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Descendants of Edward Rice

4. MELINDA² RICE (EDWARD¹) was born 30 Oct 1814 in OH ²⁰, and died 28 Aug 1872 ²¹. She married LEONARD B. SPRAGUE²² 22 Jan 1835 in Clark Co, OH ²³, son of JAMES SPRAGUE and POLLY UNKNOWN.

Notes for MELINDA RICE:
From the LDS IGI:
Malinda RICE
Sex: F

Event(s):
Will: 31 Dec 1842
Clark, Ohio

Parents:
Father: Edward RICE
Mother:

Notes for LEONARD B. SPRAGUE:
1850 Census, Clark Co, OH, Harmony Twp, pg. 006

SPRAGUE, Leonard B., age 36, Farmer, R.E. val 8,000, b. Canada
Melinda, age 35, b. OH
(all listed below b. OH)
Lucy, age 14
Polly Ann, age 12
Alice, age 10
Melvina, age 08
Nathaniel, age 04
Orrissa, age 01
CHAMBERLAIN, Caroline, age 20
RICE, William, age 16 (This would be Melinda's brother)
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1860 Census, Clark Co, OH, Harmony Twp. pg 77b

SPRAGUE, Leonard B., age 46, Farmer, Land Val: 12,000; Personal Estate Val: 4,000, b. Canada
(All listed below b. OH)
Melinda, age 45
Lucy, age 23
Alice, age 19
Melinia, age 16
Bishop (male), age 18
Orissa, age 11
Mary, age 08
Floretta, age 05
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1870 Census, Harmony Twp, pg 99a
SPRAGUE, Leonard B. 56 M W Farmer R.E. Val: 48000; Personal Estate; 17450 Canada

Melinda 55 F W Keep House Oh
Adaline C. 21 F W At Home Oh
(Cont on pg 99b)SPRAGUE, Mary 18 F W At Home Oh
Floretta 15 F W At Home Oh
BISHOP, Sheldin 20 M W Com. Laborer Oh
SPRAGUE, Polly 79 F W Lives with son b. Vt
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1880 Census
Leonard B. SPRAGUE was age 66 and living with his son, Nathan and family. See individual notes for Nathan. Melinda was not listed with the household and had probably died by 1880
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Leonard B. Sprague was a County Commissioner from 1864 to 1868, (page 265 of 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark Co)

Children of MELINDA RICE and LEONARD SPRAGUE are:

14.	i.	LUCY³ SPRAGUE, b. Abt. 1836, OH.
15.	ii.	POLLY ANN SPRAGUE, b. Abt. 1838, OH.
	iii.	BISHOP SPRAGUE²⁴, b. Abt. 1842.
16.	iv.	AMANDA MELVINIA SPRAGUE, b. 07 Nov 1843, Clark Co, OH; d. 11 Feb 1921, Dayton, OH.
17.	v.	NATHANIEL B. SPRAGUE, b. Abt. 1846, Harmony, Clark Co., OH.
	vi.	ORRISSA SPRAGUE²⁵, b. Abt. 1849.
	vii.	MARY SPRAGUE²⁶, b. Abt. 1852.
18.	viii.	FLORETTA S. SPRAGUE, b. 1854, OH.
19.	ix.	ADALINE SPRAGUE, b. Nov 1848, Harmony, Clark Co., OH.

5. SARAH² RICE (EDWARD¹) was born 27 Sep 1816 in OH ²⁷, and died 25 Dec 1890 in Clark Co, OH ²⁸. She married DARIUS SPRAGUE 08 Jan 1837 in Clark Co, OH ²⁹, son of JAMES SPRAGUE and POLLY UNKNOWN.

Notes for SARAH RICE:
e-mail from: Kim Guarnaccia (guarnaccia@mediaone.net)
Jane
You have done a fabulous job with your research; I am most impressed!

Here is what I have, from them to me:

Darius Sprague (b. 3/31/1816; d.1882) m. 2/8/1837 Sarah Rice (I have lots on
the Sprague line, in case you are interested in that as well)

child: Lucinda Elnora Sprague (b. 12/12/1840; d. 11/12/1907 Ashtabula,
OH)
m. 1867 Dr. William Henry Banwell (b. 4/10/1832; d. 3/31/1912)
Williams parents were Henry Banwell (1794-1832), and Hannah, m.
c. 1830

child: Jessie Hannah Banwell of Orleans, NE (b. 8/27/1868; d.
3/6/1927) m. 1889 Edgar
Leland Means (1864-1947) of Portland, ME? (I have a photo of them)

child: George Fletcher Means (1905-1971) of Portland, ME m. 1931
Laura Foster Soule
(1906-1990) of New Bedford, MA (MY GRANDPARENTS)
I have LOTS on the Soule line; she is a Mayflower descendant)

child: Fletcher West Means II (b. 8/16/1935), m. 1960 in CA
Carol Nadine
Anderson (b. 1/7/1936) of Lincoln, NE (MY PARENTS)

