RICE, the late Henry O., was born in Washington county, July 6, 1833, and went with his parents to Oswego county when a young man. August 30, 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, 147th N. Y. S. Vols., was honorably discharged April 9, 1863. December 15, 1863, he married Elizabeth, daughter of George and Diantha Howland of this town, they moved to Farmington where he died May 21, 1879. Mrs. Rice's father, George Howland, was born in Adams, Mass., January 28, 1791, and came here with his parents when six weeks old. January 10, 1819, he married Diantha Robinson, who was born October 10, 1795. Her father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. They had two children: Abram, born July 6, 1822, and Elizabeth. Abram married Phebe Macumber of Farmington and they had two children: Mary and Lucilla T. Mary married Henry C. Osburn, and Lucilla married Winfield S. Mink. They have one daughter, Angeline M. The farm has been owned continuously in the family 102 years.
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub. 1893, pg 335.
RICE, the late Henry O., was born in Washington county, July 6, 1833, and went with his parents to Oswego county when a young man. August 30, 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, 147th N. Y. S. Vols., was honorably discharged April 9, 1863. December 15, 1863, he married Elizabeth, daughter of George and Diantha Howland of this town, they moved to Farmington where he died May 21, 1879. Mrs. Rice's father, George Howland, was born in Adams, Mass., January 28, 1791, and came here with his parents when six weeks old. January 10, 1819, he married Diantha Robinson, who was born October 10, 1795. Her father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. They had two children: Abram, born July 6, 1822, and Elizabeth. Abram married Phebe Macumber of Farmington and they had two children: Mary and Lucilla T. Mary married Henry C. Osburn, and Lucilla married Winfield S. Mink. They have one daughter, Angeline M. The farm has been owned continuously in the family 102 years.
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub. 1893, pg 335.
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