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About Moses Milton Rice
GEDCOM Note
1850-age listed 33. 1850-Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
1860-age listed 43. 1860-Farmer. 1860-net worth $2,400. 1860-Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
1880-age listed 63. 1880-Farmer. 1880-Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Muhlenberg Co.
MOSES M. RICE, Muhlenburgh [sic] County, was born March 8, 1817, where he now resides. He is the tenth of six boys and girls, born to Ezekiel and Ann (Watkins) Rice, natives of Virginia, and of English descent. Ezekiel was a son of William Rice, who was a gunsmith and blacksmith, and repaired guns during the Revolution; he moved with his family to Washington County, Ky., in 1784; thence to Muhlenburgh in 1810, where on their first coming they lived in forts. Ezekiel Rice was a soldier under Gen. Wayne about 1794. He died in 1847, aged seventy-five years. Moses M. [apparently line missing] and reared on a farm, and lived with his parents until their death; his mother died in 1836, aged fifty years. Mr. Rice has followed farming all his life, and is the owner of 200 acres of land in good condition. He was married in November, 1844, to Sarah A. Drake, of Muhlenburgh County, a daughter of Moses E. and Lurana (Wills) Drake, natives of North Carolina, and of English descent. To this union were born nine children: John M., Ann L. (Faghender), Ezekiel C., in Illinois; Francis P. (deceased), Susan M. (Martin), James J., Benjamin M., Jane R. and Sarah E. (twins). Mrs. Rice died in January, 1873, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Rice next married in April,1876, Ruth A. Drake; she died in October, 1880, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Moses Milton Rice's Timeline
1817 |
March 8, 1817
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Muhlenberg County,Kentucky
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1846 |
August 17, 1846
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Muhlenberg County,Kentucky
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1848 |
1848
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Muhlenberg County,Kentucky
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1850 |
April 1850
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Muhlenberg County,Kentucky
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1856 |
1856
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Muhlenberg County,Kentucky
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1858 |
July 16, 1858
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Muhlenberg County,Kentucky
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1861 |
April 1861
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Muhlenberg County,Kentucky
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1864 |
January 30, 1864
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Muhlenberg County,Kentucky
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January 30, 1864
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Muhlenberg County,Kentucky
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