J. B. RICKS, farmer; P. O. Boscobel; born near the city of New York. In 1852, he came to Platteville, Wis., where he followed farming. In 1853, he came to the town of Marion, and bought 176 acres of land, which he improved. He enlisted in 1861 in Co. K, 12th W. V. I., and served to the end of the war; was in the siege of Vicksburg, Sherman's march to the sea, Peach Tree Creek, Stone Mountain, Jonesboro and others. He came to Boscobel in 1871, and owns his residence property with ten acres of ground, and other property. All of this he has acquired since coming to Grant County. He has been Chairman of the town of Marion four years, and Town Superintendent of Schools of Marion one year; married March 20, 1860, to Miss Myra A. Rice, who is a native of Massachusetts. They have three children - two sons and one daughter.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.