Individual Details

Rebecca was living with her uncle John H. Dixon and wife Marietta Haden in the 1870 census, age 10. Both parents dead.

Rebecca is said to have married Henry Cader Brent and I did find this in the 1900 census, Justice Precinct 1, Fannin Co TX, Hh 173
Henry C. Brent, b. Oct 1857, age 42, married 22 years, b. TX, parents b. TX
Rickets, wife, b. Apr 1860, age 40, 8 children, b. MO, parents b. MO
Claude, son, b. Dec 1882, 17. George B., son, b. Aug 1884, age 15. William L., son, b. Sept 1886, age 13. Edward P., b. Dec. 1888, age 11. Lucretia, dau, b. Sep 1891, age 8. Bernice, dau, b. Nov 1894, age 5. Hope J. dau, b. Nov. 1896, age 3
Sally P. Wall, boarder, b. Jan 1883, age 17, b. TX

The marriage was 20 Jun 1879, Prairie Point, Fannin Co, TX

The family is in Fannin Co in 1910 and 1920.

Then discovery of Rebecca's death certificate, #11921, on FamilySearch brought together proof of the connections. Rebecca Ann Brent, of 605 Beach St., Bonham, Fannin Co, TX, died 24 Mar 1942. She had lived at that address for the past 23 years. She was married and was born 30 Apr 1861, Springfield, MO. She died of mycardial degeneration complicated by pneumonia. Her father was John Ricketts, born Missouri; her mother Sarah Ann Dixon, also born Missouri. Mrs. Oscar Hackley was the informant and Rebecca was buried Willow Wild Cemetery.

Rebecca's husband, Henry C. Brent, died at the hopsital in Bonham on 16 Sep 1949. He was still living at the residence noted above. He was born 2 Oct 1859 [the 1900 census had given his birth year as 1857]. Lee Brent was the informant and did not know anything about Henry's parents. Henry also died of myocardial degeneration complicated by pneumonia, and is buried at Willow Wild.

A picture of their joint grave marker is on FindAGrave.com

Birth	30 Apr 1861	Missouri
Death	24 Mar 1942	Bonham, Fannin County, Texas

Father	John Ricketts (1832 - 1870)
Mother	Sarah Jane Dixon (1842 - 1870)
Sibling	Robert Ricketts (1859 - )