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Generation by Generation ~ Century by Century
VOL. 2, NO. 22 December 14, 2009 |
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Two More Rice Civil War Generals
Branch Climbers:
~This "Mini Mart" Wasn't for Shopping
~ Burned by
"Damned Rebels"
~ Bows and "Knotts"
Untangling South Carolina Rice Lines
Southern Family Trees:
Benjamin Rice: From Virginia to Kentucky
Miscellaneous Notes for Rice Families
in Maine
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Two More Rice Civil War Generals
Rice Brothers Both Became Generals
PROFILE:
Civil War Gen. Elliott Warren Rice
Elliott Warren Rice (1835-1887) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded an infantry brigade during the pivotal Atlanta Campaign in the summer of 1864.
Rice was born in Allegany City, Pennsylvania, the son of Allen and Melinda (Chapman) Rice.
His father, Allen Briggs Rice (1785-1864), was born at Glastonbury, Connecticut, but had also lived in Cattaraugus Co., NY, and McKean Co., Pennsylvania. Allen was the son of Eliphalet and Mary (Nichols) Rice and grandson of John and Mary (Eastman) of Woodstock in Windham Co., CT. Although John Rice (1692-1771) was born in Woodstock, his parents, Samuel and Rebecca (Mills) Rice, were both from Dedham, Massachusetts. This Samuel Rice (1657-1711) was a son of the immigrant, John Rice, who came to Dedham from England and in 1649 married Ann Hackley at Dedham. (John has been said to be a son of Edmund-1 Rice, but the Edmund Rice Association claims there is no evidence to support such a conclusion.)
Allen Rice moved his family to Belmont, Ohio, when Elliott Rice was an infant. He was schooled in Wheeling, West Virginia (then Virginia), and Franklin College in Athens, Ohio. In 1855, he moved to Oskaloosa, Iowa, to study law under his brother, Samuel Allen Rice, and graduated from the University of Albany Law School in 1858. He practiced law in Oskaloosa with Samuel until the Civil War broke out.
On July 24, 1861, Elliott Rice joined the 7th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a corporal. He was promoted to major a month later, fought at the Battle of Belmont in November, and became regimental commander when his superiors became incapacitated. There he received the first of seven war wounds. He next participated in the campaigns to capture Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and in the Battle of Shiloh, when he was promoted to colonel.
Col. Rice fought in the Battle of Corinth and with his men protected the Memphis & Charleston Railroad.
As a brigade commander in the Atlanta Campaign in 1864, he fought at Resaca, New Hope Church, and Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. He was promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on June 22, 1864, leading the 2nd Division. He participated in the Siege of Atlanta, and then transferred to the XV Corps, where he served through the March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign. He was appointed to the brevet rank of major general for war service dating from March 13, 1865.
After the war, Gen. Rice practiced law in Washington D.C., until returning to his sister's home in Sioux City, Iowa, where he remained until his death. He is interred at Floyd Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. (Another source says he is buried at Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa, Iowa.)
Civil War Gen. Samuel Allen Rice
Samuel Allen Rice (1828-1864) led the way for his younger brother, Elliott Warren Rice, who is featured in the above story...that is, until he did not return from the Civil War.
Samuel was the first to become a lawyer, then the first to become a general.
Rice was born in Cattaraugus Co., New York. He lived in Mahaska County, Iowa, where he practiced law, was county attorney, and became Iowa's State Attorney General before he reached age 30.
Rice started out in the American Civil War as a colonel in Iowa's 33rd regiment. He opened the Yazoo River for navigation and commanded the second brigade, 13th Division, XIII Corps at Helena, Arkansas. In August of 1863, Rice was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers.
On April 30, 1864 at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas, Gen. Rice was mortally wounded. He died at Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, July 6, 1864 and was interred at Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Gen. Rice was survived by his wife, the former Louisa M. Alexander, and their children, James, Emery, Frank and Nettie Rice, the oldest not yet 10 years old and the youngest a toddler.
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FOR FELLOW ROOT DIGGERS
& BRANCH CLIMBERS
A researcher at the Iowa GenealogicalSociety came across her mother's uncle, David Judd, and only knowing his wife's first name, Minnie, went to the family's page listed in the Index of Lucas County. There was quite a biography on Minnie's father, Elijah Mart. Now, how many people do you know that have a Minnie MART on a branch of their family tree!
The Sioux Valley News was published in Correctionville, Iowa during the early 1900s. In its July 9, 1903 edition an old document found in Woodbury County Records is published. It says:
"This deed is made in place of a deed executed by and between the same parties for the same property in 1859, which had never been recorded and was burned in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on July 30, 1863, by the Damned Rebels."
A Canadian researcher's mother always joked about her grandparents, Ernest Frederick William Knott and Mary Amelia Emma Maude Bow. She always thought it was cute that a BOW turned into a KNOTT.
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UNTANGLING SOUTH CAROLINA RICE LINES
Old Pendleton District
Following Rice family migrations from Virginia through the Carolinas, then to points south and west, has presented a challenge to several generation of their descendants.
