Obituary of George W Ricketts, Hardin County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 1999 Wanda Reed Name of Deceased: George W RICKETTS Name of Newspaper: Hardin County Independent Date of Newspaper: 31 December 1914 George W. Ricketts was born at Rising Sun, Ind. Dec. 26, 1851 and died at the residence of his son, George E. Ricketts in Elizabethtown, Illinois Dec. 11, 1914, at the age of 63 years 11 months and 15 days. Mr. Ricketts came up from Rosiclare, where he lived, on Tuesday morning, worked in the afternoon, making barells for the Ledbetter Mill, ate his supper and appeared in his usual health. After supper he went down town, but did not remain long, and complained of a hurting in his head after he came back, which grew worse until midnight, he became unconscious and remained in a semi-conscious condition manifesting intense pain most of the time, until death came to his relief 72 hours after he was stricken. Dr. Fowler was summoned, and later Dr. Evans was called in consultation, but their decision was that the patient was beyond the reach of medical aid. When a lad of 8 years, Young Ricketts left Ind. and came to Illinois, landing at Cave-in-Rock in the spring of 1859, and lived here the remainder of his life with the exception of some 18 months which were spent in Missouri. At the age of 22 years he wooed and won the fair hand and heart of Miss Belle Lowry, and on April 13, 1893, they were united in marriage. As a result of this union 5 children were born to them 3 boys-John, George and Charley and 2 girls, Josie now Mrs Luster and Nellie now Mrs. Hurford, all of whom with the mother survive him. It is said that the deceased professed religion in 1892 and was baptised but never identified himself with any church. He lived a quiet and peaceable life, harmed no one, was a good and obliging neighbor and had many friends. His devotion to his wife and children was very marked, considering his temperament, which devotion was heartily reciprocated by them. He was a cooper by trade and made barrels for the mill here for the last several years. The funeral was appropriately observed at the residence of his son, George E. Ricketts Sunday afternoon following his death Friday evening, conducted by the M.E. pastor, Rev. W.G. Wigham, after which all that was mortal of this harmless old man was consigned to earth in the IOOF Cemetery, in Elizabethtown. Peace to the ashes and sincere sympathy for his frail wife and for his children and other relatives and let us draw the veil of charity over his faults, if any, and remember him only for the good he did. A friend ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wanda Reed