William Harris Olds

Jess married Sarah E. Rice. Sarah (daughter of Higgason Harris Rice and Sarah E. Sappington) was born on 17 Jul 1876 in Boone County, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NARA M-653, Roll 608, 1860 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 717, #593/572: H H Rice, 29, m, farmer, $700/$700, MO; Mary S, 22, f, MO; David G, 2, m, MO; John R, 7/12, m, MO. NARA M-593, Roll 760, 1870 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 35r, #567/649: Rice, Hickman, 40, m, W, Farmer, $1600/$500, Louisiana [??]; Mary, 32, f, W, Keep house, "; David, 12, m, W, S., "; Richard, 9, m, W, "; Frank, 7, m, W, "; Penelope, 4, f, W, "; Lilia B, 1, f, W, "' #567/650: Harris, Ann, 61, f, W, Virginia. NOTE: Microfilm hard to read; birthplaces dittoed; not sure about Louisiana. NARA T-9, Reel 676, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 37r, #137/144: Rice, Higgenson H., W, m, 49, Farmer, MO/KY/KY; Sarah E., W, f, 25, wife, wife, MO/MO/MO; David G., W, m, 22, son, Labors on farm, MO/MO/MO; John R., W, m, 20, son, Farm laborer, MO/MO/MO; Frank D., W, m, 17, son, Farm labour, MO/MO/MO; P. Winslow, W, f, 14, daughter, MO/MO/MO; Lee B., W, f, 11, daughter, MO/MO/MO; Wm F, W, m, 8, son, MO/MO/MO; May S., W, f, 5, daughter, MO/MO/MO; Sarah E., W, f, 3, daughter, MO/MO/MO; Tyre H., W, m, 1, son, MO/MO/MO; Joseph, W, m, 4/12, Feby, son, MO/MO/MO. Cedar Township; Switzler 1882, 673. A Pioneer's Story. H. H. Rice Relates Some of the Early History of this Section. Ashland Bugle, 7 March 1907, p. 2, col. 5.

Higgason married Sarah E. Sappington after Jun 1874 in Boone County, MO. Sarah was born about 1855 in Missouri; died on 2 Jan 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.