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Martha (Dent) Rice (1848 - aft. 1910)

Martha Rice formerly Dent aka Wells
Born in Missourimap
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Wife of — married 1864 in Amador County, California, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 62 [location unknown]
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Biography

Martha was born in 1848 to Samuel Dent and Martha Hanes. Her father moved the family from Missouri to California in 1852, where she remained the rest of her life. She married at age 16 to Peter Wells and they had at least five children. In 1884, her husband was murdered by her sister's husband, and her son Peter was born two months later.

Son Peter Wells, is shown in the 1900 Census as an adopted son of Harry and Rosa Burris[2].

On March 13, 1889 in Amador County, the day after the fifth anniversary of the violent death of her first husband, Peter Wells, Martha (Dent) Wells, age 42 married widower, John H. Rice, age 52. Their son, John C. Rice , was born the next year.

In 1900, in Township 2, Amador County, John H. Rice 65 lived with his wife Marth [sic] 52 and their son John Marth [sic] 11.

In 1910, Martha and John Rice were still married, but he lived with his daughter (from 1st wife Mary Crisler) Francis M. West. Martha Rice lived nearby, with their son John C. Rice 19, in Elliot, California. It is unknown where Martha (Dent) Wells Rice was after the 1910 Census.

On Oct 28 1911, son John Rice was committed to the State Hospital for dementia and violent tendancies.[1] He died Nov 11, 1911; cause: epilepsy

Timeline with Sources

  • 1848 - Birth - Missouri
  • 1860 United States Federal Census[3] - Township 6, Amador, California - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Household members: S C Gelbert 45; Saml Dent 38; Martha Dent 38; Ann Dent 14; Martha Dent 12; Wm Dent 8; Elisabeth Dent 6; Walter Dent 4
  • 1864 - Web: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011[4]
  • 1870 United States Federal Census[5] - Township 6, Amador, California - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Household members: Peter Wells 27; Martha Wells 22; William Wells 5; Charles Wells 3; Millard Wells 2; Cornealus Wells 22
  • 1874 Aug 4 - Birth of Daughter Clara Wells - California
  • 1880 United States Federal Census[6] - Township 6, Amador, California - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Household members: Peter Wells 34; Martha Wells 32; William Wells 15; Charles Wells 13; Millard Wells 12; Clara Wells 6
  • 1884 Mar 4 - Death of Husband Peter Wells - Fiddletown, Amador, California
  • 1884 May 29 - Birth of Son Peter Wells - Fiddletown, California
  • 1889 Mar 13 - Marriage to John H Rice - Oleta, California - California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980
    • Name: Martha Wells
    • Gender: Female
    • Event Type: Marriage
    • Marriage Date: 13 Mar 1889
    • Marriage Place: Oleta
    • Spouse: John H Rice
  • 1890 - Birth of Son John C Rice
  • 1900 United States Federal Census[7] p 14 family #327 - Township 2, Amador, California, USA - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife - Mother: Number of Living Children: 4 - Mother: How Many Children: 6 - Household members: John H Rice 64; Martha Rice 51; John Rice 10
  • 1910 United States Federal Census[8] p 10B family #256 - Elliot, San Joaquin, California, USA - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Occupation: Farmer - Number of Children Born: 8 - Number of Children Living: 6 - Household members: Martha Rice 63; John C Rice 19

Footnotes

  1. California, State Hospital Records, 1856-192[1] Stockton State Hospital Commitment Registers, Vol. 21-22, 1911-1912, text p 421; online p 219
    • Name: John Rice
    • Gender: Male
    • Race: White
    • Age: 21
    • Birth Date: abt 1890
    • Birth Place: California
    • Record Date: 28 Oct 1911
    • Hospital: Stockton State Hospital
    • Hospital Place: Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA
    • Petitioner: P W Wells
    • PO address of friend or relative: Mrs Martha Rice and P.W. Wells, Ione, California, mother and half-brother




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