Obit for Clarence RICKER (b.1849), Wright Co., MN

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Clarence RICKER, who died very suddenly on the Afternoon of Sept. 20th,
of hemorrhage of the brain, at the home of his cousin, Miss S. E. Ricker,
of Champlin, was born August, 1849, at Corrinth, Maine. At the age of 6 
months, when helpless infant, his mother was called to depart this life 
and preceed her son to the life beyond, and when 15 years old his father
too was called home to meet those who had gone before, leaving him an orphan
to make his own way in the world. Shortly after the death of his father he
went to Portland where he spent 2 years employed as a clerk in a store. 
Left Portland in September, 1867, for Nora, Ill., where he accepted a
clerkship in his brother's store. In June, 1869, he left Illinios for 
Minnesota, in which state he has since made his home. Has for some time 
been in the employ of the Manitoba R.R. Co., and at the time of his death
was station agent and telegraph operator at Hillsborough, Dakota. He has 
served his employers with honesty and respect, being always faithful to the
duties involved upon him, and has received in return many testimonials
and tokens of respect and esteem. Although not a member of any church, 
he was a firm believer in Jesus, thereby winning the love of all those 
who knew him best. Two brothers survive him, Thomas RICKER of Otsego, and
Alfonso RICKER, a resident of Nora, Ill.                            E. C.