One bar to easy research is the way the early South Carolina districts and counties kept being renamed and reapportioned, with records for the same geograpical locales being switched from one jurisdiction to another.
FIRST: THE OLD PENDLETON DISTRICT
Here is a brief jurisdictional history of a part of South Carolina where many of the earliest Rices lived. Pendleton existed as a county or a district between 1789 and 1826.
During the colonial era, South Carolina coastal areas had been divided into parishes corresponding to the parishes of the Church of England. There were also counties with judicial functions. As people settled the backcountry, judicial districts and additional counties were formed. This structure continued and grew after the Revolutionary War. In 1800, all counties were renamed as districts. In 1868, the districts were converted back to counties. The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has maps that show the boundaries of counties, districts, and parishes starting in 1682.
Pendleton County was created March 7, 1789, from former Indian lands. It included the current Anderson and Pickens counties and all but about 70 square miles along the Chattooga River of Oconee County. The land along the Chattooga belonged to the Cherokee and Creek Indians. To further complicate things, Pendleton County was attached to Abbeville.
Almost two years later, Pendleton County became part of the new Washington District, which also included most of Greenville County. Then, effective Jan. 1, 1800, the Washington District was disbanded. Pendleton County and Greenville County were renamed as districts.
At the end of 1816, Pendleton District gained the Indian lands along the Chattooga. Next, on Dec. 20, 1826, the Pendleton District was abolished and replaced by Anderson and Pickens Districts. Pickens District incorporated both the current Pickens and Oconee Counties.
The court house and jail for Pendleton District were in Pendleton, South Carolina. When the district was dissolved, its second court house was under construction; it still stands on the square in the Pendleton Historic District.
This frequent changing of nomenclature and shifting jurisdictional boundaries makes genealogical heads swim.
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PART 1
Amaziah Rice was appointed "additional executor" of will of "his friend" Levi Clinkscales (1790-1843) of Anderson District, SC. Amaziah was also a witness to the will of Levi's wife, the former Mary (Polly) Rice, who was his sister. The family ties are even closer. Amaziah--also known as Rev. Amaziah Rice--was married to Sallie Clinkscales, who was born in 1800 and was Levi's sister. Sallie died 15 Feb. 1868 in Belton, Anderson Co., SC. She and Amaziah Rice are buried in the Rice Cemetery in Belton. (So, Levi Clinkscales and sister Sallie married Amaziah Rice and his sister Mary/Polly.)
Amaziah may have had wives both before and after Sallie. His 1873 will was probated in 1878 (Abnderson Co., SC Bk 3, pg 644-648. It names these children and more data on them is available in this source's Clinkscales genealogy.
Addison E. Rice
Elizabeth (Rice) Gassaway
Sarah Clinkscales (Rice) Cheatham
Mary E. "Polly" (Rice) Ranson
James F. Rice (deceased)
Margaret Caroline Louise (Rice) Hall (deceased)
Ann C. Rice (Ann and Rachel received a 300-acre tract adjoining father's
Rachael A. Rice land on Belton Rd; were still unmarried.)
NOTE: Vol. 15, No. 3 (March, 2001) of the Old Pendleton District Newsletter, which can be found online, gives a genealogy of the descendants of Francis Clinkscales (1760-1838), who came to Anderson District, SC, from Pittsylvania Co., VA. It has the following about the wife of Levi Clinkscales:
Mary "Polly" RICE (daughter of Hezekiah RICE and Mary "Polly" SMITH) died in July 1867 in Anderson District, SC. She was born ca. 1791 in Pendleton District Anderson SC. Will: 2 March 1866 Prob 5 Aug 1867 Anderson Co SC Bk3 pg 273-275.
NOTE: Both the Clinkscales and Rice families named children Ibzan, Hezekiah, Amaziah, Fleetwood and Leftwich. A contact person for info on the Clinkscales is Linda G. Cheek, 247 Cross Hill Rd., Easley, SC 29640 LGCheek@aol.com
The Descendants of Thomas Rice and Ann Marcy Hewes of Hanover County, Virginia, by Jerry O. Williams, was donated to the Clayton Room of the Old Pendleton Genealogical Society in 2005 by the author, who lives in Alcoa, TN. It is a 142-page paperback. jerryow@aol.com
Married on Tuesday the 4th inst. by the Rev. S. Vandiver, Mr. Hezekiah Rice to Miss Jane Todd, both of Anderson District. (Dec. 10, 1828)
Hezekiah Rice was, in 1800, connected with the Big Creek Baptist Church, which had been formed in 1788 and was located about three miles from Williamston, SC.
Hezekiah Rice was an executor of the will of Thomas Crayton of Greenville District, SC; will dated 29 April 1815 and probated June 23, 1824.
Anderson Gazette, April 30, 1847
OBITUARY: MRS. JANE RICE---died at her residence near this village on the 16th inst. after an illness of three days, relict of Mr. Hezekian Rice Jr., deceased, in the 40th year of her age. A member of the Presbyterian Church. A little more than eleven years ago after becoming the mother of five interesting children she was bereft of a kind husband by the hand of death and had the care of a young and helpless family.
