John W. RICE ²

  General Notes:

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: John W. Rice, Jr. of 695 Washington Ave, Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH; 25; b. Mar 15, 1894 near Chillicothe, OH; truck driver for Ross Co. Supply in Chillicothe, OH; wife & 1 child under 12; claimed exemption from draft due to bad right leg; medium height and build, grey eyes, light hair.

1920 OH CENSUS, Fayette Co, Wayne Twp: Margaret E. Whitmer, 48, wd; son Robert D.(or O?), 30, single, farmer, gen. farm; dau. Donna Rice, 25, married; son-in-law John Rice, 25, married, laborer, gen. farm; grandson John H. Rice, 2; granddaughter Dorothy, 1-3/12. All were b. OH and parents all b. OH.

1930 OH CENSUS, Ross Co, Chillicothe city: John Rice, 36, married age 22, clerk, retail store; wife Donna, 35, married age 22; son Harold, 13; dau. Annabelle, 11. All were b. OH and parents b. OH.

OH DEATHS, 1958-2002: John W. Rice; b. Mar 15, 1894 in OH; resided Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH; d. Sep 2, 1991 at home at Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH; 97; father's surname: Rice; widower; 8th grade education; general government, supervisor.

John married Donna WHITMER about 1916 in OH.¹ (Donna WHITMER was born in May 1894 in OH ⁵ and died on 22 Dec 1958 in Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH ⁴.)