Margaret (Goe) Rice (abt. 1812 - 1899)

Born about 1812 in Brownsville, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Eugene A. Rice — married before 1870 in Monongahela, Washington, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1899 at about age 87 in Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Margaret (Goe) Rice is a part of US Black heritage.

Margaret Goe was born about 1812 in Brownsville (or Redstone?), Pennsylvania.

She married Stephen Batch, then after his death, married Eugene A. Rice. She passed away in 1899, and was interred at Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Obituary. The Daily Republican Monongahela, Pennsylvania, Friday, March 24, 1899, page 1.^[1]

DIED.

March 23, 1899, Mrs. Margaret Rice, mother of S. B. Batch, in her 75th Year. Interment Sunday at two o'clock, at Elizabeth.

Notes

• Birth date taken from 1860 census record indicates she was born in 1812. But based on obituary, death in 1899 at age 75, gives her a birth year of 1824.
• Birth place of Brownsville in daughter Sarah's death certificate, and Redstone in son James' death certificate.
• The following notice in the newspaper indicates that E.A. Rice was the stepfather of Stephen Batch and brother of Mrs. Craft (a relation to Sarah A. (Craft) Batch?). This supports the marriage of Margaret and Eugene Rice after the death of Stephen Batch.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary. The Daily Republican Monongahela, Pennsylvania, Friday, March 24, 1899, page 1. newspapers.com
2. ↑ Notice. Monongahela Valley Republican Monongahela, Pennsylvania, Thursday, June 12, 1890, page 3. newspapers.com Dr. E. A. Rice, of Elizabeth, and a brother of Mr. Craft, suffered from a stroke of paralysis one day last week. He is the step-father of Stephen Batch, of this city.

• Goe Genealogy - message board on ancestry.com.
• 1850 US Federal Census. Pennsylvania, Fayette, Jefferson Township. Page 9. (See Stephen Batch - Census.)
• 1860 US Federal Census. Pennsylvania, Fayette, Tyrone Township. Household Id: 1186; Page: 170-171. (See Stephen Batch - Census.)
• 1870 US Federal Census. Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Elizabeth Township. Page 3. (See Eugene Rice - Census.)
• 1880 US Federal Census. Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Elizabeth. Sheet 285b. (See Eugene Rice - Census.)
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 9 March 2018), Stephen Batch in entry for Sarah Melissa Bailey, 19 Jan 1927; citing Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference fn 1429; FHL microfilm 1,984,619. image (Daughter Sarah's death certificate lists mother's name as Margerite Goe, and her birthplace as Brownsville, Pa.)
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania death certificate for Stephen Bryan Batch. (Son Stephen's death certificate lists mother's name.)
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania death certificate for Hannah Rebecca (Batch) Catlin. (Daughter Rebecca's death certificate lists mother's name.)
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania death certificate for James W. Batch. (Son James' death certificate lists mother's name.)