Martins Ferry is in Belmont County, from the book Tombstone Inscriptions & Family Records of Belmont Co., Ohio by Esther Weygandt Powell: Pioneers, Pease Twp Mrs. S. A. Rice b here 1829, dau of David Kirkwood; m 1850 to Albert Rice a native of N.Y. and had 8 ch. Albert d in the west in 1872; she d here. Bellaire---Greenwood Cemetery Pultney Twp Rice, Samuel & Family dod 1884 age 86 wife Susan dod 1872 age 65 son David 1844-1895 Isabel 1845-1914 (on a different page is listed) : Rice, David dod 1884 age 86 Susan dod 1872 age 65 David 1844-1895 St. Clairsville Methodist Cemetery Richland Twp Rice, Lemuel dod 1835 age 4 months Josephine 2 ch of Thomas & Ann Morristown Union Cemetery #1 Union Twp Rice, Theodore 1830-1897 wife Ann BOYD 1824-1911 Nancy 1859-1943 Rice, Thomas 1835-1916 wife Tasy dod 1876 age 72 >From the book: Genealogical Records in Belmont Co., Oh Vol 10 1890 Special Census Bellaire 5th Ward ED 45, enumerated by Orlando P. Mason Rice, David H; Pri; K, 5 US art; 8/22/61-2/13/67 5y6m21d; Bellaire Warren Twp, ED 53, enumerated by Joshua Dewees Rice, Irwin; Pri; H, 40 OVI; 9/61-65; Barnesville Farmington Cemetery, Colerain Twp Rice, Emmett Fred 8 Apr 1896 - 20 Mar 1968 Rice, Flora L. 1891-1977 Good luck with your research. Sincerely, J.L. > > I have Rices in Ohio..but they were near the Ohio-Pennsylvania > border...Martins Ferry, Kirkwood, etc. I don't know the county. Albert > Deloss Rice is who I am working on now. He is the son of Melinda (Chapman) > and Allen Rice. I think he was born in the middle 19th century. He moved to > the Pittsburgh area after he was married. > > Diane Roberts >