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William Rice (Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer, brick mason, and poor house keeper)

b. 1834-10-16 d. 1912-10-29

Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer, brick mason, and poor house keeper. Kentucky native. Son of Daniel and Lena Rice. Married to Louisa Thornton Rice in Jessamine County, Kentucky, on November 11, 1854. Father of William D. Rice, Alfred Rice, and Newton Rice. Farmer in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Jessamine County in 1850. Brick mason in Jessamine County in 1860. Keeper of the poor house in Jessamine County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2, p. 51B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2, p. 71.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 1 p. 6.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 6, p. 107B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jessamine County, KY, July 1863, p. 20.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994042, Jessamine County Births.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 25367.

"William Rice (1834-1912r)," Find A Grave, Memorial 31862162, accessed January 4, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31862162.

Citation

Rice, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199436 (November 12, 2026).

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