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By Trent Catlett
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The majority of this collection features the genealogical records of the Rice family and other collateral family lines including the Turner and Kennedy families. This collection also contains publications, information, and applications from the Daughters of the American Revolution. Correspondence ranges from debates about different topics to discussions about ancestors. Also includes two books by H. H. Brock titled "Genealogies of our Boggs, Cornelison, Ellison, and Brock Kin" and "Lines to Kith and Kin". This collection also has records of the Rice Family Reunion with all the names of the people who attended.
Collection Historical Note
Fountain Rice (1844-1921), son of Fountain and Malinda Frances Boggs Rice, married Ede Francis (1847-1920), daughter of Thomas and Mary Frances, in 1865. Rice was a farmer in the southern part of Madison County, Kentucky and attended Hays Fork Baptist Church. Several of his daughters were members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and their interest in genealogy is represented in the collection. Fountain and Ede had 16 children, including the following:
Thomas (1866-1923)
Fountain (1867-1930)
Edna (1868-1957)
Lewis B. (1872-1893)
Ethel M. (1875-1903)
Lucy Rebecca (1877-1958)
Ede (1879-1968)
Charles Dobbs (1881-1929)
Alma (1884-1973) married George Nicholas Bascom
Margarette (1885-1974) married Hugh W. Mason
Jim (1889-1892)
Annie B. (1890-1892)
Jessie A. (1893-1968)
Jane (1895-1989), married Jesse Charles Hazzard
Most of their children moved to other parts of the country, but many were buried in the Rice lot in the Richmond Cemetery.
Subject/Index Terms
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234013924681
- Folder 1: Anniversary Poem, 1918
- Contains a typed poem written by Fountain Rice Sr. for his 50th anniversary.
- Folder 2: The Barnes Mill Road
- By Jerre B. Noland.
- Folder 3: Bible Record, 1883
- Contains a page from a Bible that has handwritten notes in it. This Bible belongs to someone in the Rice family, Edna Rice was married to Will on May 5th, 1889. Annie Black Rice died on Oct. 7th, 1892, Jim Rice died on Dec. 27th, 1892, and Lewis Blackwell Rice died on Aug. 11th, 1893.
- Folder 4: Bill of Sale of Estate, 1863
- Contains a handwritten document about James Rice's estate on August 20th, 1863.
- Folder 5: DAR Information and Applications
- Contains different handwritten, typed, and other documents that discuss information about the DAR and also applications for the DAR. Membership application and documentation for Josaphine Rice Goff, Annie H. Walker, Alma Rice Bascom, and Mary Jane Rice.
- Folder 6: DAR Publications
- Contains different yearbooks and programs from the Boonesborough and Lexington DAR chapters.
- Folder 7: Diary, 1888
- The diary of a young student documenting their days at school and at home.
- Folder 8: EKU Class Reunion Programs, 1907-1910
- Folder 9: Family Papers
- Contains different handwritten documents concerning the family's history. Correspondents includes George W. Harlan, Ella B. Helm, Edna K. Rice, Sydney Ray White, Ruth Gruffett, and D.L. Pulliam.
- Folder 10: Guardian Bonds for the Children of Silas Rice, 1870
- Two documents from Randolph County, MO and named children are James R., William, Bettie, John R. and Annie Rice.
- Folder 11: Genealogy Papers
- Contains the Rice family genealogy papers and family charts, with letters written from and to the Rice family.
- Folder 12: Genealogy Papers
- Contains a Robert English pedigree chart, John William Francis, the Rice family, Thomas Howard.
- Folder 13: Georgetown College Citations
- Contains a program from Georgetown, certificates from Georgetown, and a citation.
- Folder 14: Hays Fork Church-History
- Folder 15: Kennedy-Turner Families, 1947
- A typed document about the history of the Kennedy-Turner families.
- Folder 16: Letters, 1844-1932
- Contains different handwritten letters. The subject of these letters ranges from having to deal with agreements made between the Rice family and other families, to different marriage records.
- Folder 17: Family History Notes
- Contains different documents, a notebook, and scanned papers with different dates.
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