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Thomas Edwin Ricks


Birth21 July 1828Donaldson Creek, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Thomas Edwin Ricks (1828-1901), memorial # 15160100.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Thomas Edwin Ricks, ID: KWN4-YLF.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 55, n. 706.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Thomas E Ricks, folder "Companies of 10, schedules, circa 1848 February" (#72), image 8, line 10.

    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "The Demis of President Ricks," 28 September 1901, p. 1, column 4.
Death28 September 1901Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Thomas Edwin Ricks (1828-1901), memorial # 15160100.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), "Thomas E. Ricks Died.," 29 September 1901, p. 2, column 6.

    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "The Demis of President Ricks," 28 September 1901, p. 1, column 4.
Burial30 September 1901Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Thomas Edwin Ricks (1828-1901), memorial # 15160100.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Thomas Edwin Ricks, ID: KWN4-YLF.
FatherJoel Ricks
MotherEleanor Martin
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   • Tabitha Hendricks
Married18 August 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), images, FamilySearch, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah, "Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889," citing Endowment House, p. 55, entry 706, FHL microfilm 183393.
          Children:
               Sarah Catherine Ricks
               Thomas Edwin Ricks
               Joseph Ricks
               Hyrum Ricks Sr.
               Heber Ricks
               Brigham Ricks
               Mary Elizabeth Ricks
               William Ricks
               Alice Ricks
               James E. Ricks
               Samuel H Ricks
               George Ricks


   • Elizabeth Jane Shupe
Married27 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Thomas Edwin Ricks and Elizabeth Jane Shupe, ID: KWN4-YLF and ID: KWJ6-728.
          Children:
               Willard Ricks
               Martha Jane Ricks
               Emma Ricks
               John Ricks
               Louis Ricks
               Orson Ricks
               Millie Ricks
               May Ricks
               Nathan Ricks
               Eleanor Ricks


   • Tamar Britnell Loader
Married27 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Thomas Edwin Ricks and Tamar Britnell Loader, ID: KWN4-YLF and ID: KV57-N53.
          Children:
               Amy Eliza Ricks
               Sarah Eleanor Ricks
               Joel Ricks
               Ann Ricks
               Maria Loader Ricks
               Clarinda Ricks
               Luamelia Ricks


   • Ruth Caroline Dille
Married26 December 1864Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Thomas Edwin Ricks and Ruth Caroline Dille, ID: KWN4-YLF and ID: KWJY-S49.
          Children:
               Caroline Ricks
               Harriet Lucretia Ricks
               David Ricks
               Rosamond Ricks
               Harvey Ricks


   • Ellen Maria Yallop
Married28 November 1866Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Thomas Edwin Ricks and Ellen Maria Yallop, ID: KWN4-YLF and ID: KWN4-YLK.
          Children:
               Ephraim Ricks
               Alfred Ricks
               Ernest Ricks
               Ellen Ricks
               Charlotte Ricks
               Edith Ricks
               Elizabeth Jane Ricks
               Josiah Ricks
               Zina Ricks

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• 1828Donaldson Creek, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
• 1840Madison County, Illinois, United States
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1846Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1850Davis County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Cache County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
• 1900Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusSilver Creek, Madison, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusDavis County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusCache County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusLogan City 4th Ward, Cache, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusLogan Precinct, Cache, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusRexburg Precinct, Fremont, IdahoExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Heber C. Kimball CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure7 Jun 1848
       Arrival24 Sept 1848
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), .
       Departure7 Oct 1856
       Arrival15 Dec 1856
• Thomas E. Ricks CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), .
       Departure6-10 Jul 1866
       Arrival29 Aug 1866
• Thomas E. Ricks CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), .
       Departure6-10 Jul 1866
       Arrival29 Aug 1866

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