Birthdate: February 25, 1882
Birthplace: Ashland, Kentucky
Child of: Benjamin Franklin Rice & Emily May
Death: December 3, 1954
Place of Burial: Trimble Gap Cemetery in Ivyton KY
According to the Frank and Rosa Caudill book, Charles Jackson Rice was known as Black Jack (? Verify he was ALSO Black Jack/as a child?) because he had black curly hair. After leaving Riceville, he was known as Charlie. In 1926, he and his first wife Dessie were living in Omar, WV where he was working as a contractor. She fell ill and a week later died of acidosis on July 29, 1926. She was 38 years old and pregnant with her 10th child. Two children had proceeded her in death. She is buried in the Trimble Gap Cemetery in Ivyton, KY. Some time later, Charles moved his family to Ashland, KY. For a short time in the early 1950s he lived in Carey, Ohio with his oldest son Raleigh. When he died he was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery next to Josephine W. Rice who is likely his second wife. His third wife was Elizabeth Price; his obituary states ‘surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Patrick Rice, Ashland five sons’, who were then listed.
Married to Dessie May (1887-1926) on March 9 1905. They had nine children:
Prudence Rice – Born July 17, 1909. Died February 23, 1976 in Cincinnati. Married to William Cahill.
Willie Rice – born 1910 in Riceville, died 1919 of typhoid fever. Buried in Trimble Gap Cemetery in Ivyton.
Benjamin Franklin Rice (1912-1965)
Golda Marion Rice – born August 11, 1915 in Riceville. Died July 25, 1977 in Ashland, KY. Married to Paul Fields.
Walter ‘Dick’ Rice – born August 6, 1917 in Riceville. Died May 23, 1982 in Ashland KY.
Ralph Rice – born August 11, 1929 in Riceville.
Charles Leo Rice – born Feb 24, 1924 in Riceville, died May 13, 1969 in Houston TX. Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Hamilton, OH.
Second Marriage to Josephine W. Rice who was born 1880, died 1938. She is buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Ashland (he is buried next to her).
Third marriage to Elizabeth Patrick.