Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

HENRY RICKS, saloon, Beardstown; was born near Hamilton Station, 
this county, Sept. 12, 1850, and is a son of Conrad and Juliana 
(Landmann) Ricks, natives of Germany. Conrad Ricks, a farmer by 
occupation, was born Nov. 20, 1815, and died July 10, 1877. His 
wife was born June 3, 1812, and died Aug. 29, 1877. They had five 
children, two boys and three girls. Our subject received his 
education in the "Warrior School," near Bluff Springs, this 
county, and has for the past six years been keeping a saloon in 
Beardstown. In Virginia, this county, Feb. 5, 1876, he married 
Minnie Vellor, a native of this county, born May 24, 1857. They 
have three children, viz.: John H., William G., and Odelia. Mrs. 
Ricks is a daughter of Frederick and Mary Vellor; he, a farmer, 
born Feb. 24, 1814; she, born Oct. 30, 1830; both in Germany. Mr. 
Ricks is a Democrat. His father came to this county in 1842.

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