Samuel G. Ricketts

     Samuel G. was born in 1833 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Hezekiah and Elizabeth Ricketts. Samuel married Mary Ann Baird, daughter of Theophilus Baird and Catherine Ross, circa 1855 in Pennsylvania. 15 September 1860, Samuel and his wife, Mary, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Union Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated in this household were Samuel G. Ricketts [27 Pennsylvania][farmer], his wife: Mary A. [26 Pennsylvania], children: Sylvester M. [3 Pennsylvania], Victor [4/12 Pennsylvania], & Catherine Wilcox [14 Pennsylvania].¹ Samuel departed this life on Friday, 20 March 1868 in Crane Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, at age 35 years. He was buried there in Old Mission Cemetery. His gravestone reads: Samuel G. Ricketts Died March 20, 1868 - Aged - not readable.