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Name: Ira Rice
Sex: M
Birth: 28 Oct 1793 in New Ashford, Berkshire, Mass.
Death: 12 Apr 1868 in St. George, Utah
Person Id: I262
Tree Id: 582296

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Parents

Father:

Titus Rice: Birth: 4 Feb 1744/45 in Wallingford, Conn.

Mother:

Lois: Birth: in Vermont.

Family
Marriage:

Married: Minerva Saxton on 1814.
Minerva Saxton: Birth: 3 Oct 1796 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. Death: 1824 in Manchester, Ontario, NY

Children:

Ira Rice: Birth: 13 Jun 1815 in Farmington, Ontario, NY.
Asaph Rice: Birth: 13 Jan 1817 in Farmington, Ontario County, NY. Death: 3 Feb 1872 in Panaca, Lincoln County, Nevada
Maryette Rice: Birth: 27 Oct 1818 in Farmington, Ontario County, NY.
Julietta Rice: Birth: 1820 in Farmington, Ontario County, NY.
William Kelsey Rice: Birth: 27 Oct 1822 in Palmyra, Wayne, NY. Death: 6 Jul 1913

Family
Marriage:

Married: Sarah Ann Harrington on 1825.
Sarah Ann Harrington: Birth: 30 Jan 1800 in Glocester, Providence,Rhode Island.

Children:

Harriet Rice: Birth: ABT. 1825 in Michigan.
Benjamin Rice: Birth: ABT. 1827 in Michigan. Death: ABT. 1840
Leonard Gurley Rice: Birth: 3 Oct 1829 in Michigan. Death: 12 Sep 1886 in Farminton, Utah
Henriette Rice: Birth: ABT. 1831 in Michigan.
Sarah Ann Rice: Birth: ABT. 1833 in Michigan.
Oscar North Rice: Birth: 19 Oct 1835 in Michigan. Death: 17 Sep 1880
Adaline Rice: Birth: 24 Sep 1837 in Michigan.
Adelbert Rice: Birth: ABT. 1839 in Michigan.
Caroline Rice: Birth: ABT. 1841 in Michigan.
Deliah Rice: Birth: ABT. 1842 in Illinois.
Hyrum Smith Rice: Birth: 15 May 1844 in Illinois.
Ephriam Rice: Birth: 1846 in Iowa. Death: 1851

Family
Marriage:

Married: Elizabeth Ann Morris on 20 Nov 1856 at North Ogden, Weber, Utah.
Elizabeth Ann Morris: Birth: 13 Jun 1817 in Ponteat, Carmarthen, So. Wales. Death: 3 Apr 1897 in Escalante, Garfield, Utah

Notes

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Note: Ira, the youngest child in his family, became an orphan early in life. He was enlisted in the War of 1812 when he was 19 years old. His enlistment papers describe him as a farmer, 5 feet 8" tall, light hair, blue eyes and having come from new Ashford, Berkshire County, Mass.
Ira Rice arrived in Utah September 27, 1847 being one of the earliest pioneer companies. Ira first settled in Farmington, but not for long, he then moved to Ogden and then to North Ogden where he became the first Bishop of the Mormon religion. He is given credit for building the first log cabin there. Ira married his 3rd wife, Elizabeth Ann Morris Butler in North Ogden.
He was one of the first to establish a home in Providence early in 1859.
Rice Creek, which is located in North Ogden Canyon, was named after Ira and Asaph Rice.
Ira and Asaph Rice, with a few other families settled at Beaver Dam, now in the state of Arizona. In a journal of William E. Jones, on Dec. 23rd, 1867, flood waters came down the Beaver Dam wash and raised to the top of its banks. The next day the bank where the homes stood began to cave in. The Rices were left homeless.

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