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Benjamin Anderson Rice (1860 - 1936)

Benjamin Anderson Rice
Born in Adair County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 25 Sep 1889 in Clark County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Died at age 75 in Taylor County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Benjamin Rice was born in Appalachia, in Kentucky.

Benjamin Anderson Rice was born on 13 Oct 1860 in Adair County, Kentucky, United States, son of Richard Marion Rice (1834 - 1920) and Nancy J (Jones) Rice (1838 - 1918).

Benjamin died on 29 Aug 1936 in Taylor County, Kentucky aged 75.

Obituary
Taylor County Star, September 3, 1936
Benjamin A. Rice, 75 years old, died August 29, at his home in this city. He was a lawyer by profession and was active in this work until just before his death. Mr. Rice was a member of the Methodist Church and his funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon by his pastor, Rev. A. H. Gregory, at the church. Burial in Brookside Cemetery. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cassie E. Rice, and four children: Mrs. Nellie Crawford, Mrs. Charlie Barbee, Mr. Harold Rice, all of this city, and Mrs. Cornelia Blakeman, of Frankfort. Two brothers, W. J. Rice and S. P. Rice; two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Burress and Mrs. R. H. Benningfield. There a number of nieces and nephews in Campbellsville and Taylor County. Honorary pallbearers were: Abel Harding, O. B. Bertram, Fred Faulkner, N. W. Miller, H. S. Robinson, T. W. Davis, J. R. Sanders, and Ralph Garnett. Active pallbearers were: Howard Rice, Robert Ramsey, Otha Ramsey, Ray Benningfield, Stanley Murrah, and G. J. Rice. Out of town persons attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Clel Tarter and S. D. Barbee of Columbia, Mrs. Ella Heans, Mr. and Mrs. James Bricken of Lebanon, Robert Spalding, Walter Jarboe and Mrs. Alex Bailey of Loretta, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Harvey, Miss Eliza Rice and Mr. and Mrs. Willard McLean of Louisville. Mr. Rice was an active useful man who will be greatly missed in the community.
Taylor County Star, September 3, 1936
Benjamin A. Rice
The passing of Judge Benjamin A. Rice, on August 29, 1936, took from the Bar at Campbellsville, Kentucky, the oldest member. Of the many worthwhile qualities possessed by Mr. Rice, one of the foremost was that of being a good listener, an accomplishment that enabled him to do things in a real way and without bluster and noise. An able lawyer, especially a sound and dependable pleader - not strong as a public speaker - but peculiarly gifted in the fine art of written pleading. And, having pleaded to a proposition, it was just up to the lawyer on the other side of the case to get ready to try the issue on the merits thereof, for there was no getting his pleadings out of court, on technicalities. He was kind and very considerate of the rights of others, never forgetting that his privileges stop where those of the other fellow begin. An unassuming man, fair and humble, a characteristic that only those of fair, liberal and generous minds can possess. A hard worker; true to his conviction, loyal to family and was never known to turn a client away because that client did not have money sufficient to pay the fee. Mr. Rice was a meek man and meekness, we are taught, is the ornament of a quiet spirit, and a thing of great price. He was friend - Peace to his ashes. ~Abel Harding


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  • "United States Census, 1870", citing Page: 2; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 11; FHL microfilm: 000545998; Record number: 18597, FamilySearch Record: MX4Q-HTM (accessed 12 September 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DRGS-J71 Image number 00479, Benjamin Rice (9) in Taylor, Kentucky, United States.
  • "United States Census, 1880", citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm , FamilySearch Record: MCZY-2Y3 (accessed 12 September 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBZ-BHS Image number 00664, Benj A Rice (20), single son, in household of Marion Rice (46) in Taylor, Kentucky, United States. Born in Kentucky, United States.
  • "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", citing Clark, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004476441, FamilySearch Record: XXL2-CZ2 (accessed 12 September 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-65PS-XBS Image number 00268, Ben A Rice marriage to Cassie E Corley on 25 Sep 1889 in Clark, Indiana, United States.
  • "United States Census, 1900", citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 39; FHL microfilm: 1240552; Record number: 6006, FamilySearch Record: M9CM-TXB (accessed 12 September 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-D8MQ-GBQ Image number 00126, Benjamin A Rice (40), married head of household in Magisterial District 4, Taylor, Kentucky, United States.
  • "United States Census, 1920", citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 599; Line: 10; FHL microfilm: 1820599; Record number: 33501, FamilySearch Record: MHPN-SM1 (accessed 12 September 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RXH-HW9 Image number 00702, Ben A Rice (59), married in Taylor, Kentucky, United States.
  • "United States Census, 1930", citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 15B, line 82, family 414, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 778; FHL microfilm 2,340,513, FamilySearch Record: XMFY-VY2 (accessed 12 September 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GR4K-LKG Image number 00462, Ben A Rice (69), married head of household in Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, United States. Born in Kentucky.
  • "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967", citing Death, Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,150, FamilySearch Record: NSFZ-MDL (accessed 12 September 2022) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TF-FRQC Image number 184, Benjamin A Rice death 1936, son of Marion Rice & Nancy Jones, husband of Mrs. C. E. Rice, in Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, United States.
  • Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #106367953 (accessed 12 September 2022), Memorial page for Benjamin A. Rice (13 Oct 1860-29 Aug 1936), citing Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA (plot: f); Maintained by Judy Lynn (contributor 47402250).




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