Marion Rice, USA

1894 - 1932  (38 years)

• Name	Marion Rice  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	USA
  Birth	5 Aug 1894	Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Kenton, Greenup, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Married to Emma; Relation to Head: Head
  FSID	LX3N-3KB
  Death	5 Nov 1932	Ironton Hospital, Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  	Cause: Homicide: Accidental Shooting by Brother
  	Shotgunned in a hunting accident
  Burial	Brown and Wilburn Cemetery, Warnock, Greenup, Kentucky, USA   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I31572	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Emily F 'Emma' Reffitt,   b. Feb 1900, Kentucky, USA d. 23 Oct 1988, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	27 Mar 1918	Greenup County, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Joseph 'Joe' Rice,   b. 3 Oct 1922, Warnock, Greenup, Kentucky, USA d. 29 May 1998, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F15152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Aug 1894 - Illinois, USA Marriage - 27 Mar 1918 - Greenup County, Kentucky, USA Census - Marital Status: Married to Emma; Relation to Head: Head - 1930 - Kenton, Greenup, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News

  News (Fatality)-RICE Marion (Hunting Accident) KENTUCKY FARMER IS SHOTGUN VICTIM • Brother's Weapon Discharges As Fair Start Hunting Trip • Marion Rice, 39, farmer living about 14 miles from here, died this afternoon at an Ironton O hospital, from a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted by his brother Watt. The men were starting out on a hunting trip when the tragedy occurred. Watt Rice…

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Kenton, Greenup, Kentucky; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2340483. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Kenton, Greenup, Kentucky; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2340483 [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S87] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2012;), National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC ; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General [S4118] Newspapers.com: Death of Marion Rice • Kentucky Post and Times-Star - Nov 1932, (Name: The Kentucky Post and Times-Star; Location: Covington KY; Date: 6 Nov 1932;), KENTUCKY FARMER IS SHOTGUN VICTIM • Brother's Weapon Discharges As Fair Start Hunting Trip. Marion Rice, 39, farmer living about 14 miles from here, died this afternoon at an Ironton O hospital, from a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted by his brother Watt. The men were starting out on a hunting trip when the tragedy occurred. Watt Rice in climbing on a wagon bumped the gun against an obstruction. The charge struck his brother in the hip. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/133874246/the-kentucky-post-and-times-star/?xid=637 News (Fatality)-RICE Marion (Hunting Accident) KENTUCKY FARMER IS SHOTGUN VICTIM • Brother's Weapon Discharges As Fair Start Hunting Trip • Marion Rice, 39, farmer living about 14 miles from here, died this afternoon at an Ironton O hospital, from a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted by his brother Watt. The men were starting out on a hunting trip when the tragedy occurred. Watt Rice…