Ferguson/Ricketts, Pike Co., Ind

Lynella,

On the 1880 Pike Co Ind census, ED173 Monroe Twp, pg.272C, 9 June:

John C. Ricketts, 64; farmer, Tenn, Va, Tenn

Justina Ricketts, 55; wife, Ky, Penn, Penn.

Harison A. Ricketts, 18; son, Ind, Tenn, Ind.

Sarah A. Wilson, 19; Step-daughter; Ind, Ky, Ky.

Justina is John’s 2nd wife.

Living 4 houses further:

Joseph Ferguson, 42; County Commissioner; Ind, Ky, Va.

Mary Anne, 39; wife; Ind, Tenn, Ind. (maiden name: RICKETTS)

Mary Ann, 19; dau, Ind.

Samuel E. W., 14; son, Ind.

LEOTA IVA, 9; dau, Ind.****

Eliza E., 6; dau, Ind.

Justina C., 2; dau, Ind.

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In 1850, Mary Ricketts’ family lived next door to her future husband Joseph Ferguson’s family:

1850 Pike Co Ind Census; Monroe Twp, pg 6A, 30 September:

John Ricketts, 36, farmer, $300, Tenn.

Mary, 29, Ind.

MARY, 8, Ind.****

Sarah, 6, Ind.

Isaac, 4, Ind.

William, 2, Ind.

Caroline, 7 months, Ind.

(the 1860 census adds children John T., b.abt.1853; Eliza E., b.abt. 1856; and shows Caroline’s middle initial as “M”.)

(Living with John and Mary Ricketts in 1860 are Christopher C. Ricketts, 18, Ind; and John L. Ricketts, 14, Ind. Don’t know who these two boys are.)

(In 1860, Joseph & Mary Ferguson are living in Pike Co, Monroe Twp, P.O: Winslow, Ind., apparently just married – at least no kids yet.)

continuing the 1850 census, next door to the Ricketts’s:

Peter Forgison, 46, farmer, $600, KY (last name misspelled)

Margaret, 43, Va.

James, 20, Ind.

John, 18, Ind.

Thomas, 17, Ind.

Jackson, 15, Ind.

Mahala, 13, Ind.

JOSEPH, 11, Ind.****

Levi, 7, Ind.

Hiram, 6, Ind.

Mary, 77, Maryland (this is probably Peter Ferguson’s mother.)

John Carmichael RICKETTS marr’d Mary Ann FLEENER on 27 Feb 1840 in Warrick Co., Ind (next county south of Pike Co)

Mary Ann Fleener, dau of Isaac Fleener, b.2 Mar 1785 Washington Co., Va., d. 4 June 1841 Warrick Co., Ind.; and Mary Ann “Polly” CRAWFORD, b.1794 NC, d.abt.1871 Pike Co., Ind.; they were marr’d about 1807 in Indiana Territory.

Isaac Fleener’s parents were Adam FLENER, b.abt. 1740 Wurttemberg, Germany and Sarah Funkhauser, b.abt. 1760 NC.

Mary Ann Crawford’s parents were Col. Alexander Crawford, b. 15 Oct 1750 Cumberland Co., Penn and Elizabeth CRAIGHEAD, b.abt. 1752 NC.

No marr. record found for Peter & Margaret Ferguson.

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John Ricketts and Mary Ann Fleener were married in Feb 1840.

On the 1840 Warrick Co., Ind census, HART Twp, pg. 52:

John Rickets = 00001 – 0001.

His household contains:

1 male 20 to 29 yrs old.

1 female 15 to 19 yrs old.

This is the only Rickets/Ricketts household in Pike or Warrick Co.

On the 1830 Warrick Co., Ind census, HART Twp, pg. 268

(please note that John Ricketts lived in HART Twp in 1840 and there is a Polly Ricketts (probably a widow) living in 1830 HART Twp):

Polly Rickets = 03121 – 0101001.

Her household contains:

3 males 5 to 9 yrs old.

1 male 10 to 14.

2 males 15 to 19.**** John Ricketts’s age range.

1 male 20 to 29.

1 female 5 to 9.

1 female 15 to 19.

1 female 40 to 49. (Polly)

“Polly” was the nickname for MARY.

This is likely to be John Ricketts’s mother and siblings.

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The REED, STATON, GENTRY & HODGES are so interrelated and there’s so much information, that I’ll post them tomorrow.

Bill