Captain Rice, Confederate Guerrilla
James Porter Rice lived in both Lafayette and Johnson counties. During the Civil War he served as Captain in Company E, 10th Missouri Cavalry. It was during the war that federal orders were issued forcing families in an area east of Kansas City to evacuate. This included the family of James Porter Rice.
The Rices loaded everything they could carry onto two oxcarts. Everything else had to be abandoned. They and just about all the residents of the community in which they lived, began a perilous journey to relocate because battles continued to be fought all around them.
Rices Arrive in Texas
The Rices traveled southward and entered Texas somewhere near presentday Texarkana. Following the Red River to Fannin Co., they settled at the little community of Savoy. After the war had ended, James Porter Rice joined them there. Later, he moved his family to Weatherford in Parker Co., Texas. This is where he died in 1892.
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James Porter Rice lived in both Lafayette and Johnson counties. During the Civil War he served as Captain in Company E, 10th Missouri Cavalry. It was during the war that federal orders were issued forcing families in an area east of Kansas City to evacuate. This included the family of James Porter Rice.
The Rices loaded everything they could carry onto two oxcarts. Everything else had to be abandoned. They and just about all the residents of the community in which they lived, began a perilous journey to relocate because battles continued to be fought all around them.
Rices Arrive in Texas
The Rices traveled southward and entered Texas somewhere near presentday Texarkana. Following the Red River to Fannin Co., they settled at the little community of Savoy. After the war had ended, James Porter Rice joined them there. Later, he moved his family to Weatherford in Parker Co., Texas. This is where he died in 1892.
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