Susan I. Rice

Family/Spouse: Paul Rose. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sylvia Rose
2. Jerry Paul Rose

Family/Spouse: Kenneth Polson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Celsus married Laura G. Green on 23 May 1899. Laura was born on 21 Jul 1870 in Centertown, Moniteau County, MO; died on 18 Nov 1926 in Jefferson City, Cole County, MO; was buried in New Salem Church, north of Ashland, Cedar Twp., Boone County,MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ashland Bugle, 25 November 1926, p. 1, col. 3: MRS. CELSUS RICE ------- Died at Home in Jefferson City at 7:20 p.m. Thursday--Funeral Services in Ashland Saturday ------- Funerel [sic] services for Mrs. Celsus D. Rice were held at the Baptist church in Ashland at 2 o'clock last Saturday afternoon. The services were conducted by the Rev. H.P. Cheavens. Burial in the New Salem Cemetery followed. News came from Jefferson City at 4 o'clock last Thursday afternoon that there was no hope for Mrs. Rice. AT 7:20 she passed away. News of her death was a great shock to her multitude of friends at the old home. Deceased is survived by her husband, two sons, Herbert F. Rice, editor of the Lexington News, and Howard Rice, and one daughter, Miss Susan Rice, who have the heartfelt sympathy of all. Laura Green Rice was born at Centertown, Mo., July 21, 1870, daughter of J. G. and Susan Green. She came to Ashland about 1897 as a school teacher. May 23, 1899, she was married to Celsus D. Rice. Soon after her marriage, she united with the Baptist church. News of the death of Mrs. Rice will be learned with sincere regret by all her former pupils, as well as all who enjoyed her acquaintance and friendship. It can truthfully be said that the world is a better place because Laura Green Rice lived in it. Ashland Bugle, 30 December 1937, p. 1, col. 2: C.D. Rice and son Howard visited in Springfield for the holidays.

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NARA M-593, Roll 760, 1870 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 32r, #518/580: Rice, John J, 32, m, W, farmer, $1000/$800, MO; Isabella, 25, f, W, Keeps House, MO; Luther, 3, m, W, MO; Celsus, 2, m, W, MO; #518/581: Gilmore, Philip, 16, m, W, S., MO. NARA T-9, Reel 676, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 89, [no household numbers in this section]: Rice, John J., W, m, 44, Farming, MO/KY/KY; Armatage, Netty, W, f, 18, Gardian, Keeping house, MO/VA/MO; Rice, Lutha, W, m, 13, son, At Home, MO/MO/MO; Selsus, W, m, 11, son, At Home, MO/MO/MO; Cora L., W, f, 9, Daughter, MO/MO/MO; Orane C., W, m, 7, son, MO/MO/MO. Cedar Township; Switzler 1882, 673. Res. Ashland. Old Settlers' Association of Boone County, August 10, 1897, Missouri Statesman Supplement, August 10, 1897, Vol. LIV No. 31. John Rice. No dates transcribed from tombstone by Evans and Thompson.

John and Isabelle have an infant daughter buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery but no dates are shown.

John was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church from the time he was twenty-three years old. He was also a member of the Ashland Lodge AF&AM, and a member of the Grange.

John married Isabelle J. Nichols in 1865 in Boone County, MO. Isabelle was born on 2 Jan 1840 in Missouri; died on 20 Jul 1879 in Boone County, MO; was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Hartsburg, Boone County, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1810 to Warren Co., 1819 to Boone Co., disfranchised. Boone County Journal, NAMES OF OLD CITIZENS, Thursday, 23 June 1870, p. 3, col. 3. Boone Co. combined tax list, 1821 and 1825 (Stanley, Wilson, & Wilson, Missouri Taxpayers 1819-1826, 1979). 1830 census, RICE David 5-129, Cedar Township. 1840 census, RICE David 6-98, Cedar Township. NARA M-432, Roll 392, 1850 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Dist. No. 8, p. 419, #1245/1245: David Rice, 50, m, farmer, $2000, Kentucky; Henry, 19, m, Farmer, Missouri; Julian, 16, f, MO; John, 14, m, MO; Mosias, 10, m, MO; Martha A, 7, f, MO; Sarah E, 5, f, MO; David B, 1, m, MO. NARA M-653, Roll 608, 1860 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 706, #506/490: David Rice, 59, m, farmer, $1600/$750, KY; Sarah, 55, f, KY; John, 23, m, MO; Mosias, 21, m, MO; Martha A, 17, f, MO; Sarah E, 14, f, MO; David B, 11, m, MO. NARA M-593, Roll 760, 1870 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 35, #561/636: Rice, David, 70, m, W, Farmer, $500/--, Kentucky; Sarah, 66, f, W, keep house, Kentucky; Sarah E, 23, f, W, Missouri; David, 21, m, W, MO; #561/637: Jones, Sophia, 11, f, W, MO; Armitage, G, 7, f, W, MO; Andrew, 4, m, W, MO. Cedar Township; Switzler 1882, 672.NARA T-9, Reel 676, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 31, #32/32: rice, R. D., W, m, 80, Husband, Farmer, KY/VA/VA; Sarah, W, f, 76, Wife, Keeping House, KY/VA/VA; Boqua, Laura, W, f, 9, Grandchild, MO/MO/MO; Dorah, W, f, 7, Grandchild, MO/MO/MO; Rosa, W, f, 3, Grandchild, MO/MO/MO; Armitage, Evert, W, m, 14, Grandchild, MO/MO/MO.

Buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery , Boone County, Missouri.

Following is from "History of Boone County".

David Rice was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, September 4th, 1800. He is the son of John and Patsy (Johnson) Rice. When nineteen years of age, he came to Boone County. His father came a year later. They settled at Boone's Lick. In 1821 moved to the Bonne Femme, four miles southeast of McConathy's mill. He was a farmer, and his son, David, was brought up in the same occupation. Was married, March 22nd, 1829, to Miss Sallie, daughter of Higgason and Nancy Harris. They have had nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Rice are both members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Rice has been a communicant for sixty years. Mr. Rice had a contract for furnishing lumber for the capitol building at Jefferson City, and rafted to that city three hundred pieces of timber. Mrs. Rice has a counterpane which she spun and wove with her own hands sixty years ago.

David married Sarah Harris on 22 Mar 1829 in Boone County, MO. Sarah (daughter of Higgason Harris and Nancy Garland) was born on 23 Sep 1804 in Madison County, KY; died on 17 Nov 1893 in Boone County, MO; was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Hartsburg, Boone County, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Not listed in her husband's household in the 1850 census. Columbia, Missouri, Herald, OLD FOLKS AT HOME: Partial List of Some of Boone County's Octogenarians, 27 June 1889, p. 1, cols, 3-4.