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William DeForest Rice 1857 – 1891 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Apr 1857

Birth Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 10 Feb 1891

Death Location: Telluride, Colorado, USA

Father: Horace Rice

Mother: Elizabeth Tiffany

Spouse(s): Mary Follett

Children(s): Louise Rice

According to available records, William DeForest Rice was born in 1857 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Horace Makeel Rice and Elizabeth Betsy Norris Tiffany. Following those early years, William DeForest Rice married Mary Emma Follett, and their family grew to include Louise Rice. In the later years of life, William DeForest Rice died in 1891 in Telluride, Colorado, USA.

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Parents

Horace Rice
1825 – 1910
Birth Location: Providence, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Elizabeth Tiffany
1830 – 1873
Birth Location: Brooklyn, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States
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Spouses(s)

Mary Follett
1855 – 1949
Birth Location: Binghamton, New York, USA
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Children(s)

Louise Rice
1889 – 1918
Birth Location: Colorado
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 Apr 1857
    Event Place: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Ruby City, Gunnison, Colorado; Roll: 90; Family History Film: 1254090; Page: 168A; Enumeration District: 057; Image: 0718., Year: 1870; Census Place: Binghamton Ward 4, Broome, New York; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: ., Year: 1860; Census Place: Scranton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 1066; Image: 527.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Scranton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Scranton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 1066; Image: 527.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Binghamton Ward 4, Broome, New York, United States
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Binghamton Ward 4, Broome, New York; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Ruby City, Gunnison, Colorado, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Ruby City, Gunnison, Colorado; Roll: 90; Family History Film: 1254090; Page: 168A; Enumeration District: 057; Image: 0718.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 Feb 1891
    Event Place: Telluride, Colorado, USA

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