Because Y

Y Chromosome

(Russell Rice) to Yan Ryse

The Y chromosome is passed down from father to son.

Here are My direct paternal line ancestors.

• Wesley Rice (1920s - 1990s) Rising Sun Indiana 
• Herman Gary Rice (1890s - 1960s) McVille KY to Rising Sun Indiana 
• Erastus Warren Rice Sr. (16 Apr 1840 - 11 Nov 1919) McVille Kentucky 
• Dr.Gill Rice (16 Jan 1814 - 30 Aug 1886) McVille Kentucky 
• Ezekiel Rice (16 Nov 1790 - 01 Jan 1843) Culpeper Virginia to Bellview KY 
• Benajah Rice (1740 - 1818) Madison Co. VA to Boone Co KY 
• William Rice (1710 - 17 Apr 1780) New Kent VA to Culpeper VA 
• William Rice (1685 - 06 Dec 1734) England 
• Thomas Rice (1660 - 1711) Bristol England 
• Edward Rice (1621 - 1660) VA 
• Richard Rice Sr (1588 - 1657) Kerry Ireland 
• Dominick Rice (1564 - 1588) Kerry Ireland 
• Stephen Rice (1540 - 31 Mar 1623) Wales to Kerry Ireland 
• Robert Rice (1518 - 1569) Kerry Ireland 
• Edward Rice (1495 - 1523) Kerry Ireland 
• John Ryse (1472 - 1554) Ireland 
• Yan Ryse (1446 - 15 Aug 1521) Suffolk England

Rice Walston Family Virtual Cemetery

Rice Family Virtual Cemetery located on  Find A Grave

Walston Family Virtual Cemetery located on Find A Grave

Erastus Warren Rice

Erastus Warren Rice b 04/16/1840 in Boone Co. Ky.

He married Joanna Marshall 02/09/1862.

The children from this marriage were Ida, Kate, William, Harvey, Forrest, Stella, Penny.

His second marriage was to Susan F. Stewart.

The children from this marriage were


Herman G. Rice b 11/01/1899 d 06/22/1965,


Erastus Warren Rice Jr. b 08/10/1890 d 01/10/1961.

Erastus Wallace Rice d 11/11/1919 in Boone Co. Ky.

Death of E.W. Rice Ohio Co. News Thursday Nov 13,1919


Erastus W. Rice amoung the best known amoung the older folk of this city, died at his home at midnight Tuesday of neuralgia of the heart. While he had been failing in health for some time, yet his death came as a shock to his family and friends. He was down town at five o'clock Tuesday evening. He leaves a widow and ten children, eight of his children being by a former marriage. The funeral will be held in the Baptist church at Belleview Kentucky ar ten thirty Friday. Mr Rice was seventy nine years old.

D.G. Rice

Dr. Gillmour Rice b. 01/16/1814 Boone County Ky.

He married Eveline Rice on 02/21/1839 in the Bellvue Baptist Church in Boone Co. Ky.

The children of this marriage were


ErastusW Rice b. 04/16/1840

Solon D Rice b. 11/03/1843

John W. Rice b. ?/?/1848

Joshua R. Rice b. 01/17/1852 d 01/27/1867

Frances E. Rice b. 05/03/1859. d 04/03/1861




He was listed in the 1850 Boone Co. Ky. census as a farmer.




He died 08/30/1886.




His obit from the Boone Co. paper reads as follows:






Dr. Gill Rice, of the McVille neighborhood, and who has been very low with consumption for many months, died last Saturday night. The funeral was preached by Rev. J. A. Kirtley at Belleview Baptist church Monday at 10a.m., after wich the reamins were taken to Rising Sun and placed in the vault to await final interment. The deceased was a native of this county, and had been a very succesful business man. He leaves a wife and three children besides several brothers to mourn his demise.

Evaline Rice

My Rice Forefathers

Stephen Rice

Birth: 1635 -- Ireland

Death: ?

Thomas Rice

Birth: 1665 --   Shiremonton, Bristol, England

Death: 1716 Atlantic Ocean returning for inheritance

William Rice

Birth:

Apr 4 1686 --   New Kent, New Kent, Virginia

Death: Apr 17 1780 (Age: 94) --   Culpeper, Virginia

Benajah Rice

Birth: 1740 --   Madison Co. VA

Death: 1819 (Age: 78-79) --   Boone County, Kentucky

Ezekiel Rice

Birth: Nov 16 1790 --   Culpeper County Virginia

Death: Jan 1 1843 (Age: 52) --   Belleview, Boone County, Kentucky

D.G. Rice

Birth: Jan 16 1814 --   Boone Co. Ky

Death: Aug 30 1886 (Age: 72) --   Boone Co. Ky Rice family cemetery

Erastus Warren Rice, Sr.

Birth: Apr 16 1840 --   McVille Boone Co. Ky

Death: Nov 11 1919 (Age: 79) --   Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana

Herman Gary Rice

Birth: Nov 1 1899 --   McVille Boone Co. Ky

Death: June 22 1965 (Age: 65) --   Rising Sun, IN

Wesley C Rice

Birth: June 17 1925 --   Rising Sun, IN

Death:Jan 15 1990 (Age: 64) --   Rising Sun, IN

Russell A Rice

Birth: Apr 30 1958 -- Rising Sun, IN

See my WikiTree page

My Grandfather Herman Rice The Sniffer

A List of Genealogy Sites that I have used

There are plenty of on line sites to help you search out your ancestors.

Here are a few that I have used.

WikiTree.com FREE - WikiTree is a community of genealogists working together to grow an accurate single family tree using DNA and traditional genealogical sources. (One of My Favorite) Here is My WikiTree

Family Search.Org FREE - Search for your ancestors in millions of historical records. You can also search in the catalog, books, genealogies, and the Wiki.  This is a Great site with easy interface and lost of records search and attach. (One of My Favorite)

Find A Grave FREE - Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials, add 'virtual flowers' and a note to a loved one's grave, etc.


Geneosity.com FREE - This site has Lots of good information and forms to use.


Linkpendium FREE - An authoritative directory to genealogy resources on the Internet


Cyndi's List.com FREE - A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online.


Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island foundation.org FREE - Search passenger records for your ancestors.


Rootsweb FREE - Except now is Partially merged with Ancestory.com

I do have a tree at Rootsweb  Rice Walston Family Tree


Bureau of Land Management FREE - Access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1788 and the present


US GEN WEB FREE - The USGenWeb Project is a group of volunteers working together and having fun providing free online genealogy help and information for every U.S. state and county



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