DEAD: IBZAN J. RICE: Recent intelligence from Kansas brings us the melancholy tidings of the death of Ibzan J. Rice, Esq., formerly of Anderson District, SC. His death was caused by a fall, he surviving the accident about two hours. Mr. Rice was the Editor of the Southern Rights Advocate for several years and more recently of the Leavenworth Journal in Kansas. He was a young man of more than ordinary talent, devoted in his friendship, with flattering prospects before him. Keowee Courier, Saturday, 24 Oct. 1857.
(More of these records will be given in our next issue.)
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SOUTHERN FAMILY TREES
Benjamin Rice: From Virginia to Kentucky
Benjamin B. Rice was born 15 Nov. 1790 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia, a son of William B. and Rebecca (Ellington) Rice. On 17 Oct. 1820, Benjamin married Eliza Bryan; she was born ca. 1799. Their children:
- William B. Rice, born 15 July 1821; lived in Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
- Clementine D. Rice, born in October of 1822; lived in Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
- Lucinda Rice, born 4 Sept. 1824; lived in Casey Co., Kentucky
- Sophia W. Rice, born 22 July 1826; lived in Montgomery Co., Kentucky
- David M. Rice, born 14 April 1828, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
- John G. Rice, born 5 Feb. 1830, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
 The above information was compiled in the 1960s by Archibald Bennett of Salt Lake City, Utah, and submitted as a family group sheet to the Utah Genealogical Society in Salt Lake City.
Mr. Bennett lists as his sources a pension application, as well as the family record of William B. Rice. (See the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 21.)
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Miscellaneous Notes for Maine Rice Families
Rice Marriage in Sangerville
Daniel Rice of Guilford, Maine, and Miss Sarah J. Bishop of Sangerville, Maine, were married at Sangerville by the Rev. Samuel Ambrose, March 30, 1845. (SOURCE: Early Marriages in Sangerville, p. 175)
Rice Family in Guilford, Maine
Daniel Rice, born in Scarborough, July 19th, 1787
Mary (Lufkin), his wife, born in North Yarmouth, September 11, 1782
CHILDREN
Asa Lufkin Rice, born in ________, April 1st, 1813
Abigail Rice, born in Guilford, March 15th, 1815
Mary Rice, Jun'r, born in Guilford, December 28th, 1816
James Rice, born in Guilford, November 29th, 1818
Daniel Rice, Jun'r, born in Guilford, October 5th, 1820
Nathaniel Rice, born in Guilford, April 14th, 1822
Levi York Rice, born in Guilford, September 5th, 1824
Rufus Rice, born in Guilford, April 14th, 1827
Calvin Rice, born in Guilford, July 28th, 1829
Calvin Rice, (2nd of the name) born in Guilford, April 19th, 1833
Eliza F. Rice, born in Guilford, January 8th, 1837
[SOURCE: Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Aug., 1916), p. 170]
EDITOR'S NOTE: Nancy N. Fitch of Rt. 2, Pine Point Rd., St. Cloud, MN, was looking for this family in the late 1980s.
Civil War Soldiers from Ellsworth, Maine
W. H. Rice enlisted for Civil War duty at Ellsworth in Hancock County, and was made Second Lieutenant of Company G., Eleventh Regiment. He participated in all the actions of his regiment until he was wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks in Virginia. At the time of the battle Rice and several other men of the 11th were in the hospital. As the fight warmed up, Rice reportedly exclaimed: "Boys, all who can hold up their heads, follow me," then shouldered a musket and led them all back to the regiment, where they put up a gallant fight.
After firing 17 rounds, Rice was severely wounded, fell on the battlefield and was carried off. While hospitalized, he was promoted to First Lieutenant "for his gallant conduct in the late battle." He died July 1, 1862 from his wounds and complications brought on by exposure and consumption. His body was embalmed and sent back to Ellsworth, where a public funeral was held. (Elsewhere this same source says he was wounded May 31 at Richmond and died in the hospital June 18th.)
Col. James S. Rice was also from Ellsworth and William Rice served from nearby Searsport.
(SOURCE: Eastern Maine and the Rebellion, by R. H. Stanley and Geo. O. Hall (1887: Bangor, Maine)
Bangor Businesses in 1851
The 1851 City Directory for Bangor, Maine, has the following Rice entries:
RICE, M. G., butcher, Kenduskeag Market next to M. E. Rice.
RICE, Mathias E., provisions, Kenduskeag Market, Court Street.
RICE, Thomas (P. Hodgman & Co.), Portland & Boston Express, Smith's Block, Ohio
Street.
RICE, John A. (Stetson & Co.) Merchant Exchange, next to T. Rice.
RICE, Cyrus C., machinist at Hinckley & Egery, Kenduskeag Ave.
Subscribers to New Map of Maine
A new map of Maine in the 1860s was financed by subscribers who were listed in a business directory, which also contained ads placed by some of them. Here are the Rices who were listed:
Alden Rice and Greenleaf Rice, farmers, Farmingdale; W. A. Rice, salt manufacturer, and John Rice, farmer, both of Gorham.
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