Jean Yes, this is the same family! John T. 's brother, William is the father of Ezra Thomas. Ezra is father of Beulah Sheldon Hicks, Deneen's mother. Have you been to the OLD Sheldon cemetery that is almost hidden in the Shawnee Forest ?? It's close to the Shelby Cemetery and Hogg Cemetery. Kathy Kathleen LaRose Searching: BALDWIN, BLACK, COWGILL, DUTTON, HICKS, HOBBS, JOHNSON, KENDRICK, LAVENDER, LEE, PATTON, ROBERTSON, SHELDON, SHEARER, SHEWMAKER, STETSON, STONE, SUTTON, WAT(T)ERS, AND WHITESIDE