Muhlenberg County Kentucky

Old Muhlenberg Map

Cemetery Records

Rice Cemetery

Notes

  1. Hammers, Marian G. “Rice Cemetery.” Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries. Vol. 4. Madisonville, KY: Marian G. Hammers, 1980. 64.
  2. Hammers 4:64.
  3. Kentucky Death Certificate 27993: Mrs. Mollie Boggess. Place of burial: Rice B.G.
  4. Kentucky Death Certificate 27993: Mrs. Mollie Boggess. Place of burial: Rice B.G.
  5. Muhlenberg County Kentucky Marriage Book 8, pages 259-260.
  6. 1850 U.S. census, Todd Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 2, p. 246a stamped, dwell. 17, fam. 17, Boswell Carneal.
  7. Hammers 4:64. See entry for Nancy J. Boggess, this cemetery.
  8. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, page 149, no. 1413: Robert Boggess to Nancy J. Rice, 13 Sept 1859. See also Muhlenberg Marriage Book 3, page 299.
  9. 1850 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 1, p. 224a stamped, dwell. 712, fam. 217, Thos. J. Rice.
  10. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, page 5, no. 64: Thomas J. Rice to Susan M. Weir, 14 Feb 1838.
  11. Hammers 4:64. See entry for Nannie Boggess, this cemetery.
  12. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, page 149, no. 1413: Robert Boggess to Nancy J. Rice, 13 Sept 1859. See also Muhlenberg Marriage Book 3, page 299.
  13. 1850 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 1, p. 224a stamped, dwell. 712, fam. 217, Thos. J. Rice.
  14. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, page 5, no. 64: Thomas J. Rice to Susan M. Weir, 14 Feb 1838.
  15. Hammers 4:64.
  16. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, page 149, no. 1413: Robert Boggess to Nancy J. Rice, 13 Sept 1859. See also Muhlenberg Marriage Book 3, page 299.
  17. Muhlenberg County Kentucky Marriage Book 8, pages 259-260.
  18. Muhlenberg Marriage Reigster Book 1, page 9, no. 126: Robt. Boggus to Rosanna Runnalds, 6 Feb 1809.
  19. 1850 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 1, p. 178b stamped, dwell. 58, fam. 58, Robert H. Boggess.
  20. See image, this entry.
  21. Hammers 4:64. Hammers suggests the three burials [Ann R. Faughender, M.M. Faughender, W.G. Faughender] are recorded on one stone. They're actually three separate stones around a central, large plot stone. See entry for Faughender [no given name], this cemetery.
  22. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 6, pages 157-158.
  23. Kentucky Death Certificate 2333: Ann Lurena Faughender. Place of burial: Rice Grave Yard. See also her obituary. See entries for Moses M. Rice & Sarah A. Rice, this cemetery.
  24. Hammers 4:64.
  25. 1880 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., ED 137, p. 122a stamped, dwell. 15, fam. 15, William G. Faughender.
  26. 1880 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., ED 137, p. 122a stamped, dwell. 15, fam. 15, William G. Faughender. See entries for Ann R. Faughender and W.G. Faughender, this cemetery.
  27. Hammers 4:64. Hammers suggests the three burials [Ann R. Faughender, M.M. Faughender, W.G. Faughender] are recorded on one stone. They're actually three separate stones around a central, large plot stone. See entry for Faughender [no given name], this cemetery.
  28. 1880 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., ED 137, p. 122a stamped, dwell. 15, fam. 15, William G. Faughender.
  29. Kentucky Death Certificate 24425: M.M. Faughender. Place of burial: Muhlenberg Co., near Greenville, Ky.
  30. “Ann Lurena Faughender obituary.” The Greenville Leader [Greenville, KY], 3 Feb 1928.
  31. Kentucky Death Certificate 24425: M.M. Faughender. Place of burial: Muhlenberg Co., near Greenville, Ky.
  32. Hammers 4:64. Hammers suggests the three burials [Ann R. Faughender, M.M. Faughender, W.G. Faughender] are recorded on one stone. They're actually three separate stones around a central, large plot stone. See entry for Faughender [no given name], this cemetery.
  33. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 6, pages 157-158.
