Birthdate: August 11, 1849
Birthplace: Jenny’s Creek, Kentucky
Child of: Andrew Jackson Rice & Phoebe Fairchilds
Death: April 23, 1919
Place of Burial: Grant Trimble Cemetery, Ivyton, Magoffin, Kentucky
According to the Frank and Rosa Caudill book, Benjamin Franklin Rice married Emily Jane May on October 13, 1870. On February 7, 1879 Ben’s father deeded him a tract of land on Long Fork. Ben and Emily built a log house the property. With the exception of five or six months spent in South Point, Ohio the rest of their lives were spent on this farm and in this house. Ben was baptized in the Liberty Baptist Church organized in 1884 and a charter member of the Riceville Baptist Church organized in 1907. Ben was buried in the Trimble Gap Cemetery in Ivyton; his wife Emily, their infant daughter and son Willie are also buried there.
Married to Emily May (1850-1900) on October 13, 1870. They had nine children:
Harlan Rice – married Maude Robinson
Alice Rice – married Edgar Hurt
Willie Rice – died unmarried
Fred Rice – married Trinnie Fairchilds
Charles Jackson Rice (1882-1954)
Rose Rice – born Feb 12, 1884. Died May 15, 1962. Married Frank Caudill on Feb 20, 1905.
Virgie Rice – married Dr. Sanford Wright
Harry Rice – married Chloe May
Bertha Rice – married Lester May