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Thomas O’Brien

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Thomas O’Brien
birth: 1 July 1805, Pike County, Ohio to Enoch O’Bryant & Nancy Barker
death: 3 May 1862, Center Point, Sugar Ridge Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay Co., Indiana

marriage: c1828, probably Ohio
Lucinda Kennedy
birth: 2 July 1806, Virginia
death: 1 April 1863, Sugar Ridge Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay Co., Indiana

Children of Lucinda Kennedy and Thomas O’Brien:

  • Enoch O’Brien 1829-1907 m. Elizabeth Ann Grass
  • Minerva J O’Brien 1834-1905 m. John Elmore Tribble
  • George O’Brien 1837-?
  • Isaac O’Brien 1838-?
  • Rebecca “Ella” O’Brien 1842-1926 m. James P Kellum
  • Lincoln Mason O’Brien 1844-1924 m. Elisabeth Huber
  • Malinda O’Brien 1849-?
  • Anna O’Brien 1849-1928 m. William Reece Donham

Ancestor here lived in:

1838-1850 Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
1857-1861 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
1860 Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana
1862 Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

1 July 1805, in Pike, Ohio
1828-1834 in Ohio

Other Information:

Stone Mason

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Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Lewis W. Rice

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Lewis W. Rice
birth: 24 November 1823 in Shelby, Kentucky to Jesse Rice and Martha Wilcoxson
death: 15 February 1896, in Bowling Green, Washington Township, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green, Washington Township, Clay, Indiana

marriage: 5 September 1844 in Clay, Indiana
Ann Miles
birth: 22 July 1826 in Parke, Indiana to Samuel Miles and Hannah Ghormley
death: 15 Feb 1896 in Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana

Children of Ann Miles and Lewis W. Rice:

  • James Miles Rice 1845-1901 m. Emma Jeffries
  • Jesse J. Rice 1846-1921 m. Indiana Hawkins
  • Jane Rice 1848-1936 m. Marrimon Zenor
  • Samuel Rice 1850-?
  • Caroline Rice 1852-? m. Levi Mendenhall
  • Enos Rice 1854-?
  • William Hickson Rice 1856-1941 m. Florance Ann O’Brien
  • Emma Rice 1863-1945 m1 William Godfrey m2 Finley Day m3 James Bohannon m4 William Seymour
  • Ulysses Grant Rice 1865-1936 m. Cora Smith
  • Anna Rice 1868-1922 m. Milton Oberholtzer
  • Hannah Rice 1871-?

Ancestor here lived in:

1844 Clay, Indiana
1844-1896 Bowling Green, Washington, Clay, Indiana

Other Information:

Also lived in Shelby, Kentucky.

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Florance Ann O’Brien

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Florance Ann O’Brien
birth: 25 March 1862 in Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana to Enoch O’Brien and Elizabeth Ann Grass
death: 6 November 1936 in Clay County, Indiana
burial: Columbia Church Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana

marriage: 14 July 1881 in Clay, Indiana
William Hickson Rice
birth: 28 January 1856 in Clay County, Indiana to Lewis W. Rice and Ann Miles
death: 12 April 1941 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana
burial: Columbia Church Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana

Children of Florance Ann O’Brien and William Hickson Rice:

  • William Earnest Rice, 1882-1958 m. Hallie Vines
  • Grace Edith Rice, 1885-1966 m. Henry Knab
  • Hallie Mae Miles Rice, 1885-1977 m. Joseph Schlabach
  • Florence Katherine Rice 1892-1973 m1. Earl Patch , m2. John Thompson
  • Mary Eugenia Rice 1900-?

