Mary Elizabeth RicksAge: 86 years1843–1929
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Ricks
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Ricks
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Smith
 Birth | January 19, 1843 39 35 |
 Birth of a brother | Josiah Ricks Sr. May 27, 1845 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a brother | Joel Martin Ricks October 15, 1850 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joel Martin Ricks October 27, 1850 (Age 7 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Joel Ricks — Sarah Beriah Fiske — View this family October 26, 1852 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Nathan Ricks January 17, 1853 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Ezra Varnum Ricks July 13, 1853 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Sarah Beriah Ricks January 17, 1855 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Ellen Jane Ricks March 30, 1856 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Joel Ricks Jr. July 21, 1858 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Adelia Ricks October 24, 1860 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Esther Adeline Ricks October 28, 1862 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Adelia Ricks November 22, 1863 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a sister | Clarinda Ann Ricks March 19, 1864 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Ann “Sally” Ricks August 30, 1864 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 23 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 23 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a half-sister | Sarah Beriah Ricks December 9, 1869 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 25 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 34 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Eleanor “Nellie” Martin February 26, 1882 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a father | Joel Ricks December 15, 1888 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a brother | Lewis Ricks January 2, 1893 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a brother | William Ricks May 22, 1900 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Edwin Ricks September 28, 1901 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a sister | Temperance Ricks October 5, 1916 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Josiah Ricks Sr. November 4, 1916 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 72 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 73 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 74 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a brother | Johnathan Ricks December 15, 1925 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a brother | Nathan Ricks January 1, 1929 (Age 85 years) |
 Death | May 2, 1929 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Centerville City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joel Ricks Birth: February 18, 1803 — Donaldson, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: December 15, 1888 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| mother |
Eleanor “Nellie” Martin Birth: December 20, 1807 — Clark, Kentucky, United States Death: February 26, 1882 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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Marriage: May 16, 1827 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months elder brother |
Thomas Edwin Ricks Birth: July 21, 1828 25 20 — Donaldson, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: September 28, 1901 — Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Lewis Ricks Birth: December 20, 1830 27 23 — Madison, Illinois, United States Death: January 2, 1893 — Benson, Cache, Utah, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Sarah Ann “Sally” Ricks Birth: December 28, 1832 29 25 — Madison, Illinois, United States Death: August 30, 1864 — Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Clarinda Ann Ricks Birth: July 10, 1835 32 27 — Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States Death: March 19, 1864 — Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States |
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6 months elder sister |
Temperance Ricks Birth: January 4, 1836 32 28 — Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States Death: October 5, 1916 — Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William Ricks Birth: January 10, 1839 35 31 — Madison, Illinois, United States Death: May 22, 1900 — Benson, Cache, Utah, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Johnathan Ricks Birth: January 23, 1841 37 33 — Madison, Illinois, United States Death: December 15, 1925 — La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States |
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2 years herself |
Mary Elizabeth Ricks Birth: January 19, 1843 39 35 — Madison, Illinois, United States Death: May 2, 1929 — Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Josiah Ricks Sr. Birth: May 27, 1845 42 37 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: November 4, 1916 — Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Joel Martin Ricks Birth: October 15, 1850 47 42 — Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States Death: October 27, 1850 — Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Nathan Ricks Birth: January 17, 1853 49 45 — Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States Death: January 1, 1929 — Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States |
| Father’s family with Sarah Beriah Fiske |
| father |
Joel Ricks Birth: February 18, 1803 — Donaldson, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: December 15, 1888 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| step-mother |
Sarah Beriah Fiske Birth: September 1, 1819 — Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States Death: June 12, 1891 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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Marriage: October 26, 1852 — Utah, United States |
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9 months half-brother |
Ezra Varnum Ricks Birth: July 13, 1853 50 33 — Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States Death: January 30, 1933 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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18 months half-sister |
Sarah Beriah Ricks Birth: January 17, 1855 51 35 — Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States Death: December 9, 1869 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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14 months half-sister |
Ellen Jane Ricks Birth: March 30, 1856 53 36 — Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States Death: February 1, 1935 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Joel Ricks Jr. Birth: July 21, 1858 55 38 — Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States Death: November 23, 1944 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Adelia Ricks Birth: October 24, 1860 57 41 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Death: November 22, 1863 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Esther Adeline Ricks Birth: October 28, 1862 59 43 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Death: April 12, 1949 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |