An American Family History

Sarah L. Ricketts Edwards was born on October 29, 1837 in Dearborn (now Ohio) County, Indiana. His parents were William Ricketts and Harriet Dean.

She married Hardin Edwards on October 14, 1855 in Woodford County, Illinois. He was born on May 14,1834 in Greene County, Indiana and was the son of James Edwards and Susanna Fletcher.

Sarah and Hardin's children were Angeletha Edwards (1857), unnamed (1859), Ophelia Edwards (1860), Nidrah Belle Edwards Headrick (1862, married John Wesley Headrick), Harriet L. Edwards Degraffernied (1866), Milley Jack Edwards (1869), Willie Jackson Edwards (1869), Otis A. Edwards (1871), Mary P. Edwards 1873), and Mandelia Rebecca Edwards (1876).

At the time of the 1900 census they were living with Sarah's brother, Samuel Ricketts, and mother in Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois. Sarah had given birth to 9 children, 7 of whom were living.

Hardin died on November 27, 1910 in Nickerson, Reno County, Kansas.

In 1919, when her brother Garrett Ricketts died, Sarah was living in Kyser, Missouri.

Sarah died on July 5, 1933 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.