An American Family History

Vienna Louise Ricketts Moulton was born about 1809 in Dearborn County, Indiana. She was the daughter of Robert Ricketts and Susannah Wilson.

She married Jeremiah Moulton when she was 21 in 1830. He was born on March 15, 1800 or 1803 in Kentucky and was the son of John Moulton. He was the younger brother of Vienna's sister, Susannah Ricketts', husband, John Moulton.

Vienna and Jeremiah's children included:
Isaac Moulton (1825, married Mary Ann Hattan),
Susannah Moulton (1827),
Emily Jane Moulton (1829),
John Moulton (1831),
Eleanor Moulton (1834),
Delilah Moulton Hatten (1837, married John M. Hattan),
Matilda Moulton Young (1839, married William C. Young),
William Moulton (1840, married Huldah Ann Kenyon), and
Vienna Moulton (1844).

They moved to Woodford County Illinois before 1832. Isaac was seven years old at the time and remembered hearing

his mother tell of an Indian battle that happened near where the Richland school house now stands; he remembers seeing the troops as they passed through Pleasant Grove. 

At the time of the 1860 census they were in Woodford County, Illinois. The household consisted of Jerre Molton, Vina, Ellinor, Delia, Matilda, William and Vienna.

At the time of the 1860 census the family was living in Minonk, Illinois. The household consisted of Jeremiah age 60, a gentleman, Luvina age 40, William age 20 and Vienna age 16.

Jeremiah died on January 8, 1861 and Vienna died when she was 51 on on January 21, 1861 in Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois.

Children of Robert Ricketts and Susannah Wilson John Ricketts Phoebe Ricketts Sheridan Hannah Ricketts Buchanan William Ricketts Susannah Ricketts Moulton Robert Ricketts Isaac Ricketts Edward M. Ricketts Elizabeth Ricketts Larew Blankenship Rebecca Ricketts Winings Margaret Ricketts Kelso Sarah Ricketts Winings Vienna Louise Ricketts Moulton