Balus C. Rice

Birth Date

1834-02-11

Death Date

1898-05-19

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John C. Rice and Jane Rice. Married to Melissa F. Rice. Father of John R. Rice and Lewis S. Rice. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 50th Regiment Missouri Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 108A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 785.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M405, Roll 0804.
"Balus C. Rice (1834-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial #134396943, accessed January 20, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134396943.

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