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Joseph Redmond Rice and Willie Masters Rice

, Houston County

Marker Text

Joseph Redmond Rice (May 24, 1805 - Aug. 11, 1866) and Willie Masters Rice (Aug. 17, 1809 - Sept. 6, 1881) Tennessean Joseph R. Rice married Willie, daughter of Jacob Masters, about 1825. By 1828 they lived in a log cabin near this spot. Their children were Sarah (b. 1826), Jacob (b. 1828), twins deceased in infancy, Amanda Elizabeth (1832-1910), John (1838-62), Francis (1841-61), Joseph R., Jr. (1843-1927), George R. (1847-79), Henry (1853-1929), and Willie Louise (1856-1915). Many members of the family rest in this plot. Recorded - 1976

Marker Details

Address SH 21
Location Description Rice Family Cemetery; 4.5 miles east of Crockett on SH 21
Marker # 11222
Dedicated 1976
Size, Type grave marker
Code pioneers
Latitude, Longitude 31.356985, -95.397147

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