It seems likely that Roland's brother was John C. Rice, b 1815.
In 1840, Warren twp, Putnam Co IN, a John Rice, 70-80, was enumerated with 1 male 15-20, 1 female 15-20, 2 males 10-15, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 5-10. Roland and Elizabeth had married by this time.
14. Joseph Rice
Found in Wayne twp, Bartholomew Co IN is Joseph Rice and wife Catherine. He was 31, she 21, b. GA. Their children were Lulie M, 3, and Maggie, 1, both girls b. GA.
This Joseph was b. in 1849 in KY.
In both the 1870 & 1880 census, Thomas and Mary were living in Buchannan Co MO, Platt twp.
In 1880, Samuel & Amanda E. Westbrook were living with them. Also in the same household, was a granddaughter, Ada J. Roberts, b 1868 KS. Parent unknown. Thomas (Mac), 43, was living with his parents also.
Thomas' name appears on the back of Mary's tombstone, but there are no dates.
1860 census lists the following Roberts men from KY.
Joseph, b 1801
Jnos, b 1804
P.F., b 1807
Obidah, b 1808
(Thomas, b 1810)
John L., b 1824
Connection with these people has not been established.
In a special census, 1890. A Thomas Roberts was living in Jackson twp, Nodaway Co MO, dist. 292. He had been a private, Co F, 24 IN Inf. He enlisted Mar (or Apr) 1863 and was discharged 14 Nov 1865, suffering from rheumatism.
In 1880, she was living near Gower, alone, and was a milliner.
A marriage record was found
According to family tradition, Martha married a Roberts, and had no children. This is confirmed by the 1900 Nodaway Co MO census. She was living as a widow with her brother James Walker in Washington Twp. He also was a widower, and his children Jennie and John were living with them.
5. John Maxwell
Solomon Lenox, b. 1829 IN was working as a farm laborer.
The names and ages of the children were from the 1850 census, Washington twp, Putnam Co IN.
James' service record shows he was 6 feet one-half inches tall, had dark hair and hazel eyes, and had a dark complexion. The record also states he was born in IN, however, all other sources say KY. He enlisted 22 Aug 1861 at St. Joseph MO, and mustered into the 13th infantry regiment. He was captured and paroled, and then the 13th regiment was reformed into the 25th., and he was shot shortly before he died.
The official death record states he died of dysentery, probably contacted in the hospital while he was recuperating from a bullet wound in the hip. However, another records says he died on the hospital boat at Pittsburg Landing TN on 15 Apr 1862. Yet another record states that he died in the hospital at St. Joseph MO on 24 Apr 1862. The only thing in agreement is the year!
No record is found of him being buried at Shiloh TN.James' service record shows he was 6 feet one-half inches tall, had dark hair and hazel eyes, and had a dark complexion. The record also states he was born in IN, however, all other sources say KY. He enlisted 22 Aug 1961 at St. Joseph MO, and mustered into the 13th infantry regiment. He was captured and paroled, and then the 13th regiment was reformed into the 25th., and he was shot shortly before he died.
The official death record states he died of dysentery, probably contacted in the hospital while he was recuperating from a bullet wound in the hip. However, another records says he died on the hospital boat at Pittsburg Landing TN on 15 Apr 1962. Yet another record states that he died in the hospital at St. Joseph MO on 24 Apr 1962. The only thing in agreement is the year!
No record is found of him being buried at Shiloh TN.
In the 1850 Putnam Co., IN census
house 131-James A. Cunningham, 31, KY farmer
Amy A. 19, IN
Mahala 12, IN
Presley A. 15, IN
Maximilian S. 10, IN
John H. 24, IN farmer
Soloman G. 26, IN grocer
house 136-James Maxwell 24, KY farmer
Martha Matilda (Cunningham)
23, IN
Both of these families moved to Boone Co., IA in 1851 and by that time, James Cunningham had married Diana Sturdevant, IN. Soloman G. had married Agnes Sturdevant, and brother Presley A. was living with this family. Mahala married John Long, IN. They all settled in the Luther, IA area. John's father was Abraham, E. TN. He was 53 in 1856, and had lived in IA 4 years also.
Mother was Ellen, her birthplace unknown to her.
Martha Matilda owned land in MO, then moved to Des Moines, IA where her son, Robert C., was a turnkey at the Polk County jail. They are listed in the city directory as living at 518 Maple St., Lee twp., in 1899, 1900, 1901, and 1902. Then they are both gone.
Addendum, 1993:
Robert was living as a boarder in Worth Co MO in 1910, evidently the landlady did not know how old he was or where he had been born. In 1920, he was living with his cousin, John Barnes, who seemed to know both age and birthplace.
Robert never married. He lived with his mother until her death, then with his cousin, John Barnes. Mary E. (Malson) Harner, who was a cousin from Albany, was the informant for his death certificate. Burial was supposedly at Kent Cem., but there is no stone.
In the petition for pension, Matilda states his birthdate as 7 Oct 1850. She did not seem sure of any of their birthdates, and did change Allen's in a later petition.
In Des Moines, 1885, Robert was a laborer for a transfer company
Allen enlisted in the Union army Aug 16 1862, at Oxford MO. He was mustered in at Benten Brks on Sep 30 1862, in Co B 35 Reg. MO Vol. He was a company cook, and was discharged Jun 28 1865.
Allen's middle name may have been Eldon.
Allen was 5' 11" tall. He weighed 145 lb when 55 yr old.
Allan and Talitha were married by James Cunningham, a justice of the peace of Boone Co IA.
This child was listed in the 1860 census, but not in the 1870 census.
This family was living in Cass twp, Clay Co IN in 1870. Dorothy was living with them at that time.
Adaline's mother was Sarah Rice, b KY. Her brother and sister-in-law were James and Porthena Rice. They were both from KY. In the 1850 Putnam Co., IN census, a 27 year old sister, Sophia, and a 21 year old brother, Lewis, were living with them. Joseph was living in the next house with his parents, John and Dorothy Maxwell, and brother-in-law, Roland Rice.