Ella May Rice

Thomas Jefferson Rice
(Abt 1814-Bef 1858)

Jane Smith
(1819-After 1900)

Elliott Stump
(1835-1925)

Sarah Jane Barr
(1836-1903)

Alexander Elihu Rice
(1846-After 1890)

Francina Stump
(1858-1925)

Ella May Rice
(1880-1902)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Samuel McConaughy Criss

Ella May Rice ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵

Born: April 1880, Calhoun County, WV ¹ ³ ⁴
Marriage (1): Samuel McConaughy Criss on 11 February 1898 in Calhoun County, WV ¹ ² ³
Died: 1902, Bigbend, WV at age 22 ¹ ⁵
Buried: 1902, Calhoun County, WV ¹ ⁵

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 15 April 1879 and a birth location of Calhoun County, WV.

This birth year of 1879 appears on her gravestone.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on 23 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 236B, District 143, Roll 1401
Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Ella M. Rico..Daughter..1..WV
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Sheridan Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on 21 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 24, Family 240
Sheridan District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
farm rented
Married 3 years
Ella Criss..Wife..Apr 1880..20..WV..2/2..House Keeper
(Living with husband and 2 children.)
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• She was buried in 1902 in the Bigbend Cemetery in Calhoun County, WV.

Find A Grave Memorial #121428101
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Ella married Samuel McConaughy Criss, son of G. D. Criss and M. J., on 11 February 1898 in Calhoun County, WV.¹ ² ³ (Samuel McConaughy Criss was born in August 1876 in Calhoun County, WV,³ died on 12 March 1948 in Grantsville, WV ¹ ⁶ and was buried on 16 March 1948 in Sheridan Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States ¹ ⁶.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Sheridan Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on 21 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 24, Family 240
Sheridan District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
farm rented
Married 3 years
McConaughy M. Criss..Head..Aug 1876..23..WV..Farmer
Ella Criss..Wife..Apr 1880..20..WV..2/2..House Keeper
Evert Criss..Son..Nov 1898..1..WV
Mary F. Criss..Dau..Jan 1900..5m..WV
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1 Polli Kreaps, "Walker Kreaps APRIL 2008" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pollee_tribe; Updated: 2008-04-10 04:15:54 UTC (Thu)).

2 "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database and images, FamilySearch (accessed 31 May 2015); Name: Samuel M Criss; Spouse's Name: Ella M Rice; Event Date: 11 Feb 1898; Event Place: Calhoun, West Virginia.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Sheridan District, Calhoun County, West Virginia, sheet 14B, dwelling 24, family 240, Samuel McConaughy Criss and Ella May Rice; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 31 May 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 143, p. 236B, Alexander Elihu Rice and Francina Stump; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 9 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1401.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 31 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121428101.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 31 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63511221.

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