The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-15
FANNY LAWRENCE RICKETTS,.
Interestinp Career Of n 1veIl-EpoxvI
Washsngtoninn CIosed by Death.

Interesting Career Of II Tyeu-KDoEv1
Neutrality-suspicious. Closed by Death
The death of Mrs. Fanny Lawrence
Ricketts,. widow OF Gen. James B. RicK
etts. closes a most interesting and event
full career. Mrs. Ricketts, was native
Of Elizabeth. \. j.. and, through hei
mother was connected with the histori-
LIyingstons CT that State. her great-granG
father. Peter Livingston, and his brother
Philip being both signers of the Declara
ion OF Independence. Another brother.
William. whose granddaughter married
President William Henry Harrison. wa
the first Governor of New Jersey. kohiins
the position under the title of the "Patri
otto Governor for fifteen years. HeI
father. John Sharp Lawrence. was born in
England and was member of the Ioya
navy One CT his ancestors. through
whom she traced her descent to Roberi
Lawrence. a Crusader. inter-n married It'll
the family OF Gen George Washington.
Mrs Ricketts, was educated IN New
York. and after her marriage, In 1855. ac-
companted her husband to the Texas from
tier where she lived in tents and for five
years saw none but Mexican and Indian
women In 1851 she went with him TO
Fortress Monroe, and when he vas oe-
Joined him there. running the blockade on
the Potomac In a gunboat. She afterward
rode with him from Washington TO Alex
andria on a caisson and after the battle
OF Bull Run. during which he was three
TINES wounded she made her way to him
through the lines with driver rs her
only escort, reaching the field in time to
witness the horrors Of the late engage
ment There she occupied room crowd
ed with wounded officers. all with the ex-
ceptien of her husband who still lay upon
streteher. sleeping upon the floor. At
the end Of two weeks General Ricketts,
was removed to Libby Prison his wife at
tending him, and for six months sharing
the ward TO which he was assigned. being
separated from the other inmates only by
blanket shawl strSsched across an angle
of the wall
After the war Mrs. Ricketts, house in
Washington was the rendezvous CT army
officers. and from the first Administration
Of General Grant through to that of Pres
ident Arthur she was q leader in the so
ciai life of the Capital being closely as
sociated with her cousin. Mrs. Hamilton.
Fish Of late years Mrs Ricketts, had liv
ed in San jose. Cal. and her return 20
Washington this winter. where. With her
daughter. the wife OF DR.. cbauncey R
Barr, Of the navy, she took the house on
Nineteenth Street and was hailed with
pleasure by large circle of friends. Mrs.
ricketts, son, who was with Roosevelt
! during the late war, was dangerously
wounded, General Wheeler's daughter te-
ing present at the operation when the bull
let was renewed She owned d member
of souvenirs Of her life at Libby Prison
a5s7ng them being small Union flag
stained with The tears of homesick pris-
olers, and rings and other ornaments
made by them Another nemeDto of the
eivi! war was the seal of the Confeder-
acy. the Duplicate OF which, formerly be-
| longing to General Grant. is now at the
National Museum; and still another. a
, lock OF LEncoIn's hair.