Excerpt from History and Genealogy of the Ricks Family of America: Containing Biographical Sketches and Genealogies of Both Males and Females Rock Mount, N. Mr. Robert L. Ricks of Worden, Ill and Mr. Hyrum, Thomas E. And Nathan Ricks of Rexburg, Idaho, all have taken great interest in the work, and furnished the funds to carry on the work to completion. To the ladies of the family, we owe a debt of gratitude for assistance and family records kindly bestowed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.