Rice Smith
Rice Smith, born in Berryville in 1846, a son of Jonathan and Rebecca Smith and a grandson of Treadwell Smith, served in the Clarke Cavalry during the Civil War, the Clarke Courier said when it reported his death in October 1922. The paper said he was for a few years deputy clerk of court, took a position with the Georgia Chemical Works of Augusta in 1880, and died at his home in Augusta, Georgia, a retired official of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
Civil War as the cited records state it
Also written: Col. J. Rice Smith. Each name is shown as a source gives it.
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Is this the same man?
IDENTITY Confirmed The page rests on one Courier item that names him; no other record is matched to him here.
Clarke connection: Birth statement in an obituary: the Courier of October 12, 1922 says he was born in Berryville in 1846 and was for a few years deputy clerk of court (C700). That is the paper's statement, not a birth record.
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| Field | As the record prints it | Source | RECORD | IDENTITY |
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| War | Civil War | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 12, 1922 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
| Unit | Clarke Cavalry | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 12, 1922 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
What the records say
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| When | What the record shows | RECORD | IDENTITY | Source |
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| Date not established | The Clarke Courier of October 12, 1922 reports telegrams announcing the death at his home in Augusta, Georgia, that Tuesday morning, of Col. Rice Smith, a retired official of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. and uncle of Miss Sarah B. Crown and Editor John R. Crown of the Courier. It says he was born in Berryville in 1846, a son of Jonathan and Rebecca Smith and a grandson of Treadwell Smith, served in the Clarke Cavalry during the Civil War, was for a few years deputy clerk of court, and in 1880 took a position with the Georgia Chemical Works of Augusta. | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY ConfirmedThis is the item the entity was created from. | See the source and its limits✓ LikelyAn account exists
The Clarke Courier of October 12, 1922 reports telegrams announcing the death at his home in Augusta, Georgia, that Tuesday morning, of Col. Rice Smith, a retired official of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. and uncle of Miss Sarah B. Crown and Editor John R. Crown of the Courier. It says he was born in Berryville in 1846, a son of Jonathan and Rebecca Smith and a grandson of Treadwell Smith, served in the Clarke Cavalry during the Civil War, was for a few years deputy clerk of court, and in 1880 took a position with the Georgia Chemical Works of Augusta. What the source supportsThat Rice Smith, born in Berryville in 1846 and a retired chemical company official, died at Augusta, Georgia, as reported on October 12, 1922. UncertaintyRead from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles his name in the body ("Col. J. Rte* Smith"); "Rice Smith" is read from a quotation later in the item. The telegrams gave no details of his death. His war service is as the item reports it. His parents and grandfather have no records here. SourceEvidence role: supports. The October 12, 1922 obituary of Col. Rice Smith. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 12, 1922Clarke Courier · 1922-10-12 (publication) Locator: Page 4, obituary of Col. Rice Smith Relevant passageTelegram* [Telegrams] were received In Berry-: vilie Tuesday. announcing the death' at his home In Augusta. *Oa.. [Ga.] that | morning of Col. J. Rte* [Rice] Smith, a re-; tired official of tht [the] Virgiaia-Caroiioa [Virginia-Carolina] i Chemical Co. and an ancle [uncle] of Hi**I [Miss] Sarah B. Crown gad [and] Editor John R j Crown, of The Courier Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Evidence role: supports. Its account of his life. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 12, 1922Clarke Courier · 1922-10-12 (publication) Locator: Page 4, obituary of Col. Rice Smith, continued Relevant passageCol. Smith was bora [born] in BerryrillC [Berryville] ,in 1846. He was the aon [son] of the late Jonathan Smith and Rebecca Isle* Smith, of BenyriUe [Berryville]. and a grandson of the late Treadwell Smith. ... Col. Smith saved [served] in the Clarke Cavalry during Jte [the] Civij [Civil] War. After serving for a tew [few] years an [as] Deputy Clerk of Court under the late John M. Gibson, he was offered a position with the Georgia Chemical Works of Augusta ... That was In 1880. Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. |
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- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 12, 1922, Page 4, obituary of Col. Rice Smith. The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.
- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 12, 1922, Page 4, obituary of Col. Rice Smith, continued. The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.
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- Sarah B. Crown Proposed: named as her uncle in his obituary (Clarke Courier, October 12, 1922)
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