William Workman

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William married Martha Eddings 08 Aug 1891, Douglas Co. MO. Martha was born 03 Apr 1872, Douglas Co. MO; died 05 Jun 1905, Greene Co. MO; was buried , Mullinax Cemetery, Strafford, Greene Co. MO. [Group Sheet]

1. James Edward Workman was born 10 May 1892, Douglas Co. MO; died Aug., 1986, Kingfisher Co. OK; was buried , Maple Grove Cemetery, Seminole, Seminole Co. OK.
2. Charles Everet Workman was born 14 Aug 1894, Oklahoma; died 26 Mar 1969, Oklahoma; was buried , Fairlawn Cemetery, Cushing, Payne Co. OK.
3. Lloyd V. Workman was born 24 Jul 1897, Oklahoma; died Apr., 1966, Oklahoma; was buried , Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co. OK.

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OBITUARY

Douglas County Herald; 14 March 1907

Again, the Angel of Death has come and taken away one whom I loved and have lived with for the last thirty years. John L. Workman was called home on March 9, 1907. He was 94 years old, was born in West Virginia, in Carter County, and has been a citizen of Douglas County for 31 years. His health has been failing for about 9 months, and about 4 months of that time, he has been praising God all the time, and has now gone home to rest. My loss is his eternal gain. He requested his children to meet him at home and not forget to pray. He was laid to rest in the Ava Cemetery Sunday evening at 4:00 p.m. This is the request of his companion Eliza J. Workman. Mr. John Workman died at his home one mile east of Ava last Saturday and was buried Sunday evening in the Ava cemetery. He was nearing life's sunset and after a long useful life he died as he had lived ? honored, trusted and loved.

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John married Olive (Caroline) Lambert 09 Oct 1856, Gallia Co. OH; divorced Bef 1881. Olive (daughter of Pearsall Lambert and Mary (Polly) RICE) was born 1827, Gallia Co. OH; died 1904, Douglas Co. MO; was buried , probably Douglas Co. MO. [Group Sheet]

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LAND RECORDS

On 14 November 1832, James (1724) and Mary Rice, deeded 80 acres of land in Section 11, Greenfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio to Pearsall Lambert (Mary's husband) for a token amount of $1.00. Deed recorded in Gallia County Recorder's records, Volume 12, page 56.

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Pearsall married Mary (Polly) RICE 13 Feb 1811, Gallia Co. OH. Mary (daughter of James RICE and Mary) was born ca 1792, Virginia; died 1860, Gallia Co. OH; was buried , Greenfield Township, Gallia Co. OH. [Group Sheet]

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LAND RECORDS

On 14 November 1832, James (1724) and Mary Rice, deeded 80 acres of land in Section 11, Greenfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio to Pearsall Lambert (Mary's husband) for a token amount of $1.00. Deed recorded in Gallia County Recorder's records, Volume 12, page 56.

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LAND, TAX, AND CENSUS RECORDS

1782 Montgomery Co. tax list. Spencer, John and James Rice. "James Rice and Robert Bristoe lived two houses apart. Later two land sales were listed as the James Rice and Robert Fristoe/Bristoe improvements."

1793 Wythe Co. Va tax list area North of Walker's Mountain, Elijah, William and James Rice. Also Phillip Lambert.

1793 & 1796 On petitions from residents of Wythe Co., Va who wish to form Tazewell Co. the following three names appear in sequence on both the petitions: James Rice, William Rice, Elisha Rice.

1794 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1795 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1797 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1798 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1800 Kanawha County, VA (land sale document)

1801 Kanawha County, VA (tax list)

1806 Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio (historical account)

1810 Gallia County, Ohio (tax list)

1810 Gallia County Ohio, Jeremyer, Eliger, Ezekial Rice listed in 1800 census, Gallia County, Ohio.


1812,1818, and 1819 Gallia County, Ohio (tax list)

1820 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

1830 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

1840 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

CENSUS RECORDS

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 2

1830 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 100 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 80 thru 89: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3

1840 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 100 and over: 1
Total Free White Persons: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 1
[Note made on census record: "was 116 years old on x day of August 1840 is now in good health, laboring under no infirmities."

SOURCES

Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, p. 1382
Wythe County Minutes of County Court 1790-1800; November 14, 1796

Re: road from the top of Iron Mountain to the Cripple Creek road. "James Rice, appointed Surveyor of the Road."

1801 Annals of Tazewell Co. Va. : July 6, 1801
James Rice and Mary his wife, sold land for a token price to Jeremiah Lambert (son of their daughter Hannah who married Job Lambert). Tazwell Co. Va Deed Book 1801, page 78. James and Mary Rice of Kanawha Co. Virginia (fr) Wolf Creek.

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History of Gallia County, H.H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo, 1882, Page XXIII.

Greenfield Township

The first to settle in the township were Daniel Faulkner, James Rice (who died at the advanced age of one hundred and twenty years), and Andrew Faulkner. On the 22d of June, 1882, the latter gave an account of his early pioneer recollections to the one appointed to collect and record them for this work, and four days later he had "passed beyond the river," dying suddenly June 26th, 1882. The pioneers first settled at the forks of Symmes creek, Daniel Faulkner building the first cabin, in 1806.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Niles' Weekly Register, Volume 59, September 1840 ? March 1841, Printed by the Editor: Jeremiah Hughes, Baltimore, MD, page 288 which states "Longevity: There is a man living in Greenfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio by the name of James Rice who was 116 years old on the 24th of April last and yet bids fair to add some years to the days of his earthly pilgrimage."

Gallipolis Journal, 8 Aug 1839

James Rice of Greenfield Twp. Gallia County, Ohio was 116 years old last June. His health is good, and he still retains strength sufficient to walk about without assistance. He has a son living, who is 83 years of age.

INTERNET INFORMATION

Posted by Sandra Salyers
To: < RICE-SOUTHERN-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Rice-Southern-L] RICE in Montgomery/Grayson pre-1790

A James Rice and Robert Bristco/Frisco had a large land holding in the area of Montgomery, Wythe, Tazewell County, Virginia called the James Rice Robert Frisco improvement. A number of land sales from this improvement are listed
in the court record books of Montgomery, Wythe and Tazewell Counties.

James and his wife Mary sold their land in Virginia and moved to Gallia County, Ohio in their later years. James is listed in the 1840 census as 116 years old in good health. This was so unusual that the census taker wrote it across the line from James' name. A Gallia County News paper mentioned his longevity a couple of years later. The last Virginia land sale I have listed is to their grandson Jeremiah Lambert for a token price.

They spent their last few years of life in Gallia County with the offspring of their daughter Hannah who married Job Lambert. Some of the children of this Rice-Lambert related family migrated to Carter and Lawrence County Kentucky in the early 1800's.

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From: SALYERS9@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Rice-Southern-L] RICE in Montgomery/Grayson pre-1790 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:11:40 EDT

James was born Aug. 24, 1724 according to the census record. The news article stated he was born in June. James's daughter Hannah married John Withrow in Cabell County, Virginia after the death of her husband Job Lambert. The 1850 census records list Hannah as age 90 born in Virginia. That would place James in Virginia in 1760. James was living in Montgomery County in 1782 next door
to Robert Briscoe, other Rice's on the tax list that year were John and Spencer. Job Lambert's father Phillip was also there.




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James married Mary. [Group Sheet]