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as compiled by Marge Rice

Martin Washington Rice was born 25 Aug 1842 in Lynnville (Warrick) IN, to Axley and Elenor (Hunsaker) Rice. His wife was Susan Alice Myrick Rice, whom he married 28 Jan 1868.

Martin Washington, known as "Uncle Wash" by all of the townspeople in Lynnville, IN, lived all his life after the war in his native county, in Hart Twp. He was a farmer and also worked in the town hardware store. His grandsons remember him as a man who loved children. He fished a
lot, they said, and had a mare named "Bird". Serving as the town's Notary Public, he was considered the unofficial mayor of Lynnville and signed the official papers anyone needed signed. He received a Civil War pension of $6.00 a month at the beginning, which grew at the end to
$90.00 per month. He was described in his pension papers as 5` 10" tall, with black hair and eyes. He did not smoke or drink.

"Wash" was in the Civil War, joining on 20 Sep 1861, in Company K, 42nd Indiana Infantry, with original erroneous paperwork, later corrected, listing him as William W. Rice. Per Warrick Co. histories, Company K was mustered into service on 11 Oct 1861, with a company of 98 men and 9
officers. Initially, he was at Camp Vanderburgh, near Evansville; from there, duty "to 9 Feb1862 at Henderson, Calhoun, South Carrolton and Owensboro, KY". "History of the Forty-Second Indiana Volunteer Infantry" by S. F. Horrall, 1892, stated that the regiment "embarked at
Owensboro, KY on the steamer 'Liberty' , for Pittsburgh Landing, TN. The fleet split, however and the 'Liberty' with the 42nd went up the Cumberland River to Nashville, TN - thus missing the Battle of Shiloh." From 10 Feb to 25 Feb1862, the 42nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry,
who wore on their caps the sign of a red acorn, "advanced on Nashville, TN". From 28 Mar to 11 Apr 1862 was the occupation of Shelbyville and Fayetteville, TN "with advance on Huntsville, AL".

He was wounded in his face, chest, leg and umbilical region when hit by 7 or 8 bullets on 11 Apr 1862 at Wartrace, Bedford Co., TN. Family tradition is that he was left on the field for dead, and late in the day, a lady who lived in the area went walking amongst the dead looking
for signs of life. She saw him alive and called her daughter to help her carry him to their home. These women nursed him back to health and he was taken later to Shelbyville, TN for treatment. The pension packet for Grandpa Wash shows that he suffered in his later years partial paralysis of his left side and right shoulder and arm, from the gunshot wounds suffered in the battle at Wartrace, TN. At least four of the seven or eight "mini-balls" which entered his body remained there until his death. Some places the figure 7 is shown, and some places 8. 1) Ball entered body about center of spine of left scapula - ball remains
in body. 2) Ball entered left side of abdomen 3" above crest of illium - ball remains in body. 3) Two balls entered body on left side of face, on line of angle of mouth. One ball passed inwards and upwards and was extricated from right nostril, where it had knocked out three teeth from upper jaw. 4) Ball entered just below angle of jaw - ball
remains in body. 5) Ball entered left hand between thumb and index finger, passed through fleshy part of thumb. 6) Ball entered right side of abdomen, 2" from linea alba and 3" above umbilicus - ball remains in body.

Following treatment, Grandpa Wash returned to duty on 29 Nov 1862, and served until his discharge on 14 Feb 1863. Frederick H. Dyer's "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" states that the 42nd Indiana Infantry from 7 Nov to 26 Dec1862, were in Nashville, TN. From 26 Dec
to 30 Dec 1862, they "advanced" on Murfreesboro, TN. "The Battle of Stone's River" was 30 Dec 1862 to 3 Jan 1863. From 4 Jan 1863 to the date of his discharge, the 42nd had "duty at Murfreesboro". The Boonville (IN) "Standard" reported in their 10 Aug 1894 newspaper that
"M. W. "Wash" Rice had a lead ball removed from the left side of his face and one taken from his side, reportedly both received during the war while at Wartrace, TN, on 11 Apr 1862, at which time 4 companies of the 42nd Indiana Volunteers were doing guard duty." He was reported to
have had at least five bullets still in his body at his death.

