I found it...now I wonder who the SMOTHERS is here?? Am I reading that 1830 census correct..Jehu was married to a Smothers?? I have seen this name Jehu Rice before, now I have to remember where and it was recently too. fr Martha martthayer@aol.com 1800 RICE JEHU Montgomery County KY No Township Listed Early tax list Tennessee before 1805 1820 Rice, Jehu M. Sumner County, Tennessee Township Gallatin: Page:173 (#39) (ancestry.com has page 73)31001/21010 agriculture 1 manufacturing 1 3 m 10, 1 m 10-14, 1 m 26-44 2 f 10, 1 f 10-14, 1 f 26-44 1830 Rice, Jahugh (Jehu) Franklin County, Illinois Roll: M19_22 (#23) Township: Unknown Townships Page: 101 (entry not link on Ancestry.com) 21120001/1010001 2 m 5, 1 m 5-9, 1 m 10-14, 2 m 14-19, 1 m 50-59 1 f 5, 1 f 10-14, 1 f 40-50 Jehu M. Rice died in Franklin County, Illinois, last document by him was 1847> and the estate settlement was file in March of 1850. 1820 Rice, Jehu M. Sumner County, Tennessee Township Gallatin: Page: 173 (#39) (ancestry.com has page 73) 31001/21010 agriculture 1 manufacturing 1 3 m 10 -1811-1820 John J. Rice, ?Martin Jasper Rice (deceased by 1850), Jehu T. (?Tolliver) Rice 1819-1820 1 m 10-14 1810-1806 born c1807 Charles M. Rice or c1808 John Stephen Rice 1 m 26-44 Jehu M. Rice 2 f < 10 1811-1819 Roda M. Rice 1819, 1 unknown female 1 f 10-14, 1810-1806 Mary Rice 1807 1 f 26-44 first wife Jehu Rice 26-44 b. 1776-1780 Joseph Rice b. 1804 Charles M. Rice b. 1807 John Steph Rice b. 1808 John J. Rice b. 1816 1830 Rice, Jahugh Franklin County, Illinois Roll: M19_22 (#23) Township: Unknown Townships Page: 101 (entry not link on Ancestry.com) 21120001/1010001 2 m <5, 1 m 5-9, 1 m 10-14, 2 m 14-19, 1 m 50-59 1 f 5, 1 f 10-14, 1 f 40-50; 1 f <5, b. 1825-1830 Elizabeth "Jane" Rice 1825 1 f 10-14 b. 1820-1816 Roda M. Rice c April 11, 1819 1 f 40-50 Wife: Smothers b. 1880-1890 ******************* 2 m<5 1824-1830 Moses L. B. Rice b. 1828 1 m 5-9 1825-1821 William L. Rice b. 1823 1 m 10-14 1820-1815 Jehu T. Rice b. 1819-1820 2 m 14-19 1816-1811 John J. Rice 1816, ?Martin Jasper Rice (deceased by 1850) 1 m 50-59 Jehu M. Rice Charles M. Rice has children beginning at age 21 in 1850 so he is married before 1830. John Stephen Rice marries in Hamilton County, Illinois 04 Dec 1830. As we know from subsequent census records this family has extra people, they live with other relatives so the number of children on any given day does vary. The boys invariable were working on farms by the time they are 16 and no longer home. Martha Name: Rice, Jehu & Abijah Rice.doc Rice, Jehu & Abijah Rice.doc Type: Microsoft Word Document _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail