My grandparents Ruth and Donald Ricketts

My grandmother Ruth fell in love with Donald Ricketts, a shy but steady country boy.  He never supported her in the manner she was accustomed, but she stuck with him through thick and thin.

They married in 1913 at the first Presbyterian Church in Clarksville.  That church building is still standing, and the largest stained glass window is from the Barry family.  On their wedding day it began to rain, so Ruth threw a sheet over her head and dress, and walked across the street to the church.

My grandfather William Donald Ricketts

My grandmother Ruth Barthel Barry

             

the three Ricketts brothers

Donald and Ruth during courtship

Ruth and Donald on the left

Donald sweeps the sidewalk in front of the Barry home

the wedding invitation

Wedding Gifts on wedding day