Ancestor here lived in:

25 March 1862 Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana
14 Jul 1881 Clay County, Indiana
1892 Putnam, Indiana
1900-6 November 1936 Randolph Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

William Hickson Rice

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William Hickson Rice
birth: 28 January 1856 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay County, Indiana to Lewis W. Rice and Ann Miles
death: 12 April 1941 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana
burial: Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

marriage: 14 July 1881 in Clay, Indiana
Florence Ann O’Brien
birth: 25 March 1862 in Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana to Enoch O’Brien and Elizabeth Ann Grass
death: 6 November 1936 in Clay, Indiana
burial: Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Children of Florence Ann O’Brien and William Hickson Rice:

  • William Earnest Rice, 1882-1958 m. Hallie Vines
  • Grace Edith Rice, 1885-1996 m. Henry Knab
  • Hallie May Miles Rice, 1885-1977 m. Joseph Schlabach
  • Florence Katherine Rice, 1892- m1 Earl Stone Patch m2 John Bernhardt Thompson
  • Mary Eugenia Rice, 1900-?

Ancestor here lived in:

28 January 1856, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay County, Indiana
1881 Clay, Indiana
1892 Putnam, Indiana
1900 Randolph Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana
1910-1941 Lafayette Ward, Tippecanoe, Indiana

Other Information:

Farmer, homestead land

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

William Earnest Rice

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William Earnest Rice
birth: 21 July 1882 in Clay County, Indiana to William Hickson Rice and Florance Ann O’Brien (both born in Indiana)
death: 2 June 1958 in McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon
burial: Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon

marriage: 6 Apr 1910 in Big Lick, Roanoke, Virginia
Hallie Alberta Vines
birth: 21 April 1887 in Barn, Mercer, West Virginia, United States to John Wesley Vines and Martha Elizabeth Ellison
death: 13 September 1968 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
burial: Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon

Children of Hallie Alberta Vines and William Earnest Rice:

  • William Harold Rice, 27 June 1911-25 October 1981 m1 Jean Bernice Koch m2 Calla Alice Holloway
  • Arthur Roland Rice, 5 March 1920-8 September 2007 m Paulette Marguerite Tyrode

Ancestor here lived in:

1882 Putnam, Indiana
1885 Danville, Clay, Indiana
1883 Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
1900 Lafayette, Clay, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

1910 Old Lick, Roanoke, Virginia
1910 East River, Mercer, West Virginia
1918 Minden, Fayette, West Virginia
1920 Minden, Fayetteville, Fayette, West Virginia
1930 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
1940 Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio
1950 Tennessee
1955-1958 McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon

Other Information:

Civil Engineer
Professor at Case Western, Ohio

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Michael Matthew Dooley

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Michael Matthew Dooley, M.D.
birth: 9 Aug 1857, Portugal Cove, Newfoundland, Canada to Matthew Michael Dooley and Bridget Moriarty
death: 21 Oct 1907, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
burial: St. John’s Cemetery, Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana

marriage: 26 Feb 1889, St. Peter’s RC, Montgomery, Daviess County, Indiana
Anna Elizabeth Wathen
birth: 11 Nov 1861, Montgomery, Daviess County, Indiana to Raphael Wathen and Mary Ann Caanaugh
death: 19 Sep 1926, Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana
burial: St. John’s Cemetery, Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana

Children of Michael Matthew Dooley and Anna Elizabeth Wathen:

  • Mary Helen, 1890-1969, m. J. Christopher O’Brien;
  • Rose Bernadette, 1892-1982, m. Emil Norris;
  • Agnes Eloise, 1894-1983, m. Wiliam Austin Walker;
  • Jeanne Marie, 1898-1979, m. Hubert Huebner;
  • Gertrude Aurelia, 1901-1984, m. Paul Barrett;
  • Joseph Matthew, 1904-1959, m. Sarah Birdena Lett;
  • Mary Esther, 1907-2004, m. Paul Rittenhouse

Michael was first a carpenter, then a construction engineer, in 1886 he earned his medical degree from the Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville.

Michael lived in Portugal Cove, Newfoundland (1857-1868), Antigonish, Nova Scotia (1868-1878), New York City, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Louisville, Kentucky and Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana (1889-1907). He died at his brother’s house in Connecticut.

