Details for Joseph Redmond Rice and Willie Masters Rice
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5225011222
Data
| Marker Number | 11222 |
| Atlas Number | 5225011222 |
| Marker Title | Joseph Redmond Rice and Willie Masters Rice |
| Index Entry | Rice, Joseph Redmond, and Rice, Willie Masters |
| Address | SH 21 |
| City | |
| County | Houston |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 271980 |
| UTM Northing | 3471649 |
| Subject Codes | pioneers |
| Marker Year | 1976 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Rice Family Cemetery; 4.5 miles east of Crockett on SH 21 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | Joseph Redmond Rice (May 24, 1805 - Aug. 11, 1866) and Willie Masters Rice (Aug. 17, 1809 - Sept. 6, 1881) Tennessean Joseph R. Rice married Willie, daughter of Jacob Masters, about 1825. By 1828 they lived in a log cabin near this spot. Their children were Sarah (b. 1826), Jacob (b. 1828), twins deceased in infancy, Amanda Elizabeth (1832-1910), John (1838-62), Francis (1841-61), Joseph R., Jr. (1843-1927), George R. (1847-79), Henry (1853-1929), and Willie Louise (1856-1915). Many members of the family rest in this plot. Recorded - 1976 |