Curtis M. Rice, one of the pioneers of Whiteside and Rock Island Counties, re-siding in Cordova Township, was born in
Oneida Co., N. Y., July 17, 18 17. His father, Jeremiah, Rice, was born in the same county 1n 1788, and was a farmer by occupation.
The mother of the subject of this notice, whose maiden name was Abigail Mitchell, was also a native of York State. After marriage, the parents resided in Oneida County until 1835. In the spring of that year they started West, with a team of horses and a covered wagon, containing the family and household goods. They drove through to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where they remained through the summer, and in the fall of the same year started on an overland journey for this State, arriving at Ottawa, La Salle County, where they spent the winter of that year. In the spring of 1836, they again started out and came to this county and located on the present site of Albany, where the father was one of the very earliest pioneers. He assisted in platting the village, built a frame house there from hewn timbers, and made all the boards, laths and shingles from oak timber. In 1837 he rented his property in Albany, and removed to Rock Island County, where he made a claim on section 33, Cordova Township, and when the land came into market, entered it. Immediately after making his claim, he located upon it and entered vigorously and energetically upon its improvement and cultivation, and on it he resided until the date of his death in 1842, his wife following him to the land of the hereafter ten years later.
The issue of their union was seven children, five of whom survive: Curtis M., subject of this biographical notice, resides in Cordova Township; Amelia is the wife of Captain A. M. George, residing in Garden Plain; De Witt, lives in Clinton Co., Iowa; Warren and Consider reside in Audubon Co., Iowa. Curtis M. Rice, subject of this biographical notice, was in his 18th year, when he came to this county,
in company with his parents, and the events of interests that happened in an early day in the history of the county are fresh in his memory. On attaining the age of 22 years, he went to Galena, where he remained for a period, and for three years following he was engaged in the lead mines in that vicinity, with the exception of the winter seasons, which he spent at home. He earned his money in the mines, with which he entered land in company with his father, and, retiring from the labors of the mines, entered upon the task of cultivating and improving his land.
He formed a matrimonial alliance in March, 1844, in Scott Co., Iowa, with Eliza Earl, a native of Pennsylvania, in which State she was born.
Oneida Co., N. Y., July 17, 18 17. His father, Jeremiah, Rice, was born in the same county 1n 1788, and was a farmer by occupation.
The mother of the subject of this notice, whose maiden name was Abigail Mitchell, was also a native of York State. After marriage, the parents resided in Oneida County until 1835. In the spring of that year they started West, with a team of horses and a covered wagon, containing the family and household goods. They drove through to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where they remained through the summer, and in the fall of the same year started on an overland journey for this State, arriving at Ottawa, La Salle County, where they spent the winter of that year. In the spring of 1836, they again started out and came to this county and located on the present site of Albany, where the father was one of the very earliest pioneers. He assisted in platting the village, built a frame house there from hewn timbers, and made all the boards, laths and shingles from oak timber. In 1837 he rented his property in Albany, and removed to Rock Island County, where he made a claim on section 33, Cordova Township, and when the land came into market, entered it. Immediately after making his claim, he located upon it and entered vigorously and energetically upon its improvement and cultivation, and on it he resided until the date of his death in 1842, his wife following him to the land of the hereafter ten years later.
The issue of their union was seven children, five of whom survive: Curtis M., subject of this biographical notice, resides in Cordova Township; Amelia is the wife of Captain A. M. George, residing in Garden Plain; De Witt, lives in Clinton Co., Iowa; Warren and Consider reside in Audubon Co., Iowa. Curtis M. Rice, subject of this biographical notice, was in his 18th year, when he came to this county,
in company with his parents, and the events of interests that happened in an early day in the history of the county are fresh in his memory. On attaining the age of 22 years, he went to Galena, where he remained for a period, and for three years following he was engaged in the lead mines in that vicinity, with the exception of the winter seasons, which he spent at home. He earned his money in the mines, with which he entered land in company with his father, and, retiring from the labors of the mines, entered upon the task of cultivating and improving his land.
He formed a matrimonial alliance in March, 1844, in Scott Co., Iowa, with Eliza Earl, a native of Pennsylvania, in which State she was born.
