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Jesse Pettus Rice 1821–1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 October 1821

Birth Location: Lauderdale County, Alabama

Death Date: 12 February 1880

Death Location: Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA

Father: Nathaniel Rice

Mother: Harriet Pettus

Spouse(s): Susan Gresham

Children(s): John Rice, Thomas Rice, Benjamin Rice, Henry Rice, Harriet Rice, Winston Rice, Mary Rice, William Rice, Fanny Rice, Annie Rice

In 1821, Jesse Pettus Rice entered the world in Lauderdale County, Alabama, born to Nathaniel Nathan Rice And Harriet Grimes Pettus. In 1866, Jesse Pettus Rice resided in Lauderdale, Alabama. In 1870, Jesse Pettus Rice resided in Richmond, Ray, Missouri, USA. Jesse Pettus Rice married Susan Gresham, and had children including Annie Rice, Benjamin F Rice, Fanny Belle Rice, Harriet Jane Rice, Henry Manson Mance Rice, John Pierce Rice, Mary Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Horatio Rice, William I Rice, Winston Pettus Rice. Jesse Pettus Rice passed away in 1880 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1821, Jesse Pettus Rice entered the world in Lauderdale County, Alabama, born to Nathaniel Nathan Rice And Harriet Grimes Pettus.
  • In 1866, Jesse Pettus Rice resided in Lauderdale, Alabama.
  • In 1870, Jesse Pettus Rice resided in Richmond, Ray, Missouri, USA.
  • Jesse Pettus Rice married Susan Gresham, and had children including Annie Rice, Benjamin F Rice, Fanny Belle Rice, Harriet Jane Rice, Henry Manson Mance Rice, John Pierce Rice, Mary Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Horatio Rice, William I Rice, Winston Pettus Rice.
  • Jesse Pettus Rice passed away in 1880 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nathaniel Rice
1796–1870
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
NR
Harriet Pettus
1802–1883
Birth Location: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
HP

Spouses(s)

Susan Gresham
1829–1900
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
SG

Children(s)

John Rice
1852–1884
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
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Thomas Rice
1859–1940
Birth Location: Alabama
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Benjamin Rice
1854–1921
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
BR
Henry Rice
1869–1931
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
HR
Harriet Rice
1861–1923
Birth Location: Alabama
HR
Winston Rice
1850–1925
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
WR
Mary Rice
1857–1887
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
MR
William Rice
1874–1889
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
WR
Fanny Rice
1871–1964
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
FR
Annie Rice
1867–1933
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
AR

Jesse Rice's Ancestors

Self
Jesse Rice
1821–1880
Birth Place: Lauderdale County, Alabama
Parents
Nathaniel Nathan Rice
1796–1870
Kentucky, USA
Harriet (Grimes) Pettus
1802–1883
Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Francis (Richard) Rice
1740–1806
Amelie, Virginia, USA
Sarah Bryant
1766–1830
Virginia, USA
Horatio (Overton) Pettus
1775–1856
Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Mary (Stevens) Poindexter
1780–1846
Mecklenburg, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
John Pettus
1736–1799
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jesse Rice's Descendants

