James
Porter
Rice
Born in Bedford, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Dangerfield Rice
and Nancy Celeste Helen (Brown) Rice
Brother of
Martha Rice, Sarah Polly (Rice) Brown [half], Prudence (Rice) Ingram [half], Pleasant Rice [half], Mary (Rice) Grant, Melissa (Rice) Gilliland, Anna (Rice) Whitehead, Hugh Fielding Rice, John Madison Rice and Nancy Celeste Helen (Rice) Newton
Husband of
Sarah O (Whitsett) Rice
— married
18 Apr 1841 in Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States
Husband of
Martha Frances (Reamey) Rice
— married
26 Feb 1854 in Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States
Husband of
Permelia Ann (Atkinson) Rice
— married
12 Dec 1861 in Lafayette, Missouri, United States
Descendants 
Father of
James Madison Rice, Hugh Dangerfield Rice, Nancy Jane (Rice) Allen, George Newton Rice, William Henry Rice Sr., Martha Porter Rice and Eula (Rice) Oliver
Died
at age 75
in Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Nov 2011
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Biography
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.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ8-RY9 : 12 April 2016), James P Rice, Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri, United States; citing family 363, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGT-RCR : 12 April 2016), Jas P Rice, Texas, United States; citing p. 15, family 87, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,083.
- Find a Grave Memorial 72446284
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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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.
Greenwood Community Cemetery Greenwood (Parker County) Parker County Texas