Clyde Hulan Rice

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The Sabine County Reporter
July 30, 2003

Clyde Hulan Rice

Clyde Hulan Rice, 78, of Beaumont died Friday, July 18, 2003, at his residence after a long illness. Rice was born July 1, 1925, in Sabine County. He served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during World War II. Survivors: a daughter, Janet DROPTINI and husband Johnny; a grandson, Madison DROPTINI; four other grandchildren; two sisters Joyce PICKENS of Beeville and Velta McBRIDE and husband Tribus of Tyler; and a cousin, Berinthia BRADLEY and husband J.B. of Jasper.

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDJD-1BD
name: Claude Freeman Rice
death date: 16 May 1960
death place: Bridge City, Orange, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 57 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 08 Mar 1903
birthplace: Texas, Usa
marital status: Single
spouse's name:
father's name: Melvin Rice
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Berintha Cooper
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Farmer
place of residence: Hemphill, Sabine Co., Texas
cemetery: Harper Chapel
burial place: Sabine, Texas
burial date: 18 May 1960
additional relatives:
film number: 2116267
digital film number: 4166548
image number: 589
reference number: 31871
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Claude Freeman Rice, 1960

Clyde married Annie Ruth Vickers. Annie (daughter of Charles Harris "Long Charlie" Vickers and Caledonia "Kate" Lee Bennett) was born in 1900 in Sabine County, Texas; died in 1937. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):Census Information:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill, Precinct #1
Enumerated April 18, 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 7A Stamped 21
140-168
Rice, Annie R Hd R $5 F W 27 D 20
Rice, Joyce Dtr F W 3 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11A
173-175
Rice, Melvin Head M W 37 m1` 7 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Rice, Bee Wf F W 35 m1 7 3/3 Tx Miss Miss
Rice, Claude F Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Rice, Elmer C Son M W 6 S Tx Tx
Rice, Katie B Dtr F W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Rice, Elizabeth Mother F W 61 1/1 Tx Miss Miss

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 11 and 12 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheets 33B and 34A
665-688
Rice, Melvin Head M W 46 M Tx Miss Miss Farmer
Rice, Burintna Wf F W 45 M Tx Mis Miss
Rice, Claud Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Rice, Elijah Son M W 16 S Tx Tx STx Farm Laborer
Rice, Katie B Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Elizabeth, Mother, F W 65 Wd Miss Tn Tn

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheets 17A and 17B Stamped 39
79-79
Rice, Melvin Head m W 57 M 29 Tx La La Farmer
Rice, Burintha Wf F W55 M 27 Tx Miss Miss
Rice, Clyde Son M W 27 M 18 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Rice, Valeta rdtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Rice, Hulan Grdson M W 4 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Melvin married Berintha "Bee" Cooper about 1903. Berintha (daughter of Daniel Matthew Cooper, M. D. and Gracie Berintha Harper) was born on 19 Mar 1875 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Mar 1959 in Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K34C-FRV
name: Berintha Rice
event: Death
event date: 16 Mar 1959
event place: Sabinetown, Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 19 Mar 1875
birthplace: , Texas
father's name: Dannie Cooper
mother's name: Gracie Harper
burial Harper Chapel Cemetery
Informant Mrs. Katie Bell Maund
certificate number: 17008
film number: 2115909
digital folder number: 005145462
image number: 00240
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Berintha Rice, 1959

Notes:

Referred to by his friends as "Long Charlie", he was vitally interested in the growth and economy of Sabine County. He was a merchant, farmer and owned a sawmill. His interest in the growth of Sabine County was such that he personally hired a geologist to come from Pennsylvania to test for oil, gas and other minerals. He hired politicians to attend and speak at his annual July 4th picnics, which were held at his old home in Isla. These picnics were open to the public and were always well attended. His aim in thi was to improve the knowledge and friendship between the politicians and the people they represented. Charles lost heavily in the depression, and also in the Texas Land Bank, so much in fact, that on Feb. 9, 1930, he suffered a stroke, from which he died two days later. He was buried at the old Vickers Cemetery. His beloved Wife, Kate...was buried beside her husband. their children were also buried in the same cemetery except when stated otherwise. (White and Toole, p 38).

