Edward Rice (b. 1844)

RICE, RAWSIB

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 9/21/2002 at 14:07:27

Rice, Edward, banker, Brush Creek (Fairfield township); born in Chautauqua Co., NY, Aug. 30, 1844, and in 1858, with his parents, he emigrated to and settled in this township, where he married Emma D. Rawson Jan. 5, 1863; she was born in Lake Co., Ohio Jan. 5, 1845. Mr. Rice followed farming until March 6, 1876, when he, with his brother-in-law, Mr. Rawson, opened their bank in this place. Elmer E., born June 24, 1865; Susan C., born Sept. 6, 1870; and Mira E., born March 24, 1876, are the names and date of birth of their living children; two children deceased --- one died quite young; Luther, born Sept. 6, 1868, was drowned in Brush Creek July 12, 1876 by a wave which swept him from the wagon and carried him into the water, and before help could reach him, life had expired.

Page 613 & 614, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"