Francis Orray Ticknor

Background

Ticknor, Francis Orray was born on November 12, 1822 in Fortville, Jones County, Georgia, United States. Son of Doctor Orray and Harriet (Coolidge) Ticknor.

Education

Doctor of Medicine Philadelphia College Medicine, 1843.

Career

Practiced medicine, Shell Creek, Muscogee County, Georgia, 1843. Wrote on martial and chivalrous theme. Noted for prosody and compactness of style.

Best known poems include The Virginians of the Valley, Loyal, Little Griffen.

Credited with authorship of The Barefooted Boys.

Achievements

• Francis Orray Ticknor has been listed as a noteworthy physician, poet by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Rosalie Nelson, January 18, 1847, 8 children.

Father:

Doctor Orray Ticknor

Mother:

Harriet (Coolidge) Ticknor

Spouse:

Rosalie Nelson