“Uncle Ollie was a very handsome, debonair gentleman, always impeccably dressed and with an eye out for the ladies, who found him most charming. He had a bugeye (schooner with raked masts) that he used for shooting. The dogs were kept in boxes on the deck. They would go up to Satilla hunting quail.”
Repository: Peabody Museum Archives, Harvard University
Call No.: 999-33-20/74049.1, 999-33-20/74049.2, 2000.25.1, 2000.25.2, 2001.8.1
Location: Peabody Museum Archives
Title: Ricketson, Oliver Garrison, Jr., 1894-1952. Papers and Photographs, 1920-1946, bulk: A Finding Aid
Creator: Oliver Garrison Ricketson, Jr.
Quantity: 12 document boxes
Abstract: The Oliver Garrison Ricketson, Jr. Papers and Photographs comprise papers and photographs of Maya archaeology, particularly the site of Chichen Itza, in Yucatan; index of ruins in the Maya area; and information on expeditions based in Belize.
Children:
1. Oliver Garrison RICKETSON Jr., b. Mar.1894 PA [1900c.], d.1952,
2.+Lucy RICKETSON, m. Robert FERGUSON, 4 children,
The hotel on Cumberland Island, GA known as Greyfield Inn was built in 1901 as a wedding present from Lucy Coleman Carnegie to her daughter Margaret who married Oliver Ricketson.
Of husband Oliver Garrison Ricketson: “Uncle Ollie was a very handsome, debonair gentleman, always impeccably dressed and with an eye out for the ladies, who found him most charming. He had a bugeye (schooner with raked masts) that he used for shooting. The dogs were kept in boxes on the deck. They would go up to Satilla hunting quail.”