Virginia Ricketts

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Virginia Ricketts is the mother of Confederate Cavalry solider
Cooney Ricketts. Thirteen-year old Cooney left home,
entered VMI, and fought with the cadets at the
Battle of New Market.

After the Civil War, he returned to Cabell County and
was a lawyer and prosecuting attorney.

He is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington.

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