From "The History of Parsonsfield, Maine: 1771-1888" by J.W. Dearborn.
Youngest son of Deacon Dominicus and Susanna (Perkins) Ricker,
was born in Parsonsfield, May 14, 1823. Here he remained for many
years, marrying in 1848, Miss Caroline E. Thompson, daughter of
George Thompson of this town. In 1864, he sold the farm on Ricker's
Mountain, and moved with his family to Biddeford, where he remained
about ten years, when he again purchased a farm in his native town
where he now resides. Although he has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits, yet he has been prominently identified with the interests of the towns in which he has resided during a large portion of the time since he attained his majority. As a school teacher he has ever taken high rank — having taught fifty-four terms of school. The admirable tribute paid him by Horace Piper, Esquire, in his paper on the schools of Parsonsfield, page 44, renders any further comment on this subject unnecessary.
Notwithstanding his absence from town for so many years of his active life, yet he has served as superintending school committee of Parsonsfield twelve years, as selectman four years, as treasurer one year and as representative from Parsonsfield and Cornish, in 1887.
During his residence in Biddeford, he was President of the Board of Aldermen in 1867 and 1868, one of the assessors in '69, '70, '71 and '72, and chairman of the board for two years. He also was a representative from the city of Biddeford to the Legislature in 1873.
These facts show far more than words from the pen of any friend of
the true merit of the man, and one thus esteemed, honored and trusted needs no further commendation. In religious views and professions,
he is a Baptist, and in politics a democrat, yet no creed, dogma, doctrine, faith or policy circumscribes or controls his friendships, or causes him to accord to others less than he claims for himself, — an honesty of purpose and a broad freedom of expression and action.
Youngest son of Deacon Dominicus and Susanna (Perkins) Ricker,
was born in Parsonsfield, May 14, 1823. Here he remained for many
years, marrying in 1848, Miss Caroline E. Thompson, daughter of
George Thompson of this town. In 1864, he sold the farm on Ricker's
Mountain, and moved with his family to Biddeford, where he remained
about ten years, when he again purchased a farm in his native town
where he now resides. Although he has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits, yet he has been prominently identified with the interests of the towns in which he has resided during a large portion of the time since he attained his majority. As a school teacher he has ever taken high rank — having taught fifty-four terms of school. The admirable tribute paid him by Horace Piper, Esquire, in his paper on the schools of Parsonsfield, page 44, renders any further comment on this subject unnecessary.
Notwithstanding his absence from town for so many years of his active life, yet he has served as superintending school committee of Parsonsfield twelve years, as selectman four years, as treasurer one year and as representative from Parsonsfield and Cornish, in 1887.
During his residence in Biddeford, he was President of the Board of Aldermen in 1867 and 1868, one of the assessors in '69, '70, '71 and '72, and chairman of the board for two years. He also was a representative from the city of Biddeford to the Legislature in 1873.
These facts show far more than words from the pen of any friend of
the true merit of the man, and one thus esteemed, honored and trusted needs no further commendation. In religious views and professions,
he is a Baptist, and in politics a democrat, yet no creed, dogma, doctrine, faith or policy circumscribes or controls his friendships, or causes him to accord to others less than he claims for himself, — an honesty of purpose and a broad freedom of expression and action.
From "The History of Parsonsfield, Maine: 1771-1888" by J.W. Dearborn.
Youngest son of Deacon Dominicus and Susanna (Perkins) Ricker,
was born in Parsonsfield, May 14, 1823. Here he remained for many
years, marrying in 1848, Miss Caroline E. Thompson, daughter of
George Thompson of this town. In 1864, he sold the farm on Ricker's
Mountain, and moved with his family to Biddeford, where he remained
about ten years, when he again purchased a farm in his native town
where he now resides. Although he has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits, yet he has been prominently identified with the interests of the towns in which he has resided during a large portion of the time since he attained his majority. As a school teacher he has ever taken high rank — having taught fifty-four terms of school. The admirable tribute paid him by Horace Piper, Esquire, in his paper on the schools of Parsonsfield, page 44, renders any further comment on this subject unnecessary.
Notwithstanding his absence from town for so many years of his active life, yet he has served as superintending school committee of Parsonsfield twelve years, as selectman four years, as treasurer one year and as representative from Parsonsfield and Cornish, in 1887.
During his residence in Biddeford, he was President of the Board of Aldermen in 1867 and 1868, one of the assessors in '69, '70, '71 and '72, and chairman of the board for two years. He also was a representative from the city of Biddeford to the Legislature in 1873.
These facts show far more than words from the pen of any friend of
the true merit of the man, and one thus esteemed, honored and trusted needs no further commendation. In religious views and professions,
he is a Baptist, and in politics a democrat, yet no creed, dogma, doctrine, faith or policy circumscribes or controls his friendships, or causes him to accord to others less than he claims for himself, — an honesty of purpose and a broad freedom of expression and action.
Youngest son of Deacon Dominicus and Susanna (Perkins) Ricker,
was born in Parsonsfield, May 14, 1823. Here he remained for many
years, marrying in 1848, Miss Caroline E. Thompson, daughter of
George Thompson of this town. In 1864, he sold the farm on Ricker's
Mountain, and moved with his family to Biddeford, where he remained
about ten years, when he again purchased a farm in his native town
where he now resides. Although he has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits, yet he has been prominently identified with the interests of the towns in which he has resided during a large portion of the time since he attained his majority. As a school teacher he has ever taken high rank — having taught fifty-four terms of school. The admirable tribute paid him by Horace Piper, Esquire, in his paper on the schools of Parsonsfield, page 44, renders any further comment on this subject unnecessary.
Notwithstanding his absence from town for so many years of his active life, yet he has served as superintending school committee of Parsonsfield twelve years, as selectman four years, as treasurer one year and as representative from Parsonsfield and Cornish, in 1887.
During his residence in Biddeford, he was President of the Board of Aldermen in 1867 and 1868, one of the assessors in '69, '70, '71 and '72, and chairman of the board for two years. He also was a representative from the city of Biddeford to the Legislature in 1873.
These facts show far more than words from the pen of any friend of
the true merit of the man, and one thus esteemed, honored and trusted needs no further commendation. In religious views and professions,
he is a Baptist, and in politics a democrat, yet no creed, dogma, doctrine, faith or policy circumscribes or controls his friendships, or causes him to accord to others less than he claims for himself, — an honesty of purpose and a broad freedom of expression and action.
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