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HENRY W. RICKARD, post office box 699, Springfield; son of Peter and Elizabeth Rickard; father born in Loudon county, Virginia, 1787; mother born in Hardin county, Virginia; mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Everhart. They had ten children, viz: Lewis, born October 13, 1806; Elizabeth, April 1, 1809; Catharine, July 24, 1811; Susan, August 26, 1813; Noah M., March 20, 1817; John G., October 16, 1819; Simon P., October 16, 1821; Sarah A., March 2, 1824; Mary L., March 16, 1827; Henry W., January 1, 1830; all born in Virginia; Elizabeth and Noah, deceased.
The subject of this sketch was the tenth child and April 4, 1852, married Miss Sarah A. Simms, daughter of John and Lucinda Simms; born November 15, 1830. They have six children, viz: Elizabeth L., Minnie A., Lewis F., Washington M., Robert I., George E.; wife died December 21, 1864; Married again June 7, 1866 to Miss Henrietta Earnest, daughter of Thomas and Aletro Earnest, and born January 10, 1831. They have two children - Catharine Jane, born August 26, 1870; Thomas E., born October 13, 1872; are of German extraction; owns three hundred acres of land, valued at $80 per acre. The advantages of early education of both were such as the schools of the country afforded.