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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