Nancy Rosella "Lillie" GILPIN ²

  General Notes:

MILLS CO, IA MARRIAGES: J. W. Rice, 23, laborer, m. Lillie R. Gilpin, 15, April 30, 1883 by A. S. Ober, JP. Lillie listed her parents as "Manuel" Gilpin and E. "Shamblin"

1895 IA CENSUS, Mills Co: John W. Rice, 36, b. OH; Nancy Rosella, 28, b. OH; Berrie, 7, b. Mills Co, IA; Manley A., 5, b. Mills Co, IA; David L., 2, b. Mills Co, IA; John W., 0, b. OH.

1900 IA CENSUS, Mills Co, Silver Creek Twp: John W. Rice, Nov 1858, 46, married 17 yrs, b. OH, day laborer; wife "Nancy", Aug 1867, 32, married 17 yrs, 7 children, 5 living, b. OH; dau. Bessie, Jun 1888, 11, b. IA; son Austin M., Jan 1890, 10, b. IA; son David L, Apr 1892, 8, b. IA; son John W., Mar 1894, 6, b. OH; dau. Lillie E., Sep 1896, 3, b. IA. The parents of all were b. OH.

1910 OH CENSUS, Ross Co, Chillicothe: John W. Rice, 52, 1st marriage, married 27 yrs, b. OH, plaster, house; wife Lillie, 43, 1st marriage, married 27 yrs, 8 children, 6 living, b. OH, paper hanger; son Luther D., 18, single, b. IA, plaster, house; son John W., 16, b. OH; dau. Lillie E., 14, b. IA; dau. Esther M., 10, b. IA. The parents of all were b. OH.

1920 OH CENSUS, Ross Co, East Scioto Twp, Chillicothe: John W. Rice, 61, b. OH, parents b. OH, paper hanger, house; wife Lillie, 52, b. OH, parents b. OH; son Austin M., 30, b. IA, parents b, OH, truck driver for meat shop; daughter-in-law Alice, 35, b. OH, parents b. OH; dau Bessie Cory(?), 31, divorced, b. IA, parents b. OH, stitcher at shoe factory; grandson Paul Rice, 3-1/12, b. OH, father's birthplace unknown, mother b. IA. (Is Bessie the mother of Paul Rice? In 1910 census Bessie had 1 living child.)

1930 OH CENSUS, Ross Co, East Scioto Twp, Chillicothe city: John W. Rice, 71, married age 25, owned home worth $2,000, b. OH, parents b. OH, paper hanger, own shop; wife Lillie, 63, married age 16, b. OH, parents b. OH; 3 lodgers.

OH DEATHS, 1938-1944: Lillie Rice d. Oct 17, 1838 at Chillicothe.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: Lillie Rice of 719 Washington Ave., Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH; married; husband: John Wesley Rice: b. Aug 18, 1867 at Beverly, OH; father: "Manly" Gilpin who was b. OH; d. Oct 17, 1938 of cerebral hemorrhage & hypertension; 71 yrs, 1 mo, 29 days; burial: Hallsville, Ross Co, OH on 10-20-38; informant: John Rice of 719 Washington Ave., Chillicothe, OH.

Nancy married John Wesley RICE on 30 Apr 1883 in Glenwood, Mills Co, IA.¹ (John Wesley RICE was born on 11 Nov 1858 in Ross Co, OH,⁴ died on 28 Feb 1941 in Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH ⁵ and was buried on 3 Mar 1941 in Hallsville, Ross Co, OH ⁴.)