He apparently met Susan Myrick in Amelia, Ohio, (east of Cincinnati) after the Civil War. They married 28 Jan 1868 in Clermont, OH, living first in Amelia, at least until after Aaron B. was born 26 Apr 1868, and then came down through the Ohio River valley to Warrick Co. where they
lived out their lives. Wash died in Dec 1926 in Hart Twp. (Warrick) IN, and he is buried in Lynnville Cemetery. His death certificate states that he died at age 84 from heart lesion and arterio-sclerosis, with "caries of the bones and feet".

1. Aaron Benezette Rice DOB: 26 Apr 1868, Amelia, Ohio. Married Matilda Catherine Wittman (born 21 May 1872 Lynnville, Warrick Co., IN).
Children of Aaron B. and Matilda Catherine (Wittman) Rice, all born in rural Lynnville, Warrick Co., Ind.:
A. Infant DOB: After 1 Jan 1890 and died 3 June 1890
B. Male infant DOB: Late 1890 before 1891. Died at age 6
months. (It is possible that A. & B. are the same child, born and died on 3 June 1890. Only one child was un-named, a son, per family Bible.)
C. Hallie Elmira DOB: 8 Dec (also shown as 5 Dec in Bible) 1891 Died 24 Dec 1927. Married 30 Oct 1918 Warrick Co. to William S. Husk,
here note that name also reported as Paul Wm. Husk (1883-1945). No children.
D. Hazel Irene DOB: 18 Nov 1893 Died 16 July 1984; buried Maple Grove Married 10 Aug 1918 Wayne Turpin {His DOB: 21 Feb 1893; in Boonville, IN; he died 6 Mar 1953}.
1) Jean DOB: 19 July 1920 Married 22 Jan 1938 Robert
H. Ferguson {His DOB: 17 Jan 1916 in Dayton, OH}. 4 children.
2) Joyce Elaine DOB: 29 Aug 1924 in Boonville; married 1953 Donald Buren Schooley {His birthplace Newcastle, IN}. Divorced in1971. 2 children.
E. Sarah Elizabeth DOB: 6 August 1895 Died 5 Dec 1896, from measles. Obituary in Boonville paper reads: "The infant daughter of Ben Rice, who lives three mi. SE of town, died of measles Dec. 5, 1896. Burial at Mt. Zion cemetery."
F. Robert Bryan DOB: 11 Feb 1897 Died 12 Oct 1967; buried Liberty Cemetery. Married Hazel Miller 29 May 1917 {Her DOB: 1 Aug 1899} No children/divorced. Married 2) 24 Dec 1923 Princeton to Margaret Ellen Wallace {Her DOB: 30 Jun 1905; died 4 Dec 1990; buried Liberty Cemetery, Cynthiana}. Lived/farmed near Cynthiana, IN. Three, all born at home:
1) Donald Emmanuel DOB: 20 Feb 1926 Died 20 May 1991. Married 10 May 1966 to Diane Niemeier. 2 sons.
2) Harold Eugene DOB: 28 Jan 1929 Married 22 Feb 1953
Cynthiana Betty June Heldt - 5 children
3) Daughter, born 1934.
G. Nora Alice DOB: 2 Feb 1899 Died 8 Nov 1983 (Family
Bible says DOB was 2 Mar 1899). She died 7 Nov 1983. Married 19 Jan
1929 1) Paul William Husk (widower of her sister Hallie) (AKA Wm. S. Husk); and 2) Clyde Phillips 23 Oct 1948.
1) Charlotte DOB: 11 Oct 1919 Boonville Died 18 Sep 1985 Married 1) -- Main; and 2) Sep 1954 Fletcher E. Smith {His DOB: 20 Aug 1912 Boonville; he died 24 Nov 1985}.
2) Daughter, born 1930. H. Fredrick "Freddie" Washington DOB: 2 Sep 1900. Died 3 Jan 1901. Buried in Mt. Zion Cem., per Noland Rice.
I. Clara Annis DOB: 26 Apr 1902 Died 1 Sep 1978. Married
15 Mar 1923 Jake Bippus. Girls born Evansville:
1) Clara Lucille DOB: 18 Apr.1924 Married 7 Mar 1953 Robert Decker {His DOB: 3 Oct 1922 Evansville}. In 1993, she lives in Cincinnati, OH, and is a bookkeeper. 2 sons.
2) Juanita Kathryn DOB: 10 Dec 1925 Married 4 July 1948
Ronald Simons {His DOB: 24 Dec 1925 Chicago}. Lives in Evansville 1993, and is a bookkeeper. 2 children.
J. Millard Albert DOB: 12 Nov 1904 Married 21 Jan 1928 Marie Elizabeth Johnston {Her DOB: 8 Jan 1909 Arispie Twp., Bureau Co, IL}. Millard died 9 Jun 1994, Joliet, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Joliet. Three sons, one of whom is Jack Rice, whose wife, Marge Rice, has submitted this data. She is reachable at margerice@prodigy.net.
K. Kenneth Holland DOB: 15 Mar 1907 Died 24 Apr 1987; buried Liberty Cem., Cynthiana. He was a farmer. Married 29 Feb 1932 Posey Co. to Augusta Irene Vaught {Her DOB: 30 Oct 1909 Posey Co.; she died 23 Sep 1984}.
1) Nora Irene DOB: 19 Oct 1932 Married 5 June 1954
Vanderburgh Co. IN Clarence Schaefer (His date of birth: 24 May 1933}. Lived in Evansville. She died of a stroke in Evansville 21 Jun 1998. Children born Vanderburgh Co. Two daughters. L. Evangeline Fern DOB: 1 Jan 1909; died at ae 1 month on 30 Jan 1909. Millard Rice remembers that when she died, it was a cold, snowy day and they drove in a surrey with a fringe, led by mules through snow
drifts, through a farmer's field, to bury her body. Noland says she is buried in Mt. Zion.
M. Lloydlinnel DOB: 14 Jan 1912; died 13 Oct 1934; buried with parents in Maple Grove Cemetery, Boonville.
N. Noland Wittman DOB: 14 Dec 1914 Married Oct 1940 Mildred Linxwiler. He was a career Army man and in 1993, lived in Hopkinsville, KY with daughter, as a Warrant Officer (Master Sergeant), retired. He died 5 Aug 1996 in Hopkinsville. Two children. O. Daughter, still living. See Marge Rice for data.

