Balus C. Rice (Hopkins County, KY, farmer, pvt 50th Missouri Inf. (usa))
b. 1834-02-11 d. 1898-05-19
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.
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Bibliography
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.
Citation
Rice, Balus C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214284 (November 12, 2026).
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