James Robert Rickards b. 2 Dec 1846 Sprigg, Adams, Ohio, United States d. 30 Mar 1931 Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States

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1846 - 1931 (84 years)

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Name	James Robert Rickards
Born	2 Dec 1846	Sprigg, Adams, Ohio, United States
Gender	Male
Died	30 Mar 1931	Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States
Buried	1 Apr 1931	Cedar City Cemetery, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States
Person ID	I537	Petersen-de Lanskoy
Last Modified	27 May 2021

Family	Julia Ardena or Ardence Hales, b. 17 Jul 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States , d. 25 Nov 1919, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States (Age 77 years)
Married	16 Jan 1894	, , Utah, United States
Last Modified	28 May 2021
Family ID	F151	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Censuses:
1880 US: Silver Reef, Washington, Utah, NA T9-1339, FHL 1255339, p. 376B:
James R. Richards, s, 30, OH MD OH, stationer.
Walker Richards, HBro., s, 24, OH MD NY, stationer.
George B. Ensloro, other, s, 37, IL MS NY, miner.
Edword Thompson, other, s, 43, NY NY NY, saloon keeper.
James H. Gardiner, other, s, 38, PA PA PA, miner.
Levi T. Bishop, other, s, 37, NY NY NY, butcher.

1900 US: Cedar City, Iron, Utah, p. 257a:
James Rickards, Nov 1847, 52, m. 6 years, OH Maryland OH, engineering.
Julia, wife, Jul 1842, 57, m. 6 years, 3 total children all living, IL Eng NY.
Julia, dau., Apr 1883, 17, S, UT OH IL.

2. 18 Dec 2002 website : parents are Henry K. Rickards and Margaret Neil.

BIRTH:
1. Note that his age per obituary would make his birth year 1847 or 1848 and not 1846 as Burial Index quoted below reports.

MARRIAGE:
1. Another wife: Julie Hatton per Ancestral File. Unsure whether first or second, but probably second.

DEATH:
1. Utah State Historical Society Burials Database online: James Robert Rickards, b. 2 Dec 1846 in Ohio, d. 30 Mar 1931 of hemmorage, bur. Cedar City Cemetery D-25-02-06.

BURIAL:
1. Per Burial Index cited above.

2. Per obituary.

OBITUARY:
1. "James R. Rickards. Cedar City. - Funeral services for James Robert Rickards, 83, pioneer teacher of Cedar City and veteran miner at the Silver Reef mine were held Wednesday afternoon at the tabernacle. Bishop Walter T. Granger presided and the following spoke, Lehi Jones, Harry Lunt and E.J. Palmer. Surviviing Mr. Rickards are his daughter, Julia Stephens, Cedar City, and one grandson, and three grand-daughters." Deseret News, Fri., 3 Apr 1931, p. 10.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. 18 Dec 2002 website .

2. Per Ancestral File.