2. David Gilliam DOB: 13 May 1872 Warrick Co., IN Died 10 Jan 1958 in LaSalle Co., IL Married 24 May 1896 Elizabeth Holder in Warrick
Co. {Her DOB: 11 Sep 1877; she died 5 Oct 1964}. "Gil" farmed and later worked in Lehigh Cement Mill. Lived in Chestnut, IL and came to Oglesby in 1916.
A. Paul G. ("Stanley") DOB: 21 Nov 1896 Died age 6 mo.
B. Cleva Pearl DOB: 18 Feb 1898 Warrick Co., IN Died
24 Jul 1984 Evansville, IN. Married 15 Feb 1915 in New Holland IL Clyde L. Snyder {His DOB: 28 Mar 1895 and he died 13 Aug 1953 - or ?23 Oct 1979?}
1) Glen Eugene DOB: 24 Jun 1915 Died 3 Feb 1969
Married: 4 May 1935 Aileen Watt {Her DOB: 1 Sep 1918}. 4 children.
2) Clyde Paul DOB: 20 Jun 1917 Married Alice Johnson and Frances Johnson Reynolds. 8 children.
3) Cleva Ruth DOB: 30 Dec 1919 Married 23 Jun 1935 Leroy Fleener {His DOB: 20 Apr 1910. 4 children.
4) Son, born, 1931 - name removed as this is under "70
years old" rule.
C. Russell Washington DOB: 3 Jul 1899 Warrick Co., IN Died 6 Apr 1961 in Owosso, MI. Married Reva Mount/Hazel Wiley Dow. He became Supt. of Roads for State of MI.
D. William Clarence DOB: 11 Apr 1902 Warrick Co., IN Married Benedga Petroskey in 1924. He died Long Beach, CA 22 Aug 1983
E. Carl Monroe DOB: 30 Oct 1904 Logan Co., IL Died 5 Jan
1984 in & buried in Venice, FL; Married 1932 H. Clara Jessie {Her DOB: 14 Apr 1908; died 15 Sep 1978}
F. Cora Ethel DOB: 30 Mar 1906 Logan Co., IL Died 5 Jan
1984 Oglesby, IL Married 21 Aug 1924 Oglesby Charles Gerrard {His DOB: 14 Sep 1901; died 16 Nov 1914}. Children all born LaSalle Co., IL:
1) Violet Mae DOB: 21 May 1925 Died 8 Oct 1935
LaSalle Co., IL
2) Doris Arlene DOB: 12 Mar 1928 Married 1952 Paul
Aardsma
3) Corinne Ruth DOB: 11 Dec 1929 Married 1954 Edmund
Ficek (Five more children born, but names are deleted since they were born 1930 or after).
G. Lillie Mae DOB: 25 Oct 1908 Warrick Co., IN Married
1934 Frank Bovee; married 1947 Glen Johnson {His DOB: 5 Nov 1918}. She died Spring Valley 27 Nov 1997
H. Dale Gillian DOB: 15 Sep 1910 Logan Co., IL Died 14 Dec 1980 in Pennsylvania. Married 9 Jun 1934 Bonnie Shaw.
I. Ruby Ruth DOB: 12 Sep 1912 Logan Co., IL Married
1938 Rudolph Gingerich {His DOB: 14 Jan 1906}.
J. Infant DOB: 3 June 1916. Died same day.
K. Clyde Ray DOB: 3 Apr 1918 Oglesby, IL Died 4 Apr
1977 in Bureau Co., IL. Married Dema Mariani {Her DOB: 3 Jan 1921}
L. Genevieve Irene DOB: 19 Aug 1923 Died 8 Oct 1925

