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William Ricks



Birth10 January 1839Olive Twp., Madison, Illinois, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Ricks (1839-1900), memorial #26598804.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Ricks, ID: KWNX-G68.

    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. 389, entry 7186, FHL microfilm 1149514.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Wm Ricks, folder "Companies of 10, schedules, circa 1848 February" (#72), image 8, line 15.

Death22 May 1900Benson, Cache, Utah, United States
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    Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966 (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health), images,.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "An Old Benson Settler Dead," 24 May 1900, p. 7, column 2.

Burial25 May 1900Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Ricks, ID: KWNX-G68.

FatherJoel Ricks
MotherEleanor Martin

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   • Margaret Gordon
Married13 January 1865Benson, Cache, 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), p. 389, entry 7186, FHL microfilm 1149514.

          Children:
               Clarinda Ricks
               David Ricks
               William Gordon Ricks
               John Gordon Ricks
               Margaret Ricks
               Joel Webster Ricks
               Silas Sanford Ricks
               Thomas Edmund Ricks
               Hugh Gordon Ricks
               Wallace Ricks
               Jennie Ricks
               Adelia Ricks


   • Mary Emily Clark
Married11 February 1872Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Ricks and Mary Emily Clark, ID: KWNX-G68 and ID: KVP1-QK5.

          Children:
               Mary Elinor Ricks


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Olive Twp., Madison, Illinois, United States
Madison County, Illinois, United States
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Davis County, Utah Territory, United States
Newton, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
Benson, Cache, Utah Territory, 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 CensusNewton, Cache, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusThe Benson Precinct, Cache, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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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
William H. Dame Freight TrainView 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), .

       Departure14 Aug 1862
       Arrival29 Oct 1862


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