Cynthia Amorette Ricks

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 John Tidwell Company (1852) Age 13

Departure: 4-9 June 1852 Arrival: 10-23 September 1852

Company Information: 340 individuals and 61 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs).

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Birth: Apr. 19, 1839 Madrid St. Lawrence County New York, USA

Death: Jan. 6, 1874 Benson Cache County Utah, USA

Daughter of Ezra Hela Allen (killed, Mormon Battalion) and Sarah Beriah Fiske.

Married Lewis Ricks, 25 December 1859 at Logan, Cache, Utah. Mother of eight children.

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Parents:

• Ezra Heela Allen (1814 - 1848)
• Sarah Beriah Fiske Ricks (1819 - 1891)

Spouse:

• Lewis Ricks (1830 - 1894)

Children:

• Elvira Sarah Ricks Wixom (1860 - 1932)*
• Joseph Alexander Ricks (1871 - 1958)*
• Phebe Ricks (1874 - 1874)*

Burial: Logan City Cemetery Logan Cache County Utah, USA