Wesley Branch Rickey was born in a small Ohio town on Dec 20, 1881. His father was a farmer. He had an older brother, Orla, {B 1875} and a younger brother, Frank {B 1888}. His father, Jacob, was a very religious man, and the household was your typical pious Methodist family. Rickey finished grade school, but then labor on the farm called. He got help from a retired educator who helped him get as many books as he could, considering the resources in the 1890s in Scioto County, Ohio. He educated himself enough to become a teacher at a local grade school, saving his money to go to college.
The Mahatma: Branch Rickey
