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Thomas Edwin Ricks

Birth: 21 Jul 1828
Donaldson, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 28 Sep 1901 (aged 73)
Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, USA
Burial: Rexburg Cemetery

Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 43.848587, Longitude: -111.7945175
Memorial ID: 15160100 View Source

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Son of Joel Ricks and Eleanor Martin, Husband of Tabitha Hendricks, Elizabeth Shupe, Tamar Loader, Ruth Dille, Ellen Yallop, and Ruth, Father of Many.
Thomas Edwin Ricks was the founder of Rexburg, Idaho and Ricks College (now known as BYU-Idaho).

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Parents

Joel Ricks

1804–1888
Eleanor "Nellie" Martin Ricks

1807–1882

Spouses

Tabitha Hendricks Ricks

1830–1924 (m. 1853)
Elizabeth Jane Shupe Ricks

1841–1889 (m. 1857)
Tamar Britnell Loader Ricks

1833–1923 (m. 1857)
Ruth Caroline Dille Ricks

1847–1922 (m. 1864)
Ellen Maria Yallop Ricks

1848–1924 (m. 1866)

Siblings

Lewis Ricks

1830–1893
Sarah Ann "Sally" Ricks Smith

1832–1864
Clarinda Ricks Smith

1835–1864
Temperance Ricks Hinckley

1836–1916
William Ricks

1839–1900
Johnathan Ricks

1841–1925
Mary Elizabeth Ricks Smith

1843–1929
Josiah Ricks

1845–1916
Joel Martin Ricks

1850–1850
Nathan Ricks

1853–1929

Half Siblings

Ezra Varnum Ricks

1853–1933
Sarah Beriah Ricks

1855–1869
Ellen Jane Ricks Nibley

1856–1935
Joel Ricks

1858–1944
Adelia Ricks

1860–1863
Esther Adeline Ricks Wilson

1862–1949

Children

Sarah Catherine Ricks Turman

1854–1920
Thomas Edwin Ricks II

1855–1919
Joseph Hendricks Ricks

1857–1915
Amy Eliza Ricks Jaques

1858–1922
Hyrum Ricks Sr

1858–1924
Heber Ricks

1860–1907
Brigham Ricks

1860–1940
Mary Elizabeth Ricks

1861–1907
Sarah Eleanor Ricks Dalling

1861–1926
Willard Ricks

1861–1940
Joel Ricks

1863–1863
Martha Jane Ricks

1863–1929
William Henry Ricks

1863–1940
Ann Ricks

1864–1871
Emma Ricks

1865–1866
Alice Ricks

1865–1876
Harriet Lucretia Ricks Heppner

1865–1956
James E. Ricks

1867–1945
Ephraim Ricks

1867–1948
Maria Loader "Ri" Ricks Smellie

1867–1951
John Ricks

1868–1920
Alfred Ricks

1869–1927
Caroline Ricks Brooks

1869–1948
Samuel H. Ricks

1870–1933
David Ricks

1871–1873
Ernest Ricks

1871–1919
Louis Ricks

1871–1927
Clarinda Ricks

1872–1873
Ellen Ricks Archibald

1873–1934
Orson Ricks

1873–1938
Luamelia Louie Ricks

1874–1891
Charlotte Ricks Smith

1875–1945
Millie Ricks Olsen

1875–1964
George Ricks

1876–1967
May Ricks Olson

1877–1918
Edith Ricks Mortimer

1878–1962
Nathan Ricks

1879–1880
Eleanor Ricks

1881–1889
Harvey C Ricks

1881–1941
Elizabeth Jane Ricks Nave

1881–1946
Josiah Ricks

1883–1886
Zina Ricks Andersen

1888–1943

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Thomas Edwin Ricks

Family Members

Joel Ricks

Eleanor "Nellie" Martin Ricks

Tabitha Hendricks Ricks

Elizabeth Jane Shupe Ricks

Tamar Britnell Loader Ricks

Ruth Caroline Dille Ricks

Ellen Maria Yallop Ricks

Lewis Ricks

Sarah Ann "Sally" Ricks Smith

Clarinda Ricks Smith

Temperance Ricks Hinckley

William Ricks

Johnathan Ricks

Mary Elizabeth Ricks Smith

Josiah Ricks

Joel Martin Ricks

Nathan Ricks

Ezra Varnum Ricks

Sarah Beriah Ricks

Ellen Jane Ricks Nibley

Joel Ricks

Adelia Ricks

Esther Adeline Ricks Wilson

Sarah Catherine Ricks Turman