler moved to MO in 1980, and the forms were not received)
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