Thomas Matthew Hickey

1873 - 1955  (82 years)

• Name	Thomas Matthew Hickey  [1]
  Birth	1 Jun 1873	..., Otsego, New York   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Dec 1955	Milford, Otsego, New York   [1, 4]
  Burial	Milford Cemetery, Milford, Otsego, New York   [5]
  Person ID	I60740	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2018

  
  

  Family	May L. Sweet,   b. 3 May 1871, Milford, Otsego, New York d. 1946 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	9 Nov 1897  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Dorr Sweet Hickey,   b. 21 Sep 1898, New York d. 31 Oct 1942, Oneonta, Otsego, New York (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F28854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Oneonta Star December 20, 1955 Thomas Matthew Hickey was a successful business man, civic booster for two communities, a consistent contributor to worth causes, and at all times a ready humorist. He reached the end of a full life at 1:30 a.m. yesterday in his Milford home. Mr. Hickey, about 82, was loyally active in Milford, where he resided some 60 years, and in Oneonta, where he was a banker, business man and father of an Oneonta mayor, the late Dorr Hickey, who died in 1942. Mr. Hickey went to his office at Empire State Oil Co., Inc., 436 Chestnut St., three or four times weekly, his last visit being Friday when he was driven there by his grandson, Thomas Eddy Hickey, Stamford Road. He was born in Owego about 1873, and at the age of 14 went to Binghampton to work with a wholesale drug company. In his early twenties he moved to Milford, and opened a drug store, which he operated, until he and associates formed the Empire State Oil Co. about 1925. The company was the second distributor for Atlantic Refinery in New York state. Mr. Hickey later bought out his associates and became sole owner. He was one of the original stockholders when Citizens National Bank and Trust Co. was organized, and had been a director for approximately the last 30 years. He had been an Oneonta Rotarian, was a member of Oneonta Country Club, and at the same time was interested in the communithy life of Milford. He was a booster for Milford Free Library, a supporter of the Milford Fire Department, Milford churches and Milford Cemetery Association. Mr. Hickey had many friends who respected his sound judgement and enjoyed his gift of story telling. His friends said he had "a sense of humor a mile long," that he liked to stop business and talk to friends in the fine tradition of village life. Soon after moving to Milford, Mr. Hickey married May Sweet of Milford, who died in 1946. Their only child was Dorr Hickey, a former alderman and mayor of Oneonta, who resided at 18 Ford Ave. Survivors are his grandson, Thomas Eddy Hickey, a grandaughter, Miss Gracia Hickey, employed by Time and Life in New York City; a great grandson, Kevin Matthew Hickey; a brother, William Hickey; and a sister, Miss Helen Hickey.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S27807] LDS - International Genealogical Index, (Family History Center Files, Church of Latter Day Saints). [S26244] Draft registration, Thomas Matthew Hickey. [S37927] Obituary, Oneonta Star, Thomas Matthews Hickey, (December 20, 1955). [S56036] Cemetery index, Milford Cemetery, Milford, Otsego, New York, (Find-a-Grave).