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John Rice

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John Rice Veteran

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
25 Dec 1894 (aged 74)
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Strum, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 2, Row 13
Memorial ID
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Son of Jacob Rice 1791-1848 and Katharine Higbee 1793-1839
Married Cynthia Woodard Rice, 1840, moved to Cross Plains, WI area approx 1850
Children: Thadeus 1841, Delilah Rice Jones 1843, Mary E. Rice Jones 1844, Martha Ann Rice Smith 1847, James W. 1849, William Curtis 1852, Sarah Jane 1854, John F. 1856, Rowena Rice 1861, George Washington Rice 1862
He was one of 12 Civil War veterans buried in Hamlin Cemetery. His brother Obadiah, also buried in Hamlin was also a Civil War Vet. The Rice's originally started the cemetery as a family lot and then agreed to let it be used for public use about 1866 when Thankful Jones was first public burial there.

Son of Jacob Rice 1791-1848 and Katharine Higbee 1793-1839
Married Cynthia Woodard Rice, 1840, moved to Cross Plains, WI area approx 1850
Children: Thadeus 1841, Delilah Rice Jones 1843, Mary E. Rice Jones 1844, Martha Ann Rice Smith 1847, James W. 1849, William Curtis 1852, Sarah Jane 1854, John F. 1856, Rowena Rice 1861, George Washington Rice 1862
He was one of 12 Civil War veterans buried in Hamlin Cemetery. His brother Obadiah, also buried in Hamlin was also a Civil War Vet. The Rice's originally started the cemetery as a family lot and then agreed to let it be used for public use about 1866 when Thankful Jones was first public burial there.



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  • Created by: VAH
  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8655171/john-rice: accessed ), memorial page for John Rice (3 May 1820–25 Dec 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8655171, citing Hamlin Cemetery, Strum, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by VAH (contributor 46612966).