WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND NEWTON COUNTY, INDIANA ANNA JANE BROOKS RICE GRANDMA RICE: A beautiful life was taken from our midst, when Anna Jane Rice, passed to her reward Friday morning, April 14, 1911. She was a patient sufferer for six weeks, ever appreciative of the tender care bestowed by loving hands. Anna Jane Brooks was born in BUFFALO, NEW YORK, January 19, 1821, and came with her parents to WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, when she was five years old. They settled near the town of WILL. She came to INDIANA when she was 17 years of age and more than a year later was united in marriage to James M. Rice. Then moved back to ILLINOIS near the town of WILL where they resided until death claimed them. To this union was born sixteen children (two dying in infancy), those who survived are Lettie Rice (Mason), Emma Mason (Corner), James Rice, Benjamin Rice, Eugene Rice, Eunice Rice (Corner), W.P. Rice and Jennie Brooks with whom she made her home for twelve years. The deceased are Wealthy Rice (Cooper), William Rice, Mary, Frank, Edward and Elliott Rice. She also raised two orphan boys. She has forty-seven grandchildren and fifty-four great-grandchildren. The deceased accepted Christ as her Savior and united with the church in April, 1900. Funeral services was at the old home in JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Rev. A. T. Moshler of Mt. Ayr officiated. Interment in NORTH STAR CEMETERY. Paul bearers were six grandchildren, four grandsons and two granddaughters, Messer O. Brooks, Edward Rice, Jessie Rice, Manny Rice, Miss Mabel Brooks and Mrs. Jessie Schollcraft. This handwritten obituary was found in a small soft bound book titled "The Care and Feeding of Infants" Boston, Mass. Mellin's Food Company 1908. Since I found this obituary, I have done a lot of research and found census that disputes all of the children's names. I also had added the girls married name behind their names with parenthesis - this wasn't in the original obituary. I believe that instead of W.P. RICE it should have been ANDREW E. RICE. LETTIE ANNA RICE married RUFUS MASON EMMA RICE married RICHARD CORNER EUGENE U. RICE JENNIE M. RICE married a BROOKS WEALTHY RICE married FREDERICK COOPER WILLIAM P. RICE married LAURA ZOBOROSKY MARY RICE married JOHN BABCOCK ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted By Jeanne Sloz Email MSSLOZ@cs.com