The only other info I have on the Pooles from the "letter" I mentioned is
that Lucy Poole was a descendant of Sir John Poole/Pole (1583-1667), who
immigrated from England to the US in 1632, and that Sarah Rice was indeed
decended from Edmund Rice. Presumably these connections had previously been
established by the writer of the 1934 letter. I have yet to make an official
connection between them myself, but am eager to do so! (esp. since from
these connections, the letter said that we are related to NINE BARONS OF THE
MAGNA CARTA!)

If you find out more, please email me, and I will do likewise.

Your "distant cousin,"
Kim from MA

Notes for DARIUS SPRAGUE:
History of Clark Co, Beers 1881
Pg. 966 Darius SPRAGUE, farmer; P. O. Springfield, Ohio. The subject of this sketch is the son of the late James SPRAGUE who came to Clark County in a very early day and died in 1846. The subject of this sketch was born March 31, 1817, in Harmony Township on the "old Sprague homestead" adjoining the farm upon which he now resides. Darius made choice of farming when young, and has since followed it successfully. He was united in marriage Feb. 8, 1837, to Sarah RICE, daughter of Edward RICE (deceased), who was one of the early pioneers of Clark County, having come to Ohio from the State of New York. There has been born to Darius and Sarah, twelve children, five of whom are now living, viz., Lucina E., now the wife of Dr. BANWELL of South Charleston; James E. who was born March 15, 1844; Sarah, now the wife of Corwin PRICE of Springfield; Darius A. and William S. of Springfield. Mr. SPRAGUE is the owner of a beautiful farm of 700 acres, all of it being in Harmony Township excepting 160 in Madison Township. Mr. S. has retired from farming, and his son, James E., has the farm rented. Mr. Sprague was at one time very extensively engaged in farming and stock-raising, having as many as 5,000 sheep on his farm, and cattle in proportion. James, who has the farm rented, was united in marriage, May 9, 1878 to Miss Elizabeth BURK, of Harmony Township; there has been born to them one child - Mabel C., Born June 28, 1879.
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1850 Census, Clark Co, OH, Harmony Twp, pg 005b and 006a

SPRAGUE, Darius B., age 35, Farmer, b. (ditto for OH), R.E. VAl 6620
All born in OH
Sarah, age 33
Parthenia, age 10
Lucinda, age 08
James, age 06
Sarah, age 04
Darius, age 02
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1860 Census, Clark Co, OH, Harmony Twp, pg 77

SPRAGUE, Darius, age 44, Farmer, R.E. Val: 30,000; Personal Estate Val: 6,725, b. OH
Sarah, age 42
Parthenia, age 21
Levinia(?) age 19
James, age 17
Sarah, age 14
Darius, Jr., age 12
William age 7
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1870 Census, Clark Co, OH, Harmony Twp, pg 100a
SPRAGUE, Derius 54 M W Farmer R.E. Val:86400; Pers. Estate Val: 1635 b. 0h
Sarah 53 F W Keep House Oh
Derius A. 21 M W Farmer; Personal Estate Val: 300 Oh
William S. 17 M W At Home Oh
PRICE, William 32 M W Wool Buyer Oh
Parthena M. 31 F W Keep House Oh
Louella 06 F W At School Oh
MORNINGSTAR, Mark 21 M W Com. Laborer 100 Oh
ARMSTRONG, John 22 M W Com. Laborer Pa
BAILY, Betsy 74 F W Lives with friends New Hampshire
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1880 Census, Clark Co, Harmony Twp, pg 92b
SPRAGUE, Darius, age 65, Retired Farmer b. OH, father b. VT, mother b. OH
Sarah, age 63, keeping house b. OH, both parents b. VT
Their son, James E. and his family were living with them.

Children of SARAH RICE and DARIUS SPRAGUE are:

20.	i.	PARTHENA³ SPRAGUE, b. 12 Nov 1838, Clark Co, OH.
21.	ii.	LUCINDA SPRAGUE, b. 12 Dec 1840, Clark Co, OH; d. 12 Nov 1907, Ashtabula, OH.
22.	iii.	JAMES E. SPRAGUE, b. 15 Mar 1844, Harmony, Clark Co., OH; d. 31 Dec 1933.
	iv.	SARAH SPRAGUE, b. Abt. 1846; m. CORWIN PRICE.
23.	v.	DARIUS A. SPRAGUE, JR., b. Abt. 1848, Clark Co, OH.
24.	vi.	WILLIAM S. SPRAGUE, b. Abt. 1853.

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