Willie Belle Rice

Purchased
Antique Store
Montavilla Neighborhood
Portland, Oregon

Type
Cabinet Card
(circa 1866 - 1906)

Studio
J. C. Williams Gallery
Woodland, California

Notations
Mrs. H. M. Goodfellow. Willie Belle Rice. Grandma M's 2nd Child

Research
Willie Bell Rice b. Aug 1855 California, m. July 2, 1872 Calousa, California, d. aft 1930

Parents
Jessie S. Rice (b. 1823 Kentucky) and Martha M. Smith (b. 1833 ) daughter of Matthew Smith, of Spencersburg, Pike County, Missouri. In 1869, Martha married Alexander B. Manor

Siblings
Emma Jane Rice b. 1853
Jessie Dan Rice b. 1857
Joseph A. Rice b. abt 1862
Louis G. Rice b. abt 1863
William H. Manor b. abt 1869

Spouse
Henry Martin Goodfellow, farmer, b. Apr 1850, New York, d. 24 Nov 1928 California. He was born in New York to Jannetje Van Patten and Moses Goodfellow. He enlisted in the Union Army on November 19, 1861 in Clinton, New York as a private in Company I, 8th New York Cavalry. He returned to New York and in 1868 crossed the plains to California, settling in the Williams Township Area taking up farming on a farm west of Williams. On July 2, 1872, he married Willie Belle Rice in Colusa, and they had two children; Mabel Claire Goodfellow and Harry M. Goodfellow. He passed away at the age of 78 years and is buried in the Williams Cemetery, New Section.

Children
Henry Melvin Goodfellow b. 6 Jun 1879, Freshwater, California
Mabel Goodfellow b. 17 Nov 1882, Williams, California

Sources
Orr Family Tree at Ancestry.com.
Colusa County, California CAGenWeb Project
1870 U.S. Census Cache Creek, Yolo, California
1880 U.S. Census Freshwater, Colusa, California
1900 U.S. Census Freshwater, Colusa, California
1930 U.S. Census Williams, Colusa, California

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