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James W Rice

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Birthplace: Georgia, United States
Death: March 03, 1889 (79)
Cobb County, Georgia, United States
Place of Burial: Powder Springs, Cobb County, Georgia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William H Rice and Rachel Rice
Husband of Ellender Rice and Sara T Rice
Father of Benjamin J Rice; Francis Marion Rice; Nancy Rice; Monroe Benjamin Rice; Issac Appling Rice and 5 others
Brother of Edmund Rice; Thomas Rice; Mary Polly Rice; John Bailey Rice; William Rice and 3 others

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About James W Rice

Born in Georgia the son of William and Rachael Rice. A farmer all of his life he married first to Ellen Sparks January 21, 1830 in Newton County, GA. Together they were eleven siblings. 1) Nancy Rice b: 1831 in Newton County 2) Benjamin Rice b; Oct. 11, 1832 in Newton County 3) Francis Marion Rice b: Jan. 19, 1836 in Newton County 4) Appling Rice b: 1839 in Newton County 5) John Rice b: 1841 in Newton County 6) Sanford Rice b: 1843 in Newton County 7) Lougenia Rice b: 1845 in Newton County 8) James Riley Rice b: 1847 in Newton County 9) Georgianne Rice b: 1849 in Newton County 10) Elia E. Rice b: Mar. 6, 1851 in Powder Springs, Cobb County 11) Ellen Jane Rice b: Jul. 18, 1854 in Powder Springs, Cobb County After the death of Ellen in January of 1866 James married a second time, Sarah T. Jones on May 20, 1866 in Cobb County. Together they were to have four siblings. 1) Yancy W. Rice b: Sep. 5, 1867 in Cobb County 2) Monroe B. Rice 1868 b; in Cobb County 3) Lucy Ellender Rice b: Feb. 13, 1871 in Powder Springs Cobb County 4) Earley W. Rice b: May 1874 in Cobb County

1840, living immediately adjacent mother-in-law, Nancy Sparks

Company G 7th Georgia Infantry (State Guards) Rice, James – Private — Enlisted: Powder Springs, August 1, 1863 Muster Roll for December to January shows him present. Term of service having expired this company is this day disbanded. January 31, 1864.

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James W Rice's Timeline

1810
January 16, 1810
Georgia, United States
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October 11, 1832
Newton, Baker County, GA, United States
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January 19, 1836
Newton County, GA, United States
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