Rice Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2021A005

Rice Family Papers

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Scope and Contents

The majority of this collection features the genealogical records of the Rice family and other collateral family lines including the Turner and Kennedy families. This collection also contains publications, information, and applications from the Daughters of the American Revolution. Correspondence ranges from debates about different topics to discussions about ancestors. Also includes two books by H. H. Brock titled "Genealogies of our Boggs, Cornelison, Ellison, and Brock Kin" and "Lines to Kith and Kin". This collection also has records of the Rice Family Reunion with all the names of the people who attended.

Dates

Creation: 1811 - 1953

Biographical or Historical Information

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Fountain Rice (1844-1921), son of Fountain and Malinda Frances Boggs Rice, married Ede Francis (1847-1920), daughter of Thomas and Mary Frances, in 1865. Rice was a farmer in the southern part of Madison County, Kentucky and attended Hays Fork Baptist Church. Several of his daughters were members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and their interest in genealogy is represented in the collection. Fountain and Ede had 16 children, including the following: Thomas (1866-1923) Fountain (1867-1930) Edna (1868-1957) Lewis B. (1872-1893) Ethel M. (1875-1903) Lucy Rebecca (1877-1958) Ede (1879-1968) Charles Dobbs (1881-1929) Alma (1884-1973) married George Nicholas Bascom Margarette (1885-1974) married Hugh W. Mason Jim (1889-1892) Annie B. (1890-1892) Jessie A. (1893-1968) Jane (1895-1989), married Jesse Charles Hazzard Most of their children moved to other parts of the country, but many were buried in the Rice lot in the Richmond Cemetery.

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