Catherine “Kitty” Baldridge Rice (1790-1888)

Catherine “Kitty” Baldridge Rice

Birth

12 Jun 1790

Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

Death

17 Mar 1888 (aged 97)

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, USA

Burial

Madronia Cemetery

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, USA Add to Map

Plot

10 3 No. 2, South center, no marker

Memorial ID

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Interred: March 17, 1888

Died 3/17/1888, age 97y, 8m, 5d

She was of English and Irish descent. When she was six years old her parents moved to Tennessee, where she married Ebenezer Rice, a native of Vermont. When Mr. Rice was a very small boy his father was sent from the East to Tennessee as a missionary to the Indians. In the fall of 1833 he removed with his family to Morgan County, Illinois, where he made it his home until his death, in 1858.

Mrs. Rice, his widow, afterward died at the residence of her son William, near Saratoga, California, March 17, 1888, aged nearly ninety-eight years. There were twelve children in her family, of whom three are now living. William Rice made his home with his parents until he was twenty-five years of age.

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Tennessee State marriage license lists her nickname as "Caty". I am unsure if "Caty" is correct, or if it is just how the person writing it spelled it based on a TN accent!

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Parents:

Father: Capt. John Baldridge
b. 28 Sep 1754, Lancaster, PA
d. 17 Oct 1823, Maury, TN

Mother: Isabella Luckey
b. 27 Feb 1761, Lancaster, PA
d. 29 Apr 1848, Maury, TN

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CHILDREN:

1. John D Rice
2. Minerva Rice, b. 25 Dec 1816, TN - 1855
3. Cyms Rice, b. 25 Jun 1819, TN - 1820
4. William Rice, b. 27 Feb 1821, TN - 6 Oct 1900 CA
5. Elbert Gallatin Rice, b. 6 Aug 1823, Columbia, Maury, TN - d. 12 Feb 1892, Jacksonville, Morgan, IL
6. Sally Rice, b. 4 Jun 1825, TN - 1826
7. Allan H Rice, b. 20 Mar 1827, TN - 1828
8. Nancy Rice, b. 4 Apr 1829, TN - 26 Mar 1859 IL
9. Ebenezer V Rice, b. 18 Jul 1831, TN - 20 Mar 1871 in Lincoln, Pike, MO
10. Joseph T Rice, b. 16 May 1835, Morgan, IL - 1836

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SIBLINGS:

1. Catherine "Catsy" Baldridge,
b. 12 Jun 1790, Davidson County, TN
d. Mar 17 1888, Saratoga, Santa Clara, CA
2. Alexander Baldridge, b. 25 Jul 1792, Davidson County, TN
d. Between 1793 and 1882
3. Isabella Baldridge, b. 21 Aug 1795,
d. Between 1796 and 1889
4. Rebecca E Baldridge, b. 13 Jan 1798, TN
d. Between 1799 and 1892
5. John Baldridge, b. 20 Feb 1800, TN
d. 21 Feb 1885, Bloomfield, Iowa
6. Margaret A Baldridge, b. 11 Mar 1802, Davidson County, TN
7. Elizabeth E Baldridge, b. 5 Jun 1804, Davidson, Maury County, TN
8. William Davidson Baldridge, b. 1 Jan 1807, Davidson County, TN

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