Curtis M. Rice, one of the pioneers of Whiteside and Rock Island Counties, re-siding in Cordova Township, was born in
Oneida Co., N. Y., July 17, 18 17. His father, Jeremiah, Rice, was born in the same county 1n 1788, and was a farmer by occupation.
The mother of the subject of this notice, whose maiden name was Abigail Mitchell, was also a native of York State. After marriage, the parents resided in Oneida County until 1835. In the spring of that year they started West, with a team of horses and a covered wagon, containing the family and household goods. They drove through to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where they remained through the summer, and in the fall of the same year started on an overland journey for this State, arriving at Ottawa, La Salle County, where they spent the winter of that year. In the spring of 1836, they again started out and came to this county and located on the present site of Albany, where the father was one of the very earliest pioneers. He assisted in platting the village, built a frame house there from hewn timbers, and made all the boards, laths and shingles from oak timber. In 1837 he rented his property in Albany, and removed to Rock Island County, where he made a claim on section 33, Cordova Township, and when the land came into market, entered it. Immediately after making his claim, he located upon it and entered vigorously and energetically upon its improvement and cultivation, and on it he resided until the date of his death in 1842, his wife following him to the land of the hereafter ten years later.
The issue of their union was seven children, five of whom survive: Curtis M., subject of this biographical notice, resides in Cordova Township; Amelia is the wife of Captain A. M. George, residing in Garden Plain; De Witt, lives in Clinton Co., Iowa; Warren and Consider reside in Audubon Co., Iowa. Curtis M. Rice, subject of this biographical notice, was in his 18th year, when he came to this county,
in company with his parents, and the events of interests that happened in an early day in the history of the county are fresh in his memory. On attaining the age of 22 years, he went to Galena, where he remained for a period, and for three years following he was engaged in the lead mines in that vicinity, with the exception of the winter seasons, which he spent at home. He earned his money in the mines, with which he entered land in company with his father, and, retiring from the labors of the mines, entered upon the task of cultivating and improving his land.
He formed a matrimonial alliance in March, 1844, in Scott Co., Iowa, with Eliza Earl, a native of Pennsylvania, in which State she was born.
Oneida Co., N. Y., July 17, 18 17. His father, Jeremiah, Rice, was born in the same county 1n 1788, and was a farmer by occupation.
The mother of the subject of this notice, whose maiden name was Abigail Mitchell, was also a native of York State. After marriage, the parents resided in Oneida County until 1835. In the spring of that year they started West, with a team of horses and a covered wagon, containing the family and household goods. They drove through to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where they remained through the summer, and in the fall of the same year started on an overland journey for this State, arriving at Ottawa, La Salle County, where they spent the winter of that year. In the spring of 1836, they again started out and came to this county and located on the present site of Albany, where the father was one of the very earliest pioneers. He assisted in platting the village, built a frame house there from hewn timbers, and made all the boards, laths and shingles from oak timber. In 1837 he rented his property in Albany, and removed to Rock Island County, where he made a claim on section 33, Cordova Township, and when the land came into market, entered it. Immediately after making his claim, he located upon it and entered vigorously and energetically upon its improvement and cultivation, and on it he resided until the date of his death in 1842, his wife following him to the land of the hereafter ten years later.
The issue of their union was seven children, five of whom survive: Curtis M., subject of this biographical notice, resides in Cordova Township; Amelia is the wife of Captain A. M. George, residing in Garden Plain; De Witt, lives in Clinton Co., Iowa; Warren and Consider reside in Audubon Co., Iowa. Curtis M. Rice, subject of this biographical notice, was in his 18th year, when he came to this county,
in company with his parents, and the events of interests that happened in an early day in the history of the county are fresh in his memory. On attaining the age of 22 years, he went to Galena, where he remained for a period, and for three years following he was engaged in the lead mines in that vicinity, with the exception of the winter seasons, which he spent at home. He earned his money in the mines, with which he entered land in company with his father, and, retiring from the labors of the mines, entered upon the task of cultivating and improving his land.
He formed a matrimonial alliance in March, 1844, in Scott Co., Iowa, with Eliza Earl, a native of Pennsylvania, in which State she was born.
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