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Joel Ricks



Birth18 February 1804Donaldson Creek, Christian, Kentucky, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joel Ricks (1804-1888), memorial #26598687.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 163, n. 11; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

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

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Cache County Notes.," 26 December 1888, p. 5, column 1.

Death15 December 1888Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joel Ricks (1804-1888), memorial #26598687.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joel Ricks, ID: KWJ6-C8L.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Cache County Notes.," 26 December 1888, p. 5, column 1.

Burial17 December 1888Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joel Ricks (1804-1888), memorial #26598687.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joel Ricks, ID: KWJ6-C8L.

FatherJonathan Ricks
MotherTemperance Overton Edwards

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   • Eleanor Martin
Married14 May 1827Trigg County, Kentucky, United States
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    Kentucky County Courthouses, Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Joel Ricks and Eleanor Martin (14 May 1827); citing Trigg County, Kentucky, Clerk of the County Court, “Marriage Docket 1 June, 1820 Nov. 1857, Trigg County,” p. 20, image 46, FHL microfilm 5685969.

          Children:
               Thomas Edwin Ricks
               Lewis Ricks
               Sarah Ann Ricks
               Clarinda Ricks
               Temperance Ricks
               William Ricks
               Jonathan Ricks
               Mary Elizabeth Ricks
               Josiah Ricks
               Joel Martin Ricks
               Nathan Ricks


   • Sarah Beriah Fiske
Married26 October 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. 68, n. 873, FHL microfilm 183393.

          Children:
               Ezra Varnum Ricks
               Sarah Beriah Ricks
               Ellen Jane Ricks
               Joel Ricks Jr.
               Adelia Ricks
               Esther Adeline Ricks


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• 1840Silver Creek, Madison, Illinois, United States
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Davis County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Cache County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Logan, 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 CensusLogan City 1st Ward, Cache, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusLogan 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


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