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Descendants of William B. Rice

Generation No. 1

1.  WILLIAM B.1 RICE was born 1795, and died 1845.  He married ELEANOR UNKNOWN.  She was born 1792, and died 1865.
 
Children of WILLIAM RICE and ELEANOR UNKNOWN are:
2. i. JOHN A.2 RICE.
 ii. WILLIAM RICE JR, m. MARY MASSA, 1839, White County, TN.
 

Generation No. 2

2.  JOHN A.2 RICE (WILLIAM B.1)  He married SARAH HOWELL Bet. 1830 - 1832 in White County, TN.

Notes for JOHN A. RICE:
No marriage record has been found for them. John Rice was killed by a bear or wild boar between 1834 and 1838, about the time Sarah married John Jaco.

 
Children of JOHN RICE and SARAH HOWELL are:
3. i. MARION3 RICE, b. lived in Putnam County, TN; d. Sandy Hickey Cemetery in Putnam County.
 ii. JOHN RICE, b. 1834; d. 1911.

More About JOHN RICE:
Burial: Sandy Hickey Cemetery in Putnam County
 

Generation No. 3

3.  MARION3 RICE (JOHN A.2, WILLIAM B.1) was born in lived in Putnam County, TN, and died in Sandy Hickey Cemetery in Putnam County.  He married (1) MARY ANN MYERS.    He married (2) SUSANNAH LEE 1853 in White County, TN.
 
Child of MARION RICE and MARY MYERS is:
 i. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS4 RICE, b. April 01, 1871.

 
Children of MARION RICE and SUSANNAH LEE are:
4. ii. JOHN H.4 RICE, b. April 03, 1855; d. Red Boiling Springs, Macon County, TN.
 iii. NELLY (ELEANOR?) RICE, b. 1854.

Notes for NELLY (ELEANOR?) RICE:
No info possibly died young

 iv. SARAH C. RICE, b. 1856; d. 1937, Rhea County, TN; m. JESSE THOMAS, 1880, Putnam County, TN.

More About SARAH C. RICE:
Burial: Smith-Wilkey cemetery, Rhea County

 v. BELZARA RICE, b. 1858.

Notes for BELZARA RICE:
No info, but Rufus Rice always talked about his "Aunt Belle". She may have lived to adulthood and married. No info.
 

 vi. LUCINDA E. RICE, b. May 1861; d. 1934, McMinnville, Warren County, TN; m. JOHN DENTON BROWN, Bet. 1879 - 1880; d. 1908, McMinnville.

Notes for JOHN DENTON BROWN:
Their family is buried in the Faulkner Cemetery in McMinnville
 

Generation No. 4

4.  JOHN H.4 RICE (MARION3, JOHN A.2, WILLIAM B.1) was born April 03, 1855, and died in Red Boiling Springs, Macon County, TN.  He married (1) NANCY CANADY 1869.    He married (2) SOPHIA LEE SLATE Bef. 1900, daughter of JOHN SLATE and NANCY DONAHO.  She was born 1845, and died 1920.

Notes for JOHN H. RICE:
Macon County, Tennessee Census, 1920
Dis HN Name Relation Sex Race Age Marital Status Birth Place
6 259 Rice, John H. Head M W 62  M Tennessee

Notes for NANCY CANADY:
Surname could be Kennedy.
Surname could be Canady, source is Will Smith Hillsboro, TN [wolfman@blomand.net]

Notes for SOPHIA LEE SLATE:
Sophia was the first cousin of James B. GRISHAM born 1843 Macon County, TN to Moses Grisham and Elizabeth Slate. John B. Grisham was the great-great grandfather of William Jefferson Blythe IV, a.k.a. President William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton.

 
Child of JOHN RICE and NANCY CANADY is:
5. i. RUFUS EDWARD5 RICE, b. July 15, 1880; d. 1957.
 

Generation No. 5

5.  RUFUS EDWARD5 RICE (JOHN H.4, MARION3, JOHN A.2, WILLIAM B.1) was born July 15, 1880, and died 1957.  He married ALMEDA (ALLEY) SNOW 1899 in Red Boiling Spring, TN. Macon County, daughter of ALBERT SNOW and SARAH STAFFORD.  She was born October 08, 1880 in Red Boiling Springs, Macon Co., TN, and died January 23, 1928 in Red Boiling Springs, Macon Co., TN.
 
Children of RUFUS RICE and ALMEDA SNOW are:
6. i. LAURA6 RICE, b. June 09, 1911; d. October 02, 1998.
 ii. CLEO RICE.
 iii. JESSIE RICE, b. 1907, Red Boiling Springs, Macon Co., TN; d. 1966, Red Boiling Springs, Macon Co., TN; m. ESSIE B. GENTRY, October 18, 1925, Red Boiling Spring, TN. Macon County.
 

Generation No. 6

6.  LAURA6 RICE (RUFUS EDWARD5, JOHN H.4, MARION3, JOHN A.2, WILLIAM B.1) was born June 09, 1911, and died October 02, 1998.  She married KING ALEXANDER STUBBLEFIELD March 29, 1929, son of JOHN STUBBLEFIELD and ALICE COWARD.  He was born October 17, 1905, and died August 1988.
 
Child of LAURA RICE and KING STUBBLEFIELD is:
7. i. BOBBY JOE7 STUBBLEFIELD, b. Private Goodlettsville, Sumner, Tennessee.
 

Generation No. 7

7.  BOBBY JOE7 STUBBLEFIELD (LAURA6 RICE, RUFUS EDWARD5, JOHN H.4, MARION3, JOHN A.2, WILLIAM B.1) was born private in Goodlettsville, Sumner, Tennessee.  He married RUTH CATHERINE BENNETT Private, daughter of LESLIE BENNETT and NETTIE BOSTON.  She was born Private  in Lebanon,TN Wilson County, Tennesssee.
 
Child of BOBBY STUBBLEFIELD and RUTH BENNETT is:
8. i. JOEY8 STUBBLEFIELD, b.Private, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
 

Generation No. 8

8.   BOBBY JOE STUBBLEFIELD Jr., was born  in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.  He married LAURA MICHELE CARDEN, daughter of JARVIS CARDEN and LINDA EDDINGS.  She was born  in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.