Submitted by:
Carol Collins
Email: carolcollins65@gmail.com

Cletus Joseph Matthews

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Cletus Joseph Matthews
b. 28 Jul 1904 at Daviess Co., IN to Alphonsus James Matthews and Mary Scholastica Disser
d. 24 Aug 1970 at Tell City, IN
bur. St. John’s Cemetery, Washington, IN

Cletus Matthews

Cletus Matthews

m. 28 Sept 1929 at Indianapolis, IN
Retha Eugena Bedwell
b. 26 Oct 1912 at Sullivan, IN to Claude C. Bedwell and Sarah Emaline Hardisty
d. 21 Mar 1994 at Washington, IN
bur. St. John’s Cemetery, Washington, IN

Children with Retha Eugena Bedwell (dates omitted for children living as of date of publication):

  • Norman Eugene Matthews, m. Catherine Rose Obrien
  • Veronica May Matthews (1933–1951)
  • Ann Marie Matthews, m. James Lee Martin
  • Regina Rose Matthews, m. Charles Maurice Shimer
  • Monica Fay Matthews, m. Larry Eugene Mattingly
  • Cletus Joseph Matthews, Jr (1946–2003), m. Ruth Ann Dugan
  • Edward Thomas Matthews, m. Theresa Ann Deitz

Cletus Joseph Matthews lived in Daviess County all of his life. His parents’ family homestead was located on what is now Boggs Creek Lake in Barr Township.

Submitted by:
Phillip Martin
Monclova, OH
PYR@woh.rr.com

Sarah Caroline Reed

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Sarah Caroline Reed
b. aft 27 July 1837, Indiana
d. 27 July 1900, Daviess County, Indiana
bur. Washington, indiana

Sarah Caroline Reed

Sarah Caroline Reed

m/1. 17 June 1858, Tinity, Martin, Indiana
Jeramiah Redyard
b. about 1836
d. 10 July 1866

m/2. 18 December 1868
Thomas Jones
b. 1831, Indiana, to George Willis and Rebecca (Chapman) Jones
d. 1877, Huron, Indiana

m/3. 3 September 1881, Lawrence County, Indiana
William Scaggs

Children with Jeramiah Redyard:

  • Henry Clay (1866-1937) married Mary Francis Devies
  • Mary Elizabeth (b. 1859) married Soloman C. Jones
  • William Harrison (b. 1861) married Emma Chapell

Children with Thomas Jones:

  • Jackson (1869-1964) married Nancy Ella Hammersley
  • Zachariah (1874-1968), married Emma Grace Hammersley
  • Louis (b. 1876) married Teresa E. O’Brien
  • I May (abt 1878)

Sarah Caroline Reed lived her entire life in Indiana. She is buried in Washington, Indiana according to the record of her death in Daviess County, Indiana but there is no stone on her grave.

Submitted by:
Jennifer Cruse
Terre Haute, IN
E-mail: jencruse@msn.com

John Joseph Rooney

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John Joseph Rooney
b. 10 September 1851, Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana, to Hugh and Joanna (Cahill) Roney/Rooney
d. 25 March 1943, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

m. 1877, Kansas
Marguerite Burke
b. 11 June 1855, possibly Richmond, Virginia
d. 29 August 1914, Lillis, Marshall County, Kansas

Children with Marguerite Burke:

  • Thomas Edward (1878-1931) married Helen Gertrude Teeman
  • Mary Winifred (1879-1956) married James Francis McCormick
  • Mary Katherine (1881-bef. 1920)
  • John William (1883-1949) married Agnes O’Brien
  • Ellie F. (1884-1941) married George J. Botzenhart
  • James (b. 1887)
  • Margaret (1889-1951) married William J. Schmidt
  • Henry Michael (1802-1975) married Marie Margaret Higgins
  • Emma (1893-1984) married Raymond Creevans
  • Joanna Christine (1898-1970) married Lawrence Aloysius Meier
  • Joseph F. (1898-1978)

John immigrated from North Judson, Starke County, Indiana, to Marshall County, Kansas, about 1875.

Submitted by:
Peg Pierson
Lincoln NE