James RICE

  General Notes:

Following is a partial genealogy of Ezekiel Rice, who settled in Greenup County, KY around 1820 and whose descendants lived mostly in Eastern, KY. In "The Big Sandy Valley - History of the People and Country - From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time" by William Ely (1887), it says:

"The Rice Family is one of the most noted of all the old families which has given to the Big Sandy Valley its prestige in developing men of marked ability. Their ancestors were of the Celtic race, and lived in Wales. James M. Rice's grandfather came to America before the great Revolution. He took sides with the Colonies and fought for freedom. His son (Ezekiel L. Rice), the father of James M. Rice, came from his Virginia home, east of the Blue Ridge, in 1799, and settled near Guyandotte, VA (Now West Virginia). The next year he married, and in 1802 his most noted son, James M., was born.

James married Eleanor.