Elbridge Gerry Ricker (1818)

Born 31 Jul 1818 in Clermont county, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Biography

He was a very well known and active politician, being a warm advocate of the rights of the negro slave, and helping to found the Republican party in Ohio, in 1854-55. In 1855, he was elected a member of the legislature of Ohio, and in 1858, left his farm at Locust Corner, Ohio, to become a member of the board of directors and professor of agriculture of the Farmers' College, of College Hill, Ohio, where he successfully operated the experimental farm until the beginning of the War of the Rebellion. In the war, he was major of the Fifth Ohio cavalry, and won a glorious name by his gallant conduct. He was elected treasurer of Clermont county in 1863, and served efficiently for a period of two years. On December 13, 1836, he was united in marriage to Margaret Foster, daughter of Lieut. Thomas and Sarah (Holly) Foster, and a granddaughter of Thomas Foster, who was a son of Nancy Trigg, she being a daughter of Col. William and Jane (Smith) Trigg, the former of whom was a son of Abraham and Dosia (Johnson) Trigg. Abraham Trigg came from Cornwall, England, in 1725, to Spottsylvania county, Virginia.

Children: Maj. Bob Jewtt, Rozella Ann married Dr. E. Freeman and had three children: Thomas Foster, Maria, Edward, Dr. Joseph married to Catherine Wurspeace: three children Sarah Foster b. 22 Nov. 1855 and married William T. Simpson 23 Oct 1878. No living children.

Sources

• The Ricker Family
• History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio - Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 45