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

PETER W. RICKARD, farmer; P.O. Chandlerville; is a native 
of Windham County, Connecticut. He was born Aug. 26, 1823, 
and is the son of Peter and Mary (Heley) Rickard. His 
father was born in Massachusetts, in 1769, and died in 
July, 1823. He was killed in the Revolutionary war. His 
mother was also a native of Massachusetts. She was born in 
1783, and died in 1852. Peter W. was educated in 
Connecticut in the Duley and Thompson Academies. His early 
life was spent at the home of his brother-in-law, Erastus 
Childs. In 1844, he came to Cass County, where he has since 
remained, engaged in teaching school, merchandising and 
farming. At the present time he is tilling the soil of 220 
acres of well improved land. In 1846 he was married to Miss 
Elizabeth Peas, who bore him one child, Henry, now living 
in Morgan County. He married a second time, Mary Harbison, 
who died a few years afterward, and in 1859 he married May 
C. Taylor, who has borne him six children, viz.: Charles 
E., John T., Frank M., Emma and James A. Mr. Rickard is a 
Republican, and he and Mrs. Rickard are members of the 
Congregational Church.

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