1.
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Jesse (Pettus) Rice (15 October 1821–12 February 1880) m. Susan Gresham (1 February 1829–10 September 1900)
  1. 1. John (Pierce) Rice 1852–1884 m. Sarah (Jane "Sallie") Sledge 1861–1935
    1. 1. James (Minton) Rice 1877–1904 m. Ida (Lee) Nicholson 1877–1936
      1. 1. Lennis (Rice) White 1904–1993 m. Osborne White 1897–1993
      2. 2. Lorraine (Rice) White 1905–1997
      3. 3. William (Austin) Rice 1900–1959
    2. 2. Ida (Payne) Rice 1879–1953 m. William (B) Bretherick 1875–1952
  2. 2. Thomas (Horatio) Rice 1859–1940 m. Susan (G.) Bottin 1878–
    1. 1. Ellis (Lee) Rice 1881–1961 m. Maud Young 1889–
      1. 1. Ruby (M) Griffin 1917–1993
      2. 2. Brunner (Lee) Rice 1913–1977
      3. 3. Elbert (Eugene) Rice 1920–1985
        1. 1. Donald (Gene) Rice 1944–1989
      4. 4. Claude (Turner) Rice 1907–1974
    2. 2. Norah Rice 1880–
    3. 3. Jesse (Clyde) Rice 1886–1947
      1. 1. Ruth Rice 1923–1987 m. Harden (Hillard) Hughes 1920–1994
        1. 1. Dennis (Craig) Hughes 1950–1978
        2. 2. John (Stephen) Hughes 1944–2000
        3. 3. Hugh (Michael) Hughes 1947–1999
      2. 2. Grady (Lee) Rice 1919–1943 m. Juanita Johnson 1923–
    4. 4. Benjamin (Coleman) Rice 1889–1923
  3. 3. Benjamin (F) Rice 1854–1921 m. Martha (Ann) Crow 1852–1893 m. Ida (Lee) Winborne 1871–1916
  4. 4. Henry (Manson "Mance") Rice 1869–1931
  5. 5. Harriet (Jane) Rice 1861–1923 m. Benjamin (Newton) Matthews 1855–1927
  6. 6. Winston (Pettus) Rice 1850–1925 m. Judith (Francis Angel) RICE 1852–1943
    1. 1. Hugh (L. Rice) Sr. 1888–1967 m. Mamie (Cornelia) Johnston 1898–1984
      1. 1. Maxine Rice 1926–1995
      2. 2. Hugh (L Rice) Jr 1916–2001 m. Eleanor (Virginia) Cliff 1922–2008
        1. 1. Diana (Lee) Rice 1943–1999
      3. 3. Wanda Rice 1922–2020 m. Walter (Glennn) Murphy 1917–2008
    2. 2. Susan (Missie) Rice 1874–1952 m. Robert (Charles) Smith 1864–1922
      1. 1. Alice (Claude) Smith 1911–1987 m. Lester (Allison) Davis 1915–1960
      2. 2. Ethel (Blanche Smith Grizzard) Clopton 1896–2001 m. Walton (Williamson) Grizzard 1891–1932
        1. 1. Evelyn Grizzard 1926–2009
      3. 3. Helen Smith 1918–2004 m. William (Lee) Young 1916–1998
      4. 4. Myrtle Smith 1903–1915
      5. 5. Alma Smith 1901–1992
      6. 6. William (Winston) Smith 1909–1984 m. Mattie (Lucille) Dewberry 1905–2003
      7. 7. Charles (Louie) Smith 1913–1957 m. Dorothy Smith 1913–2010
      8. 8. Eula Smith 1904–1982 m. James (Madison Peerson) Jr 1901–1952
        1. 1. James (M Peerson) Jr 1931–2001
      9. 9. Robert (Earl) Smith 1898–1963 m. Martha (O.) Smith 1903–1996
      10. 10. Annie (Ruth Smith) Dowling 1907–1981 m. Mack (David) Dowling 1904–1976
    3. 3. William (James) Rice 1879–1954 m. Cora (Lee) McKelvey 1886–1970
      1. 1. Allen (Rivers) Rice 1905–1979 m. Ruby (McPeters) Stanley 1908–1990 m. Mary Williams 1909–1942 m. Georgia Preston 1914–1979
      2. 2. Granville (Horace) Rice 1906–1980
      3. 3. William (Leverne) Rice 1908–1986 m. Nina A 1917–2002
      4. 4. James (Evans) Rice 1910–2001 m. Lucille Pruett 1912–2005
      5. 5. Claud (Lorender) Rice 1911–1916
      6. 6. Jesse (Winston) Rice 1913–2009 m. Charlotte (Elizabeth) Price 1924–2009
      7. 7. Paul Rice 1915–2015 m. Louise (Murphy) Rice 1918–2002
      8. 8. Pauline Rice 1918–2011 m. Millard (F) Howard 1926–2003
      9. 9. Annie (Lee) Rice 1921–2008
    4. 4. Alice (May) Rice 1892–1978 m. John (Louis) Stark 1893–
      1. 1. Agnes (Margurite) Stark 1920–1992 m. Elmer (Franklin) Alexander 1920–1958
      2. 2. Annie (Mae) Stark 1917–
    5. 5. John (Robert) Rice 1876–1947 m. Mary (Frances) Whitten 1883–1976
      1. 1. Mary (R.) Rice 1917–2011 m. William (Marvin) Clingan 1905–1989
      2. 2. Elizabeth Rice 1912–2000 m. Horace (E) Call 1910–1967
      3. 3. Elsie (Mae) Rice 1905–1984
      4. 4. Erline Rice 1908–2008
      5. 5. William (Winston) Rice 1909–1986
    6. 6. Claudia (Elizabeth) Rice 1881–1957 m. Robert (Lewis) Malone 1872–1944
      1. 1. Lena Malone 1903–1919
      2. 2. Frank (Mitchell) Malone 1905–1988
      3. 3. Clyde (Rice) Malone 1906–2000 m. Tassie (Mae) Wikinson 1914–2007
        1. 1. Marian (Jean) Malone 1937–2009
      4. 4. Frances (M) Malone 1909–2005
      5. 5. Robert (W) Malone 1920–2012
      6. 6. Mildred Malone 1916–2000
    7. 7. Hulet (Thomas Rice) Sr. 1884–1983 m. Rebecca (Ruth) Hall 1892–1957
      1. 1. Winston (Petway) Rice 1917–2007
      2. 2. Walter (Warren Rice) Sr 1918–2016 m. Marion (Mae) Anthony 1922–
      3. 3. Thomas (Hulet) Rice 1920–2004 m. Delores (Fredena) O'Neal 1928–2008
      4. 4. Faye (Ruth) Rice 1928–2009
      5. 5. Myrtle (Judith) Rice 1933–1933
      6. 6. Briggs Rice 1923–2015
      7. 7. Louis (Victor) Rice 1926–2018
    8. 8. Earley (H) Rice 1890–1892
  7. 7. Mary (Elizabeth) Rice 1857–1887 m. Robert (Taylor) Killen 1847–1926
    1. 1. Doctor (Duncan "Dock") Killen 1878–1957 m. Ruth (Jane) Davis 1878–1959
    2. 2. Susan (Polk "Susie") Killen 1879–1959 m. W. (D.) Davis 1880–
  8. 8. William (I) Rice 1874–1889
  9. 9. Fanny (Belle) Rice 1871–1964 m. Calvin (Willett Young) Sr 1874–1960
    1. 1. Lydia (Mae) Thigpen 1897–
  10. 10. Annie Rice 1867–1933 m. Calvin Swinea 1856–1937
    1. 1. Delia Swinea 1893–
    2. 2. Mary Swinea 1888–1945

