Rice Cemetery

Town of Howard, Steuben Co, NY

Located at McChesney and Hopper Roads north of Towlesville.

Visited by Mildred Lyke & Frances Rising in August 1978. A very well kept and in nice shape cemetery.

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The below was contributed and typed by Annette Campbell.  
The sheets that these were typed from were originally purchased by Jean Morse.  (6/1999)

Herschel A. Rice 1849-1932

Maria D. Rice 1853-1889

• Wife of Herschel Rice

Leslie Rice 1845-1903

Emma Rice 185601912

• Wife of Leslie Rice

Gratia DeGroff d. 9 Feb 1876 - Age 4m10d

• Daughter of W. & L.C. DeGroff

Floyd H. Rice, Jr. b. 6 Dec 1902 d. 26 Sep 1903

Jonas Rice d. 18 Jan 1891 - Age 65y

S. LaCount Rice b. 21 Nov 1843 d. 22 Dec 1908

Rose Rice d. 18 May 1883 - Age 34y

• Wife of S. LaCount Rice
• "We know thou art not lost dear Rose but only gone before"

Robert Smith d. 12 Dec 1875 - Age 65y6m10d

Ann Smith b. 5 Feb 1815 d. 5 May 1898

Eliza A. Smith b. 13 May 1842 d. 19 Dec 1898

• Daughter of Robert & Ann Smith

William C. Rice d. 28 Jan 1842 - Age 2m

• Son of Slyth H. & Gratia Rice

Merton S. Rice d. 5 Nov 1869 - Age 18y7m

• Son of Slyth H. & Gratia Rice

Slyth H. Rice d. 20 Feb 1877 - Age 57y5m11d

• Slyth Rice on small marker

Gratia Rice 1818-1910

• Wife of Slyth H. Rice
• Gratia Rice on small marker

William H. Rice d. 16 Apr 1833 - Age 16y3m7d

• Son of Jonas & Bethany Rice

Marker M. Preston d. 24 Mar 1857 - Age 24y4m18d

• Wife of S.J. Preston

Dorr Preston d. 27 Dec 1857 - Age 9y12d

• Son of SJ & MM Preston

Henry Rice d. 25 May 1869 - Age 56y4m15d

• "He lived respected, & died lamented"

Eliza Rice d. 27 Sep 1893 - Age 81y

• Wife of Henry Rice

Seth H. Rice d. 20 Feb 1877 - Age 57y5m11d

Monroe DeGroff b. 18 Apr 1847 d. 18 Apr 1875 - Age 28y

• Son of James & Louisa DeGroff

James DeGroff b. 20 Nov 1818 d. 2 Jun 1894

Louisa A. DeGroff b. 9 Nov 1829 d. 19 Dec 1891

Louisa DeGroff d. 18 Apr 1875 - Age 28y

• (Her stone is missing now, records in County)

M.A. Johnson 1840-1923

Julia A. Johnson 1800-1886

• Wife of Delancey Johnson

James H. Spring 1834-1908

Mary E. Spring d. 12 Mar 1892 - Age 52y7m16d

• Wife of James H. Spring

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Taken from Julius Hitchcox Book - Stone Maker in Bath, NY

Rosetta Flora Rice d. 18 May 1883 - Age 34y

• Funeral by Seth R, Rice
• Born in Fremont, NY Died at Elm Street, Canisteo, NY

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