Erwin Rice and Diadama Bishop

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Husband Erwin Rice ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Irwin Rice 3
           Born: 1803 - Vermont 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jun 1859 or 1860 - Findley Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Jane Crawford (      -      ) 4

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Wife Diadama Bishop ⁴

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            AKA: Didema Bishop 3
           Born: Abt 1801 - Vermont or New York state
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1845 - near Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Moses Rice ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1909
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2 F Eliza Elvira Rice ^{3 5}

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           Born: 6 Feb 1825
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           Died: 30 Dec 1908
         Buried:  - Zion Cemetery, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA

         Spouse: Bennett Perrine (1817-1919) 5
           Marr: 14 Feb 1843

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3 M George W. Rice ⁴

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4 F Sarah B. Rice ^{4 6}

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         Spouse: Nimrod Grace Perrine (1825-      ) 7
           Marr: 9 Nov 1848 6

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5 M Horace B. Rice ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1909
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6 F Laura A. Rice ⁴

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           Died: Bef 1909
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7 F Lucy M. Rice ⁴

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           Died: Bef 1909
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8 M C. M. Rice ^{1 8 9}

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           Born: 8 Nov 1838 - Erie Co, PA 8
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           Died: 9 Apr 1898 - ? Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Caroline Offutt (      -      ) 8 9
           Marr: 8 May 1862 8

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9 M Charles B. Rice ⁴

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           Died: Bef 1909
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10 F Esther A. Rice ⁴

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           Born: 13 Mar 1842 4
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: James Erastus Smith (1834-      ) 4
           Marr: 1861 4

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General Notes: Husband - Erwin Rice

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He and his wife were natives of Vermont, who located near North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, and about 1841 removed to the vicinity of Sandy Lake, Mercer County.

He was well known for many years as a farmer and a shoemaker of Sandy Lake Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

One source states that he died June 27, 1859; however, it makes reference to him being alive after this date. The statement is made that he re-married, perhaps this is the death date of his first wife?

He and his wife reared ten children; all were still living in 1888.

In about 1841 [when his son, C. M. Rice was about three years old] he and his wife removed from the state of Vermont to the vicinity of Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. His wife dying there about 1845, he moved to Findley township and there he later passed away.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 752.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 446, 1066.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 290.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1066.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 770.

6 Howland Delano Perrine, Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot" (South Orange, NJ: Privately Printed, 1910), Pg 295.

7 Howland Delano Perrine, Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot" (South Orange, NJ: Privately Printed, 1910), Pg 184.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 446.

9 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 443.