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Otto Garfield Rice 1913–1988 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Aug 1913

Birth Location: Clay City, Illinois

Death Date: 25 Dec 1988

Death Location: Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States of America

Father: Otto Rice

Mother: Bessie Emery

Spouse(s): Thelma Eakins

Children(s): Barbara Rice, Gerald Rice

Otto Garfield Rice was born in 1913 in Clay City, Illinois, the child of Otto Garfield Rice And Bessie Pearl Emery. In 1930, Otto Garfield Rice resided in Evansville, Evansville, Vanderburg, Indiana, USA. Otto Garfield Rice married Thelma Larene Eakins, and had children including Barbara Ann Rice, Gerald Wayne Rice. Otto Garfield Rice passed away in 1988 in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Otto Garfield Rice was born in 1913 in Clay City, Illinois, the child of Otto Garfield Rice And Bessie Pearl Emery.
  • In 1930, Otto Garfield Rice resided in Evansville, Evansville, Vanderburg, Indiana, USA.
  • Otto Garfield Rice married Thelma Larene Eakins, and had children including Barbara Ann Rice, Gerald Wayne Rice.
  • Otto Garfield Rice passed away in 1988 in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Otto Rice's Ancestors

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Otto Rice
1913–1988
Birth Place: Clay City, Illinois
Parents
Otto Garfield Rice
1881–1927
West Salem, Edwards, Illinois, USA
Bessie (Pearl) Emery
1886–1950
Clay City, Clay, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
Clayborne (Peter) Rice
1847–1900
Albion, Edwards, Illinois, United States
Delilah Simmons
1853–1943
Parkersburg, Richland, Illinois, USA
Ben Lewis
1865–
Illinois
Alice Nixon
1863–1952
Illinois, Illinois, USA
Great-Grandparents
Matthew Rice
1811–1900
Rice
1818–1865
Medad Simmons
1795–1870
Margaret Moore
1827–1858
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sylvanus Jr.
1769–1847
Rice
1775–1855
Henry Mills
1785–1854
Eleanor Cunningham
1792–1845
Stephen Simmons
1765–1835
Mabel Hunt
1762–1831
Alexander 50
1805–1870
Delilah Parker
1808–1861

Otto Rice's Descendants

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Otto (Garfield) Rice (30 Aug 1913–25 Dec 1988) m. Thelma (Larene) Eakins (03 Nov 1916–01 May 2003)
  1. 1. Barbara (Ann) Rice 1935–2016 m. Nelson (David Reynolds) Sr 1935–1998
  2. 2. Gerald (Wayne) Rice 1937–2011

Otto Rice's Timeline

3 Records

1913
30 Aug 1913
Birth of Otto Garfield Rice in Clay City, Illinois
Clay City, Illinois
1930
1930
Age 17
Otto Garfield Rice resided here in Evansville, Evansville, Vanderburg, Indiana, USA
Evansville, Evansville, Vanderburg, Indiana, USA
1988
25 Dec 1988
Age 75
Death of Otto Garfield Rice in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Aug 1913
    Event Place: Clay City, Illinois
    Record Source:
    [1] 1930 United States Federal Census
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Evansville, Evansville, Vanderburg, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1988
    Event Place: Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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