Rachel Taylor (Rice) Smith (1832 - 1924)

Born 25 Oct 1832 in Kentucky, United States

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Died 28 Nov 1924 at age 92 in Providence, Webster, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Rachel was born about 1832. She was the daughter of Edward Rice and Macy Nichols. Her first marriage was to Thomas P Givens-2209 whom she had 4 children with, after his passing she married Nathaniel Smith whom she bore one child, Bird Smith. During the Civil War when a raiding Yankee patrol took all their stock, including her best horse which she thought had been well hidden, Aunt Rate asked to be taken to the Yankee captain. She was sufficiently appealing and her horse was returned to her ^[1]. When repeating stories she had heard as a child of the War of 1812, Aunt Rate said, "Gen. Packinham said he was going to put those proud Kentucky girls in cotton rags but Andy Jackson and his Kentucky and Tennessee boys sent old Gen. Packinham back to England in a keg of rum" and then she would cackle with glee. She passed away at the age of 92 years old in Providence, KY ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}.

Sources

1. ↑ Some Webster County, Kentucky Families by Minerva Bone Bassett, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1983 [1]
2. ↑ Some Webster County, Kentucky, Families [2]
3. ↑ 1870 Federal Census [3]
4. ↑ 1910 Federal Census [4]
5. ↑ 1920 Federal Census [5]
6. ↑ Death Record [6]