Charles Brooks RICE was born about 1831 in Franklin County, Illinois, possibly to parents Stephen and Anna (FIK) RICE.
1850 Marriage Record
Mary SMOTHERS became the wife of Charles Rice, 07 Feb 1850, in Franklin County, Illinois. It is not yet clear whether this was Charles Brooks Rice, because a census record from Sep 1850 shows a single 18-year-old Chas. B. Rice living with parents Steph & Anna.
1850 Census
Franklin County, Illinois
Steph age
41, Anna 39, Chas B 18, Jakey 17, female 10, Jos L 10, Steph M 8,
Arriana 4, Geo W 9 months
1855 Marriage Record
Charles B. Rice obtained a
license to marry Mary Jane FLEMMINGS 19 Feb, and wed 21 Feb 1855, in Franklin County, Illinois.
Charles
B. Rice purchased 40 acres for 13 cents an acre
from a Federal Sale in Franklin County, IL (Section 8, Township 07S,
Meridian 3, part SWSW, Range 03E) on 09 Apr 1855. He was already residing in
Franklin County, IL. Source: Illinois State Archives' Public Domain Land
Tract Sales database (Record ID 496151, Archive Volume Number 112, Volume Page Number 186).
There is an 1860 Census record that for a Charles B., age 26, & Mary, age 19, Rice living in Benton, Franklin County, Township 7S, Range 3S, with children Ellen, age 3, Jesse, age 11 months, plus James L Rice, age 31.
Charles B. Rice
enlisted, August 12, 1862, at Benton, Illinois, as a Private in Company A, 110th Regiment, Illinois Infantry.
He was 31 years old, 6 feet tall, with dark hair, black eyes, and dark
complexion. He was a married farmer, living in Franklin County, Illinois. Civil War
muster roll documents available include: 1862 Sep,
Oct,
Nov-Dec, 1863
Jan-Feb, Apr (The Company A
muster roll 10 Apr 1863 indicates he was a Sgt.)
May-Jun (At the
consolidation of the regiment he was transferred to Company C, 110th
Consolidated, Illinois Infantry.)
Jul-Aug,
Sep-Oct, 1864
Mar-Apr,
May-Jun,
Jul-Aug,
Sep-Oct,
Nov-Dec (20 Dec
1864 he was detailed to QM Dept 2, Division 14.) 1865
Jan-Feb,
Mar-Apr,
Jun 08 He mustered
out at Washington, D. C., June 8, 1865.
UNION ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS, 110th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Overview:
Organized at Anna, Ill., and mustered in September 11, 1862. Moved to Louisville, Ky., September 23-25, 1862. Attached to 19th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to May, 1863. Unattached, 21st Army Corps to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
Service:
Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Danville October 11. Pursuit to Loudon October 11-22. Wild Cat Mountain, near Crab Orchard and Big Rockcastle River October 15-16. Mt. Vernon October 16. Wild Cat October 17. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7. Duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Stewart's Creek December 27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro and Readyville till June. Woodbury January 24. Expedition to Woodbury April 2-6. Regiment consolidated May, 1863. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7. Near Bradysville June 24. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11-13. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20. Skirmishes before Chattanooga September 22-26. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 18. At North Chickamauga and McAfee's Church till May, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Guard trains of the Army till July 20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 2-6. Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, N.C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 5 and discharged at Chicago, Ill., June 15, 1865." National Park Service, Civil War
Charles B. and Mary J. may have had four children together - Ellen Ardine (1857), Jesse O (1859), Charles Monroe (1866), and Millard L (1869), before Mary Jane died in Aug 1870.
1870 Census record for Charles, age 25, & Margaret Rice with John A, age 6, and Laura, age 2. (Township 7S, Range 3E)
1870 Census rcord for Chas. B., age 38, & Mary J. PRICE with Ellen A., Jesse O., Charles, and Millard F. (Township 7S, Range 3E)
Marriage Record 25 Dec 1870
Charles B. Rice & Mrs. Margaret
C. Rice (widow of John R. Rice)
Margaret Clementine Rice married Charles Brooks Rice 25 Dec 1870. They each brought children from their previous marriages into their union. Their family continued to grow. The couple had twins, Frances L. and William Franklin in 1871; and Rhoda in 1874.
In Franklin County, Charles Brooks Rice married Mary L. "Mollie" STRINGER on 24 Feb 1876. Her maiden name was Mollie BENNETT. Her previous marriages may have been to David W. Duncan, James Joplin, and James L. Stringer. Brooks and Mollie had one daughter, Myrtle, born 13 Nov 1876.
Charles Brooks Rice, aged 45 years, died 09 Jan 1877, in Franklin County, Illinois. He was laid to rest in Knight Cemetery, Buckner, Franklin County, Illinois.
Probate Record for Charles B. Rice: S. A. Fleming, being duly sworn deposes and says, that Charles B. Rice late of the County of Franklin and State of Illinois, is dead, and that he died on or about the 9th day of January A.D. 1877 and that his Personal Estate will probably amount to $600.00 that said Charles B. Rice left at the time of his decease, Mary L. Rice his widow, and Jesse O., Charles, Millard, Franklin, Frances; Rhoda Rice; Ellen Ardine Sullins his children. (signed) Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 19 day of January A.D. 1877. Evan ? Clerk.
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