Fairbury Gazette, Fairbury, Nebraska August 3, 1878
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
During the storm last evening Mrs. Freeman Rice was struck and instantly killed by lightning. She was sitting near the middle of the room when the bolt descended through a stove pipe which projected through the roof, striking her in the head. Dr. Wilcox was at once called but he could detect no signs of life, death being doubtless instantaneous. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. P.C. Rice, who was sitting near her was also severely shocked but not seriously injured. Mrs. Rice has resided in Fairbury for some time and was generally known and universally respected. She left a husband and several children who will deeply feel their loss.
Fairbury Cemetery Section 4, Row 13.
Parents: Lyris and Margaret Clark
Married Freeman Rice in Jun 1859, Laporte County, Indiana.
Appears in 1850 Federal Census, age 17, living in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
During the storm last evening Mrs. Freeman Rice was struck and instantly killed by lightning. She was sitting near the middle of the room when the bolt descended through a stove pipe which projected through the roof, striking her in the head. Dr. Wilcox was at once called but he could detect no signs of life, death being doubtless instantaneous. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. P.C. Rice, who was sitting near her was also severely shocked but not seriously injured. Mrs. Rice has resided in Fairbury for some time and was generally known and universally respected. She left a husband and several children who will deeply feel their loss.
Fairbury Cemetery Section 4, Row 13.
Parents: Lyris and Margaret Clark
Married Freeman Rice in Jun 1859, Laporte County, Indiana.
Appears in 1850 Federal Census, age 17, living in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana.
Fairbury Gazette, Fairbury, Nebraska August 3, 1878
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
During the storm last evening Mrs. Freeman Rice was struck and instantly killed by lightning. She was sitting near the middle of the room when the bolt descended through a stove pipe which projected through the roof, striking her in the head. Dr. Wilcox was at once called but he could detect no signs of life, death being doubtless instantaneous. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. P.C. Rice, who was sitting near her was also severely shocked but not seriously injured. Mrs. Rice has resided in Fairbury for some time and was generally known and universally respected. She left a husband and several children who will deeply feel their loss.
Fairbury Cemetery Section 4, Row 13.
Parents: Lyris and Margaret Clark
Married Freeman Rice in Jun 1859, Laporte County, Indiana.
Appears in 1850 Federal Census, age 17, living in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
During the storm last evening Mrs. Freeman Rice was struck and instantly killed by lightning. She was sitting near the middle of the room when the bolt descended through a stove pipe which projected through the roof, striking her in the head. Dr. Wilcox was at once called but he could detect no signs of life, death being doubtless instantaneous. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. P.C. Rice, who was sitting near her was also severely shocked but not seriously injured. Mrs. Rice has resided in Fairbury for some time and was generally known and universally respected. She left a husband and several children who will deeply feel their loss.
Fairbury Cemetery Section 4, Row 13.
Parents: Lyris and Margaret Clark
Married Freeman Rice in Jun 1859, Laporte County, Indiana.
Appears in 1850 Federal Census, age 17, living in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana.
Inscription
36 Years, 11 Months, 13 days
