…to Nebraska City when she was three years old on the famous old river boat, "West Wind." She lived in Nebraska City, then moved to Iowa, where they were married. Mr and Mrs Ricketts set up housekeeping on the Ricketts homestead in Fremont county until they retired in 1921 and moved into Percival. Surviving children are Roscoe R. Ricketts, Nebraska City; Walter Ricketts, Malott, Washington; George Ricketts, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Richard H. Ricketts, Percival; Mrs Augusta Accord, Verona, Oregon; Mrs Elizabeth Robbins, Goodland, Kansas; Mrs Nellie Thrap, Valentine, Nebraska; Mrs Clara King, Percival; Mrs Ida Furbush, Percival, and Miss Grace Ricketts, Percival. The body was removed to th…

…e 2 mares 8 years old, 1 colt three years old, 2 mules two years old 1 colt one year old, the mules belong to James my oldest boy, we have 5 cows, 1 three year old, 4 yearlings 1 two year olds and 2 calves, 1 mother hog and 2 pigs, 2 hen turkies 1 gobbler, 1 pair ducks, 20 hens we have had 1 children, we have 7 living and have buried 2 little girls, Ellen Florence would be 14 and Agnes Emma would be 4 years old if they had lived, Ida is 20 years, James Rubin is 18, Mary Ella is 16, Adella Elizabeth is 12, John Bernard is 9, Wm Joseph is 6, Teresa Gene is 8 months old, we have a little boy 6 years old of Moses sisters, his mother is dead and his father is a mean drunken scamp, so you see we …