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Garrett Larew Ricketts was born on December 28, 1832 in Dearborn (now Ohio) County, Indiana. He was the oldest son of William Ricketts and Harriet Dean. He was named for his aunt Elizabeth Rickett Larew's husband, Garrett. His first wife was Julia Mahala Owen. They married on October 14, 1855 in Woodford County, Illinois. Julia was born November 20, 1839 in Illinois. Her parents were the Reverend James Owen and Candace Francis King. Garrett and Julia's daughter was Luella Ricketts Davis (1859). Julia died on August 4, 1859. At the time of the 1860 census, Garret age 25 and Luella age 11 months were living with the James Owen family in Cazenovia Township, Woodford County, Illinois. Garret's second wife was Margaret C. Holder. He married her on January 28, 1866 in Woodford County, Illinois. She born about 1846 in Indiana was the daughter of Thomas Holder and Willa Witt Carmichael and the sister of Mary Lavina Holder, the wife of Garrett's brother, Samuel Lowe Ricketts. His third wife was Anna E. Pedrick. He married her on July 3, 1873 in McLean County, Illinois. Ann was born in 1835 in McLean, Illinois. Their son, Charles L. Ricketts was born in 1877. In 1880 Garret was living his mother and two year old son, Charles L. in Clayton, Woodford County, Illinois. He was a laborer. Garrett died January 29, 1919. He is buried with Anna in the Olio Township. Cemetery, in Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois.
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