Benjamin Merrill Ricketts, M.D.
Benjamin Merrill Ricketts, M.D. was born at Proctorville, this county, May 20, 1858. His parents are Gerard R. and Rachel Ricketts. His father came to this county in 1832, and his mother was born in this county. Benjamin attended the public schools of this vicinity, and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University in the spring of 1876. He left at the commencement of the junior year, making medicine a specialty throughout. He began reading medicine in the winter of 1878 with his father, Gerard R. Ricketts; he entered the Miami Medical College in the fall of 1879, and in the spring of 1881 he graduated with honors. He located at Ironton April 7, 1881, and on the 23d of the same month he was elected health officer and smallpox physician. His postoffice address is Ironton, Lawrence county, Ohio.
Atlas of Lawrence Co., Ohio by Hardesty (1882)