RICE, William
RICE, William
Thanks to Andy Rice for the submission!
Sorry, I cut of the source newspaper. I pulled it from Newspapers.com which has more material than the Hoosier State Chronicles archive. I didn't see this obit on the Ingen website. Thanks!
Direct relatives of William's father, Thomas Roach Rice are in group 14 of the Rice Surname Y DNA project:
He would have been a close cousin - 1st/2nd? with Jonathan B Rice (b 1790 -1872) who settled in Brown Township. The precise relationship of Jonathan's father, a man also named William Rice is currently unknown but the DNA match is there. They immigrated from Frederick County to Virginia, then to Rice's Landing PA. Jonathan's family on to Pioneer Kentucky/Louisville/Shelby/Mercer/Henry County and Thomas Roach Rice to pioneer Ohio and Claremont County.
OBIT: See actual Clipping
William Rice Called to Rest
Died at the home of his son in Madison Township.
William Rice, eldest son of Thomas Roach and Ellen Cook was born in Claremont County, Ohio Dec 16, 1829. With his parents and two eldest sisters came to Montgomery Co and settled in Sugar Creek township near which is now the residence of William Cox some 3 miles Northwest of Darlington. Since that time, he has been a continuous resident of Sugar Creek and Madison Townships, practically in the same neighborhood until his death which occurred September 6th, 1916 at 6:30 P.M. at the home of his son Perry in the Madison township of diseases incident to old age. He was 86 years, 8 months, and 20 days old.
Mr. Rice was twice married firs to May Hardwick of Tippecanoe County on February 13, 1855. To this union were born 2 children, Fielden of Darlington and Mary Francis now MRs George Rhinehart of Colfax. This wife and mother died January 29, 1865.
July 8th, 1866, he married Mary Morin. To this union were born three children: Perry of Madison township, Maggie deceased and Mellie now Mrs. Dan Peterson, of Tippecanoe Co. at whose home the mother died.