RICE, Bell

Date of birth:  About 1864
Date of death: 24 Nov 1894 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 30, 1894,
Volume XXXV Number 21, page 3 column 4

(From Monday’s News)

Mrs. Bell Rice, colored, aged thirty years, living on the farm of John McCaslin west of town died Saturday evening from typhoid fever. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the house.

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 168, referencing Book H-17, page 25, records that Bell Rice, a thirty-year-old white [sic] female, died 24 Nov 1894 in Franklin.

Note: The articles headed “From (day of the week)’s News.” seem to be copied from the Franklin Daily Herald. The dates stated are relative to their publication day in the Herald, not to the publication date of the Democrat.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson