Jacob
Rickner
Born about in Bern, Switzerland
Son of Henry Rickner
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Samuel Rickner
Husband of
Anna (Brown) Rickner
— married
about 13 Jun 1837 [location unknown]
Father of
James Rickner
Died
at about age 72
in Jasper, Missouri, United States
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Biography
Was married June 13, 1837, to Jacob Rickner, a native of Switzerland, born near Berne, in March, 1808. Immigrated with his parents to North America in 1818; were in charge of the Hudson Bay Company, and landed on the shores of Hudson’s Bay. Moved into the interior and lived several years in Manitoba, on the Red River of the North; came to Washington county, Mo., at an early day, where his parents died and are buried. He came to Jasper county in 1836; was ofa discontented roving disposition and ever had a desire, amounting almost to a mania, of visiting the unexplored regions of this great country, and during his life traveled over a great portion of the West, always by his own conveyance or on foot. His firsttrip after becoming a resident of this county was to Texas; returning, made a trip to the British Possessions and the Northwest Territory. After a short stay there he returned to Jasper county; next crossed the plains to Oregon Territory and returned in 1841; went overland to California in 1849, returning via New Orleans in 1850. During his many trips he rode or walked over every county in the great state of Missouri, long before the days of railroads; and a great portion ofArkansas and Texas. He was a tanner by trade, and established a tannery in Jasper county at an early day. He died at his home in this county Sept. 5, 1880, leaving a family of nine children: James, Martha, wife of D. E. Mottley; Francis, deceased; Ethan C., Moses P., Elizabeth J ., deceased; John W., deceased; Mary E., wife of T. E. Melugin; and Lola V. Ethan C., and Miss Lola reside with their mother on the farm.
His father, Jacob Rickner, came to the county in 1835, and married Miss Anna, daughter of William Brown, two years later.
Sources
- "The History of Jasper County Missouri", Link:
https://archive.org/details/historyofjasperc00desm/page/748/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Rickner
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