  34. Kentucky Death Certificate 23637: William Gray Faughender. Place of burial: Rice Grave Yard.
  35. Hammers 4:64.
  36. Kentucky Death Certificate 2455: John Oliver Phillips. Place of burial: Rice Grave Yard.
  37. Kentucky Death Certificate 28247: J. Homer Phillips. Son of John Phillips & Nelia Moore.
  38. Hammers, Marian G. Hopkins County, KY Marriage Records No. 2, 1869-1900. Madisonville, KY: Marian G. Hammers, 1967. 94: J.O. Philips to Becca A. Pendley, Apr. 27, 1879.
  39. Kentucky Death Certificate 3945: Elvira Williams Phillips. Place of burial: Vernal Grove.
  40. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 31, pages 208-209.
  41. Kentucky Death Certificate 2455: John Oliver Phillips. Place of burial: Rice Grave Yard.
  42. Hammers 4:64.
  43. Hammers, Marian G. Hopkins County, KY Marriage Records No. 2, 1869-1900. Madisonville, KY: Marian G. Hammers, 1967. 94: J.O. Philips to Becca A. Pendley, Apr. 27, 1879.
  44. Kentucky State Vital Statistics, Todd County Kentucky, 1855 Births: R.A. Pendley, born 10 March to B. Pendley & Ms. Baucum.
  45. 1860 U.S. census, Hopkins Co., KY, pop. sch., p. 793 [stamped, 204 written], dwell. 1392, fam. 1392, Ben Pendley.
  46. 1860 U.S. census, Hopkins Co., KY, pop. sch., p. 793 [stamped, 204 written], dwell. 1392, fam. 1392, Ben Pendley.
  47. Kentucky State Vital Statistics, Todd County Kentucky, 1855 Births: R.A. Pendley, born 10 March to B. Pendley & Ms. Baucum.
  48. Kentucky Vital Statistics, Muhlenberg County, 1904 Deaths: Rebecca Phillips, age 48, died 2 Apr 1904 of consumption at Bancroft. Name of parents: Pendley.
  49. Hammers 4:64.
  50. Kentucky Vital Statistics, Muhlenberg County, 1855 Births.
  51. Hammers 4:64.
  52. See the entries for J.M. Rice & M.A. Rice, this cemetery.
  53. Hammers 4:64.
  54. “Samuel E. Rice to Mary S. Grigsby, 17 Aug 1869, Mississippi Co., Missouri.” Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002. Ancestry.com. 2007. Web. Accessed 6 Mar 2017. Samuel Ezekiel Rice was the son of Thomas Jefferson Rice and Susan M. Weir. See Kentucky Death Certificate 25811: Samuel Ezekiel Rice.
  55. Hammers 4:64.
  56. “Samuel E. Rice to Mary S. Grigsby, 17 Aug 1869, Mississippi Co., Missouri.” Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002. Ancestry.com. 2007. Web. Accessed 6 Mar 2017. Samuel Ezekiel Rice was the son of Thomas Jefferson Rice and Susan M. Weir. See Kentucky Death Certificate 25811: Samuel Ezekiel Rice.
  57. Hammers 4:64.
  58. Davidson, Marie Arrington. Marriage Records of Washington County, Kentucky, 1792-1809. Twin Falls, ID: Marie Arrington Davidson, 1972. 44: Ezekiel Rice to Nancy Watkins, 13 Sept 1798 [bond date?].
  59. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 86: Ezekiel Rice was born in 1774, married Ann Watkins, daughter of pioneer James Watkins, and died in 1847.
  60. Hammers 4:64.
  61. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 28, pages 162-163.
  62. 1880 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., ED 137, p. 125a stamped, dwell. 2, fam. 2, Moses M. Rice.
  63. Kentucky Death Certificate 11711: B.M. Rice. Place of burial: near Greenville, Muhl. Co.
  64. Hammers 4:64.
  65. “Samuel E. Rice to Mary S. Grigsby, 17 Aug 1869, Mississippi Co., Missouri.” Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002. Ancestry.com. 2007. Web. Accessed 6 Mar 2017. Samuel Ezekiel Rice was the son of Thomas Jefferson Rice and Susan M. Weir. See Kentucky Death Certificate 25811: Samuel Ezekiel Rice.
  66. Hammers 4:64.
  67. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, page 130, no. 1281: James H. Rice to Miss Eliza M. Rice, 4 Nov 1857.
  68. 1850 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 1, p. 224a stamped, dwell. 712, fam. 712, Thos. J. Rice.