3. Enos Monroe DOB: 18 Oct 1875 Warrick Co., IN.
Married14 Sep 1904 to Golda Mae France (Her DOB: 17 July 1884 near Boonville, IN to Francis L. & Susan (Goad) France). She died 26 Feb 1961 Greensburg, IN. Enos was a barber in Grandview, Spencer Co., IN and reportedly a conductor on the interurban line. He died in 1960/61 in
Evansville, IN. Enos & Golda buried Friendship Cemetery, Boonville
A. Helen Louise DOB: 10 Aug 1907 Died: 10 Apr 1978
Married: 17 Jul 1925 Earle F. Keller
1) Mary Helen DOB: 15 Dec 1929 Married to (-) Steinle
B. Mary Brown DOB: 1909 Died: 1916 @ ae 7
C. Virginia Mae DOB: 29 Aug 1911 Married to Robert A.
Baker
D. Edward Monroe DOB: 3 Jun 1923 Lived in 1982 in Miami, FL
E. Betty Jane DOB: 6 Oct 1926 Died: 3 Feb 1981 Married
(-) Crew

Proofs are Dyer's Compendium, Warrick Co. histories, Wash Rice's War records, Death Records Susan A. & Martin W. Rice at Warrick Co., records at Lynnville Cemetery, information from Snyder family Bible, census records of 1880, 1900 and 1910, Boonville Standard news of 10 Aug 1894, Civil War records of M. W. Rice. Information on some descendants obtained from "Gerrard-Rice Family History" by Doris Aardsma, and from family records, death certificates, census records, marriage and birth records in Warrick Co., Indiana. as well as family history passed down to writer."

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