Jesse Rice's Timeline

7 Records

1821
15 October 1821
Birth of Jesse Pettus Rice in Lauderdale County, Alabama
Lauderdale County, Alabama
1866
1866
Age 45
Jesse Pettus Rice resided here in Lauderdale, Alabama
Lauderdale, Alabama
1870
1870
Age 49
Jesse Pettus Rice resided here in Richmond, Ray, Missouri, USA
Richmond, Ray, Missouri, USA
1880
1880
Age 59
Jesse Pettus Rice resided here in Camden, Ray, Missouri, USA
Camden, Ray, Missouri, USA
1880
12 February 1880
Age 59
Death of Jesse Pettus Rice in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
1880
25 Jun 1880
Age 59
Jesse Pettus Rice - Probate in Morgan, West Virginia, USA
Morgan, West Virginia, USA
1898
28 Mar 1898
Age 77
Jesse Pettus Rice resided here in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
Lauderdale, Alabama, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 October 1821
    Event Place: Lauderdale County, Alabama
    Record Source:
    [1] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Camden, Ray, Missouri; Roll: 713; Family History Film: 1254713; Page: 405D; Enumeration District: 138; Image: 0311
    [2] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Richmond, Ray, Missouri; Roll: M593_803; Page: 536A; Image: 145960; Family History Library Film: 552302
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Alabama, Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1866
    Event Place: Lauderdale, Alabama
    Record Source: Alabama State Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Richmond, Ray, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Richmond, Ray, Missouri; Roll: M593_803; Page: 536A; Image: 145960; Family History Library Film: 552302

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Camden, Ray, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Camden, Ray, Missouri; Roll: 713; Family History Film: 1254713; Page: 405D; Enumeration District: 138; Image: 0311

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1880
    Event Place: Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Findagrave, Jesse Pettus Rice 12 Feb 1880

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 28 Mar 1898
    Event Place: Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
    Record Source: Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Reutz, Ephraim O. - Rice, Jule T.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 February 1880
    Event Place: Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, Administratorexecutor bonds, 1820-1930; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Morgan County); Probate Place: Morgan, West Virginia
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 25 Jun 1880
    Event Place: Morgan, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, Administratorexecutor bonds, 1820-1930; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Morgan County); Probate Place: Morgan, West Virginia
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