An American Family History

George Washington Ricketts was born on February 22, 1851 in Cazenovia, Woodford County, Illinois. His parents were William Ricketts and Harriet Dean.

He married Laura Ella Dutton on December 31, 1874 in Woodford County, Illinois. Laura was born on September 19,1855 and was the daughter of Norman Dutton and Nancy Smith. According to From the Early History of Washington, Illinois and Vicinity, Norman Dutton was a depot master and conductor on the under ground railroad.

George and Laura's children included:
George Arthur Ricketts (1877, married Nora Dunlap),
Jessie Margaret Ricketts DuPree (1879, married James Gurn DuPree), and
Effie Mae Ricketts Kern (1881, married Robert Kern).

Laura died on January 24, 1887.

His second wife was Fannie Heizer. She was born in 1864 in Des Moines, Iowa. Her parents were John Ware Heizer and Aseneth Delana Tilton.

In 1910 59 year old George was living in Fort Collins Ward 2, Larimer, Colorado with his wife Fannie who was born in 1862 in Illinois.

In 1919, when his brother, Garrett Ricketts, died he was living in Fort Collins Colorado.

George died on February 4, 1944 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Fannie died on November 5, 1950.

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

February, 1881