The only possession we (the family) have of Harrision Vickers, Jr. and his son, Charles Harris Vickers, is a piece of gold. This money was given to Charles by his father when he was seven years old, in exchange for a 'prize pig' of which Charles was overly fond, and more than a little reluctant to part with. He was so grieved over the exchange that he never spent the money, and when my mother, Hazel, was seven years of age, he gave her this little gold piece" writes Mrs. R.G. Sherrod, a member of the JFG Chapeter of the DRT. (White and Toole, p 39)

Charles married Caledonia "Kate" Lee Bennett on 16 Feb 1885 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Caledonia (daughter of Charles "Charlie" Milton Bennett, Sr. and Mary Louise Brazeale) was born before 1868 in Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 11 Jun 1934 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Old Vickers Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore shows him as a son of William Gill Cooper and Dempsey Donaho of South Carolina and Hinds County, Mississippi, and a brother to Jonathan Henry Cooper.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84
Enumerated 12 July 1880
Page 30 B SD 1 ED 84
268-279
Cooper, D M W M 54 Physician Miss Miss Miss
Cooper, Gracey W F 40 Wf Miss Miss Miss
Cooper, George W W M 15 Farmer Tx Miss Miss
Cooper, Octovine W F 14 Dtr Farming Tx Miss Miss
Cooper, Wesley W M 9 Son Tx Miss Miss
Cooper, William W M 6 Son Tx Miss Miss
Cooper, Berinda W F 5 Dtr Tx Miss Miss
Cooper, Henderson W M 2 Don Tx Miss Miss

Daniel married Gracie Berintha Harper about 1863. Gracie (daughter of Elmore Harper and Julia Ann Lane) was born about 1838 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Harrison Vickers, Jr., b Ga. ca 1812, moved to Fla. in 1817 when his father, Harrison Sr. bought land in the township of Tallahasse, Leon County. In 1834, Harrison Vickers Jr arrived in Texas. In 1837, he m. Sarah Ann Mason, (b) in Ala. (the dtr. of James and Elizabeth Mason). Harrision Vickers Jr., referred to as Harris Vickers on his headright papers, rec'd his land from the Sabine County Land Board in 1838, at Milam, Texas. He was a member of the Sexton Masonic Lodge at Sexton, and after it was moved to Milam. He was a farmer and the family home was near the Old Vickers Cemetery in the Isla Community. His descendants still live on the land. (White and Toole, p 38).

His tombstone is inscribed "Came to Texas From Georgia 1833"

Harrison married Sarah Ann Mason about 1837. Sarah (daughter of James Mason and Elizabeth ???) was born about 1821 in Alabama; died about 1891 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Old Vickers Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Might she instead be the daughter of John and Fannie Mason, listed on the 1835 Sabine District census? They also had a 17 year old daughter named Sarah.

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(Research):Census Information:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Beat
Enumerated 31 June 1870
Page 10
77-77
Bennett, Charles M 52 M W Blacksmith South Carolina
Bennett, Mary L 38 F W Keeping House South Carolina
Bennett, Sarah E 15 F W South Carolina
Bennett, Ruth J 13 F W Texas
Bennett, Mary L 10 F W Louisiana
Bennett, Martha J 8 F W Louisiana
Bennett, Caledonia 6 F W Louisiana
Bennett, Thomas 2 M W Tx
Bennett, Charles 6/12 M W Texas

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, 4rth Precinct
Enumerated 17 Jun 1880 by B.F. Meador
Page 6, SD 1, ED 86
51-51
Bennett, Charles M W M 61 Blacksmith SC SC SC
Bennett, Mary L W F 48 Wf Keeps House SC SC SC
Bennett, Mattie F W F 17 Dtr At Home Tx SC SC
Bennett, Kate W F 14 Dtr At School Tx SC SC
Bennett, Thomas W M 12 Son Works on Farm Tx SC SC
Bennett, Charles W M 10 Son Tx SC SC
Bennett, Fannie W F 8 Str Tx SC SC

Charles married Mary Louise Brazeale. Mary was born on 1 Apr 1830 in South Carolina; died on 10 Jun 1911 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Linda Davenport writes that the C.M. and M.L. Bennett had eight children, with three of their daughters marrying three Vickers brothers.