  69. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, page 5, no. 64: Thomas J. Rice to Susan M. Weir, 14 Feb 1838.
  70. Hammers 4:64.
  71. Davidson, Marie Arrington. Marriage Records of Washington County, Kentucky, 1792-1809. Twin Falls, ID: Marie Arrington Davidson, 1972. 44: Ezekiel Rice to Nancy Watkins, 13 Sept 1798 [bond date?].
  72. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 86: William Rice, a Revolutionary soldier and army blacksmith, settled in Muhlenberg about 1800 and died near Bancroft March 16, 1824. Among his fourteen sons and four daughters were William, jr., Jesse, Larkin, Matthew, Claborn, T. Jefferson, James Benjamin, and Ezekiel Rice. Ezekiel Rice was born in 1774, married Ann Watkins, daughter of pioneer James Watkins, and died in 1847. Among Ezekiel Rice's children was Moses M. Rice (born 1817, died 1894), who married Sarah Amandaville Drake, and among whose children is Judge James J. Rice.
  73. Muhlenberg County Kentucky Will Book 2, pages 251-253.
  74. Information provided by Jean Wells.
  75. Hammers 4:64.
  76. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, page 32, no. 423: Moses M. Rice to Sarah A. Drake, 14 Nov 1844.
  77. Hammers 4:64.
  78. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 32, page 408-409.
  79. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 32, page 408-409.
  80. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 14, page 97.
  81. Hammers 4:64.
  82. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 32, pages 408-409.
  83. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 86: Among Ezekiel Rice's children was Moses M. Rice (born 1817, died 1894), who married Sarah Amandaville Drake, and among whose children is Judge James J. Rice.
  84. Kentucky Death Certificate 31381: J.J. Rice. Place of burial: Rice.
  85. Hammers 4:64.
  86. Battle, J.H., and W.H. Perrin. “Biographical Sketch of J.M. Rice.” Counties of Todd and Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Chicago, IL: F.A. Battey, 1884. 253.
  87. Todd County Kentucky Marriage Register B, 1842-1871, page 251-252, no. 2121: John M. Rice to Miss Mary A. Butler, 11 Oct 1866. Familysearch.org. 26 May 2016. Web. Accessed 7 Mar 2017.
  88. Kentucky Death Certificate 17773: John Milton Rice. Place of burial: near Greenville, Ky.
  89. Hammers 4:64.
  90. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, page 130, no. 1281: James H. Rice to Miss Eliza M. Rice, 4 Nov 1857.
  91. 1850 U.S. census, Hopkins Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 1, p. 108a stamped, dwell. 837, fam. 837, John C. Rice.
  92. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 1, page 52, no. 774: John E. Rice to Jane Martin, 14 Apr 1826.
  93. Hammers 4:64.
  94. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 1, page 66, no. 1006: James W. Rice to Sarah W. Martin, 19 Nov 1831.
  95. Muhlenberg County Kentucky Will 3, pages 83-84.
  96. Hammers 4:64: Mrs. Jennie Rice, died Sept. 26, 1927, age ___? (no stone, the above is from an obituary in the Leader News, Greenville, Ky.).
  97. Kentucky Death Certificate 21459: Miss Jennie Rice. Place of burial: Depoy B.G.
  98. Kentucky Death Certificate 21459: Miss Jennie Rice. Place of burial: Depoy B.G.
  99. Kentucky Death Certificate 21459: Miss Jennie Rice. Place of burial: Depoy B.G.
  100. Kentucky Death Certificate 21459: Miss Jennie Rice. Place of burial: Depoy B.G. See entries for James H. Rice and Eliza M. Rice, this cemetery.
  101. Hammers 4:64.
  102. Battle, J.H., and W.H. Perrin. “Biographical Sketch of J.M. Rice.” Counties of Todd and Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Chicago, IL: F.A. Battey, 1884. 253.
  103. Todd County Kentucky Marriage Register B, 1842-1971, page 251-252, no. 2121: John M. Rice to Miss Mary A. Butler, 11 Oct 1866. Familysearch.org. 26 May 2016. Web. Accessed 7 Mar 2017.
  104. Hammers 4:64.
  105. 1850 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 1, p. 179b stamped, dwell. 72, fam. 72, James W. Rice. Note: A second Mary E. Rice, daughter of John E. Rice, married John M. Dulin in 1863 in Hopkins County and died in 1928 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky.
