An American Family History

Eliza Ann Ricketts Baker Clark was born about 1840 in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, Indiana. Her parents were Isaac and Catherine Ricketts.

When she was 23, she married Addison Baker in the middle of the Civil War on April 3, 1863 in Wayne County, Iowa. He was born about 1835 in Maine. Addison was the son of William Baker and Mary Polly Smith. 

Eliza and Addison had two daughters who were both born in Iowa. 
Martha Eldora Baker Way Miller (1864, married Alpheus Arthur Way), and
Lorna Baker (1865).

Addison Baker was drafted into the Union Army on October 6, 1864. He was 27 years old. He was in Company B of the 16th Infantry Regiment of Iowa. He mustered out on October 6, 1864. He died of disease on June 16, 1865. He is buried at the National Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia, in grave 3239.

Eliza married John Clark in Lucas County on September 14, 1868. John Clark was born in Indiana in January, 1843. He was the son of William Clark and Margaret Wallace.

Eliza and John's children were:
George Edward Clark (1870, married Jessie O. Cackler),
Adella Clark Smith (1872),
Floyd Clark (1876, married Ida Larkin), 
Margaret (Maggie) Clark Smith Oliver (1879, married Reuben Morton Oliver),
Edith May Clark Wheeler (1881, married Samuel Pearl Wheeler), and
Edna Alice Clark Van Winkle (January, 1884, married Charles Perry Van Winkle).

At the time of the 1880 census, the household consisted of John age 28, Eliza age 38, George age 10, Dora age 16, Cora age 9, Floyd age 4, and Margaret age 1. John was a farmer and they were living in Fairview, Livingston, Missouri.

Eliza died November 12, 1906  and John also died in 1906.

Children of Isaac and Catherine Ricketts: Eliza Ann Ricketts Baker Clark William H. Ricketts Sarah Jane Ricketts Fox James M. Ricketts Caroline Tilena Ricketts Cole Catherine Paulina Ricketts King Clara M. Ricketts Cavallin

February, 1881