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Augusta <I>Smith</I> Rice

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Augusta Smith Rice

Birth
Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
2 Feb 1943 (aged 77)
Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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MRS. ARTHUR RICE OLD RESIDENT DIES HERE FRIDAY

Mrs. Arthur Rice passed away at her home on south Fifth street last Friday morning after a critical illness of a few weeks. She had been in failing health, due to her advanced age, for a long time.

Frances Augusta Smith, daughter of Thomas and Anna Smith, was born in Dane County, Wisconsin, on February 7, 1865, and passed away on Friday January 29, 1943, at the age of 77.

She lived for a short time at Lake City, Minnesota and then came to Mitchell county with her parents, and spent the remaining years of her life here.

She was married to Arthur Rice in 1889 [January, February, May, or July 5, 1889]. Four children were born to this union -- [missing] Ora, Chester and Smith. [missing] and Ora preceded her in death.

Surviving are the sons, Chester and Smith, and four grandchildren -- Dean and Marilyn Rice, Dorothy Hayenga-Val Vliet... Mrs. Agnes Gifford, ... brother, William Smith. ... Val Vliet was reared by her grandmother, after her own mother, Ora Hayenga, died.

Funeral services were held on Monday at the Champion Funeral Home in charge of the Rev. John ___ern, of the Baptist Church. Burial was in the Osage cemetery.

Source: Mitchell County Press News - Feb. 4, 1943
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1870 US Census: Florence, Goodhue, Minnesota;PO Red Wing
Thomas Smith 39 born Scotland abt 1831
Anna 38 born Ireland abt 1832
Anna 15 born Illinois abt 1855
Agnes 13 born Wisconsin abt 1857
William 11 born Wisconsin abt 1858
Isabel? can't read 6 born Wisconsin abt 1863
Augusta 5 born Wisconsin abt 1865
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1880 US Census: Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa
Ann Smith, widow 46 born Ireland
William J Smith 21 born Wisconsin
Frances A 15, daughter born Wisconsin
Emma 5 born Iowa abt 1875
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1900 US Census: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
Arthur Rice 37 born December 1862 Iowa
Augusta 34 born February 1866 Wisconsin, father Scotland, mother Ireland
Ora 9 born April 1891 Iowa
Chester Arthur 7 born September 1892 Iowa
Smith Rice 2 born January 1898 Iowa
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1925 Iowa Census: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
(a)Arthur Rice 62 born Iowa; father L. b. Rice born Ohio; mother Lucille Wilson born Ohio
(b) Frances A Rice 57 born Wisconsin; father Thomas Smith born Scotland; mother Ann Cassidy born Ireland
(c) Smith Rice 27 born Wisconsin
(d) Dorothy Hayenga, granddaughter 10 born Iowa; father Everill Hayenga; mother Ora Rice

**note: on the 1925 Census for her brother William J Rice, his mothers maiden name is listed as Carrady


MRS. ARTHUR RICE OLD RESIDENT DIES HERE FRIDAY

Mrs. Arthur Rice passed away at her home on south Fifth street last Friday morning after a critical illness of a few weeks. She had been in failing health, due to her advanced age, for a long time.

Frances Augusta Smith, daughter of Thomas and Anna Smith, was born in Dane County, Wisconsin, on February 7, 1865, and passed away on Friday January 29, 1943, at the age of 77.

She lived for a short time at Lake City, Minnesota and then came to Mitchell county with her parents, and spent the remaining years of her life here.

She was married to Arthur Rice in 1889 [January, February, May, or July 5, 1889]. Four children were born to this union -- [missing] Ora, Chester and Smith. [missing] and Ora preceded her in death.

Surviving are the sons, Chester and Smith, and four grandchildren -- Dean and Marilyn Rice, Dorothy Hayenga-Val Vliet... Mrs. Agnes Gifford, ... brother, William Smith. ... Val Vliet was reared by her grandmother, after her own mother, Ora Hayenga, died.

Funeral services were held on Monday at the Champion Funeral Home in charge of the Rev. John ___ern, of the Baptist Church. Burial was in the Osage cemetery.

Source: Mitchell County Press News - Feb. 4, 1943
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1870 US Census: Florence, Goodhue, Minnesota;PO Red Wing
Thomas Smith 39 born Scotland abt 1831
Anna 38 born Ireland abt 1832
Anna 15 born Illinois abt 1855
Agnes 13 born Wisconsin abt 1857
William 11 born Wisconsin abt 1858
Isabel? can't read 6 born Wisconsin abt 1863
Augusta 5 born Wisconsin abt 1865
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1880 US Census: Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa
Ann Smith, widow 46 born Ireland
William J Smith 21 born Wisconsin
Frances A 15, daughter born Wisconsin
Emma 5 born Iowa abt 1875
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1900 US Census: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
Arthur Rice 37 born December 1862 Iowa
Augusta 34 born February 1866 Wisconsin, father Scotland, mother Ireland
Ora 9 born April 1891 Iowa
Chester Arthur 7 born September 1892 Iowa
Smith Rice 2 born January 1898 Iowa
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1925 Iowa Census: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
(a)Arthur Rice 62 born Iowa; father L. b. Rice born Ohio; mother Lucille Wilson born Ohio
(b) Frances A Rice 57 born Wisconsin; father Thomas Smith born Scotland; mother Ann Cassidy born Ireland
(c) Smith Rice 27 born Wisconsin
(d) Dorothy Hayenga, granddaughter 10 born Iowa; father Everill Hayenga; mother Ora Rice

**note: on the 1925 Census for her brother William J Rice, his mothers maiden name is listed as Carrady




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  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34205142/augusta-rice: accessed ), memorial page for Augusta Smith Rice (7 Feb 1865–2 Feb 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34205142, citing Osage Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Lisa L (contributor 47102285).