hmtl5 John Bunyon Rice b. 3 Jul 1818 Montgomery County, Kentucky d. 27 Sep 1878 Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky: Hedges Genealogy

John Bunyon Rice

Male 1818 - 1878  (60 years)


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  • Name John Bunyon Rice 
    Born 3 Jul 1818  Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Carroll County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 27 Sep 1878  Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried Ghent Consolidated Cemetery, Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I3563  Hedges
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2024 

    Father David James Rice,   b. 4 Jan 1782, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1858  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Susannah Ribelin,   b. 16 Feb 1782, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1854  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amelia Hoggins,   b. 16 Nov 1826, Gallatin County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1896, Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1845  Gallatin County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 
    Family ID F1585  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Jul 1818 - Montgomery County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Mar 1845 - Gallatin County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Carroll County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Sep 1878 - Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Ghent Consolidated Cemetery, Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Note from Find a Grave:
      John Bunyan Rice was the son of David and Susannah Rice. His siblings were Elizabeth,( married John Ringo), James Harvey (married to Margaret Belle Crutcher), Polly (married to Edward Kern), Mary Magdaline (married to unknown O'Neil), and David Luther (married to Elizabeth Johnston) Rice.
      He married Amelia Ann Hoggins 17 Mar 1845, in Gallatin County, Ky. They lost a set of twins in 1864; John Hill and Robert Lee. Their remaining children were; Mary Jane, Ann Susan, Margaret, Angeline, David Luther, Judson, James Hill, William I, Lydia Belle, and Edwin Claude Rice.
    • Suicides.
      Cut His Throat.
      Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
      Vevay, Ind. September 27. - John Buncen Rice, Aged near sixty, and a highly respected and well-to-do farmer of Southern Kentucky, who has for some time past been visiting his son in-law, Mr. John Sanders Lindsay, near Ghent, Ky., committed suicide this morning, by cutting his throat with a razor. Cause unknown.
      Cincinnati Commericial Tribune, Cincinnati, Ohio. 28 September 1878.
      [1, 3]
    • John Rice, from near Hickman, committed suicide near Ghent, Friday morning at about 5 o'clock, by cutting his throat with a razor. He was on a visit to his children at John Menses, about a mile from Ghent. As no cause for this act is known it is supposed that he was insane. His age was about 65 years.
      The News-Democrat, Carrollton, Kentucky. Saturday, 28 September 1878, page 5.
      [3, 4]
    • Carroll - John B. Rice, of Brandenburg, suicided near Ghent. He was aged about 65, and once a wealthy former of Carroll. Cause: financial.
      The Kentuckian-Citizen, Paris, Kentucky. Wednesday, 2 October 1878, page 2.
      [3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S25] Census.

    3. [S9] Obituary.

    4. [S87] Newspaper article.