  106. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 1, p. 66, no. 1006: James W. Rice to Sarah W. Martin, 19 Nov 1831.
  107. Hammers 4:64.
  108. Information provided by Jean Wells.
  109. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, p. 32, no. 423: Moses M. Rice to Sarah A. Drake, 14 Nov 1844.
  110. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 10, page 165.
  111. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 86: Ezekiel Rice was born in 1774, married Ann Watkins, daughter of pioneer James Watkins, and died in 1847. Among Ezekiel Rice's children was Moses M. Rice (born 1817, died 1894), who married Sarah Amandaville Drake, and among whose children is Judge James J. Rice.
  112. Hammers 4:64.
  113. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 10, page 165.
  114. 1850 U.S. census, Muhlenberg Co., KY, pop. sch., District No. 1, p. 213b stamped, dwell. 561, fam. 561, Mosely C. Drake.
  115. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 1, p. 20, no. 313: Mosly C. Drake to Luracy C. Wells, 25 Nov 1815.
  116. Hammers 4:64.
  117. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 86: Among Ezekiel Rice's children was Moses M. Rice (born 1817, died 1894), who married Sarah Amandaville Drake, and among whose children is Judge James J. Rice.
  118. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, p. 32, no. 423: Moses M. Rice to Sarah A. Drake, 14 Nov 1844.
  119. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 67: Mr. and Mrs. Mosley Collins Drake were the parents of eleven children: (1) Ruth Ann, the second wife of Moses M. Rice…(3) Sarah Amandaville, to Moses M. Rice….
  120. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 1, p. 20, no. 313: Mosly C. Drake to Luracy C. Wells, 25 Nov 1815.
  121. Hammers 4:64.
  122. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 1, p. 66, no. 1006: James W. Rice to Sarah W. Martin, 19 Nov 1831.
  123. Kentucky State Vital Statistics, Muhlenberg County, 1854 Deaths: Susan Rice, age 41, seamstress, died 4 Sept, name of parents: Hutson Martin.
  124. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 88: Huston Martin was a successful farmer near Old Liberty, and one of the foremost men in the county. His wife, Anna Lockridge Martin, treated many of the sick in the neighborhood with her own preparations, made of native herbs, and up to the time of her death, which occurred in her eighty-second year, was known as “Mother Martin.”
  125. Hammers 4:64.
  126. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, page 5, no. 64: Thomas J. Rice to Susan M. Weir, 14 Feb 1838. See also Kentucky State Vital Statistics, Muhlenberg County, both 1854 Births and 1854 Deaths.
  127. Hammers 4:64.
  128. Kentucky Death Certificate 25811: Samuel Ezekiel Rice. Name of mother: Susan Mary Weir.
  129. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, p. 5, no. 64: Thomas J. Rice to Susan M. Weir, 14 Feb 1838.
  130. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 58: Samuel Weir married Elizabeth Vanlandingham, sister of pioneer Oliver C. Vanlandingham. They were the parents of seven children: […] Susan [who was married to T.J. Rice….
  131. Hammers 4:64.
  132. Kentucky Death Certificate 25811: Samuel Ezekiel Rice. Name of father: Thomas Jefferson Rice.
  133. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 1, p. 66, no. 1010: Thomas J. Rice to Lucinda Rice, 12 Feb 1832.
  134. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 2, p. 5, no. 64: Thomas J. Rice to Susan M. Weir, 14 Feb 1838.
  135. Date of birth based on date of death and age.
  136. Muhlenberg Will Book 3, pages 83-84.
  137. Information provided by Jean Wells. From Rothert's A History of Muhlenberg County p. 86: “William Rice, a Revolutionary soldier and army blacksmith, settled in Muhlenberg about 1800 and died near Bancroft March 16, 1824.” Rice Cemetery is in the Bancroft community, so it is possible that William Rice is buried here with the rest of his family.
  138. Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1913. 86.
  139. Information provided by Jean Wells.
  140. Information provided by Jean Wells.
  141. Hammers 4:64.
  142. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 4, pages 447-448.
  143. Muhlenberg Marriage Book 4, pages 447-448.
  144. Muhlenberg Marriage Register Book 1, p. 66, no. 1006: James W. Rice to Sarah W. Martin, 19 Nov 1831.

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