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Garrett Larew Ricketts

Between 1 and 1.5 percent of births ended in the mother's death. Since the average woman gave birth to five to eight children, her lifetime chance of dying in childbirth was quite high.

Children of William Ricketts
and Elizabeth Oxley

  • Celia Ricketts Holmes
  • John Ricketts
  • Eli Ricketts
  • Mary Ann Ricketts Planck Clutter
  • Isaac Ricketts
  • William Ricketts
  • Prior Ricketts
  • Eliza Ricketts
  • James Ricketts
  • Elizabeth Ricketts

    • William Ricketts
    and Harriet Dean

  • Garrett Larew Ricketts
  • Robert L. Ricketts
  • Sarah L. Ricketts Edwards
  • Isabella Ricketts King
  • Samuel Lowe Ricketts
  • Susanna Ricketts
  • Marian Amanda Ricketts Kent
  • George Washington Ricketts
  • Andrew Jackson Ricketts
  • Noah J. Ricketts

    • Garrett Larew Ricketts was born on December 28, 1832 in Dearborn (now Ohio) County, Indiana. He was the oldest son of William Ricketts and Harriet Dean. He was named for his aunt Elizabeth Rickett Larew's husband.

    His first wife was Julia Mahala Owen. Julia was born November 20, 1839 in Illinois. Her parents were James Owen and Candace Francis King. They married on October 14, 1855 in Woodford County, Illinois.

    Garrett and Julia's daughter was Luella Ricketts Davis (1859). Julia died on August 4, 1859.

    At the time of the 1860 census Garret age 25 and Luella age 11 months were living with the James Owens family in Cazenovia Township, Woodford County, Illinois. 

    Garret's second wife was Margaret C. Holder. He married her on January 28, 1866 in Woodford County, Illinois.

    His third wife was Anna E. Pedrick. He married her on July 3, 1873 in McLean County, Illinois. Ann was born in 1835 in McLean, Illinois. Their son, Charles L. Ricketts was born in 1877.

    Garrett died January 29, 1919.

    Ohio County was first created in 1844 from Dearborn County, Indiana. The county seat is Rising Sun which is in Randolph Township. Ohio County is in southeast Indiana on the Kentucky border. In 1826, Dearborn County Courthouse burned containing all records.

     

    Funeral of Garrett Ricketts
    Funeral services over the body of Garrett Ricketts were held at the Olio cemetery in Eureka Friday, the remains being brought from Chilicothe for interment. 

    He was born on December 28, 1832 and Eureka was the family home for many years. Mr. Ricketts was a member of the Christian church and the I.O.O.F. lodge. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Luella Davis of Washburn and one son Charles of Columbus, S.D.; also by one sister, Mrs. Sarah Edwards of Kyser Mo., and two brothers George of Ft. Collins, Col., and S.L. Ricketts of Eureka.

     

    The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) is a charitable, fraternal organization that started in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 1819 when members of the Order from England instituted Washington Lodge No. 1.
     
    The Past and Present of Woodford County, Illinois: Containing a History of the County ... a Directory of Its Tax-payers; War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; General and Local Statistics; Map of Woodford County; History of Illinois ...
    By William Henry Perrin, H. H. Hill, Wm. Le Baron, Jr., & Co, Jr. Wm. Le Baron, & Co, H.H. Hill and Company, H.H. Hill and Company
    Published by W. Le Baron, jr., & Co., 1878
    		  
      OWEN, JAMES, farmer; Sec. 19; P. 0. Washburn; owns 120 acres, valued at $8,000; born Jan. 1, 1801: before breakfast, in Halifax Co., Va.; married Candace King Dec. 23, 1824; she was born May 14, 1809. Mr. O.'s family consisted of Nancy Jane (an adopted daughter), born Nov. 21, 1819; Samuel W., born Sept. 22, 1820—died Nov. 1, 1820; Thomas E., born Oct. 27, 1827; John W., born November 1, 1829; Nathan N., born July 1, 1832, died Nov. 9, 1834 ; Susan E., born June 29, 1835, died Oct. 12, 1859; Daniel L., born Sept. Hi, 1837, died Jan. 7, 1838; Julia M., born Nov. 20, 1839, died Aug. 4, 1859; Henry N., born Feb. 12, 1842, died Feb. 24, 1842; David M., born March 10, 1843; Mary Jane, born Feb. 9, 1845; James M., born Dee. 5, 1846; Luella Ricketts (an adopted granddaughter), was born July 15. 1859; she married Robert Davis in Aug. 30,1877.  
         

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