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MARRIAGE RECORDS OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN

From: "The Epistle, Vol. 5, No.7; March 1979, Rosemary Bachelor, Editor
(contributed by Mrs. Nan Rice Shute of Bethesda, Maryland; she extracted much of it from records at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C. and from census records at the National Archives.)

Hormal Rice, 35, and Sally Ann Terrell, 47, both of St. Joseph Co., Indiana; married 30 August 1857 at Buchanan, MI.

L. A. Rice, 25, and Cornelia Togert, 17, both of Niles, MI; married 29 April 1858 at Niles.

Jacob Rice, 26, and Rebecca Phillips, 17, both of Indiana; married 17 February 1863 at New Buffalo, MI.

Franklin H. Rice, 28, of Niles, MI and Ruth C. Walton, 25, of Howard, Indiana; married 7 May 1864 at Niles.

Alays Rice, 21, of Lake Township, MI and Emily Wright, 18, also of Lake Twp.; married 7 April 1867 at Niles, MI.

Adeline Rice, 17, and Samuel Jackson, 21, both of Gaien, MI; married 28 November 1861 at Galien.

Mary Rice, 17, of Niles, MI  and George Strong, 22, of New York; married 10 June 1862 at Bertrand, MI.

Franclia Rice, 21, of Niles and Robert S. Lingrell, 28, of Pokagon, MI; married 20 May 1864 at Niles, MI>

Amelia U. Rice, 22, and John C. Wing, 34, both of Niles, MI; married 26 November 1867 at Niles.

Malinda Frances (Martin) Rice and Civil War veteran Leonard Simmons, 37, both of Niles, MI; married 22 January 1863 at Niles Township.  (Malinda--daughter of Thomas R. and Susannah (Hawkins) Martin of Niles--is the great-grandmother of Nan Rice Shute)

(Above are from Berrien Co., MI Marriage Records, 1839-1867)

CEMETERY AT NILES, MICHIGAN
NAME DATES AGE
Edna Rice 1866-1901
Franklin H. Rice 1835-1913
John Rice 1830-1897
Henry T. Rice no dates given
Sarah Rice, wife of Henry T. Rice 1853-1912
Sara S. Rice, wife of John Rice died 1887 age 54
Minerva Rice, wife of R. H. Rice died 1881 age 56
CEMETERY AT ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN
NAME DATES
Annie M. Rice 1847-1897
Charity Rice 1852-1915
Dwight C. Rice 1844-1917
Ellen W. Rice 1851-191
Francis E. Rice 1839-1894
Nelson C. Rice 1848-1924
Margaret S. Rice 1829-1904
M.B. Rice 1859-1914
Rufus Gates Rice 1841-1901
Sarah D. Rice 1816-1892
CEMETERY IN COLOMA, MICHIGAN
NAME DATES
Amy Rice 1814-1898
Eli Rice 1806-1900
Mary Rice 1853-1915
N.D. Rice 1843-1910
LONG LAKE CEMETERY
NAME DATES
Henry Rice 1800-1869
Henry Rice 1810-1882
Tillman Rice 1836-1860
SILVERBROOK CEMETERY AT NILES, MICHIGAN
NAME DATES
Sue Hardin (Mallett) Rice died 8 February 1874