52 Ancestors - #39 - Dabney Nelson Trice (1784 VA – 1836 KY)

Dabney Nelson Trice was born on 3 Feb 1784 in Louisa County, Virginia, to William T. Trice and Ann Edwards Trice.  On 11 February 1809 Dabney married Unity Smith Thomasson in Louisa County.

Dabney and Unity had at least 9 children.

Sarah Trice (? – 1826) – I don’t know when she was born or who/if she married

Temperance H. Trice (about 1810 – after 1870) married Eli Tapp

David B. Trice (1810-1864) married Arminity Jane Compton in 1836

Joel Y. Trice (1815-1880) married Elizabeth Parker about 1838

Priscilla Ann Trice (1817-1883) married Alexander Taylor Winstead in 1838

William Thomas Trice (1821-1899) married Sarah “Sallie” W. Compton in 1839

Charles Yancy Trice (1821-1908) married Mary Ann Winstead in 1841

Unity K. Trice (1824-1893) married Samuel W. Cavanah or Cavanagh in 1842

Dabney Nelson Trice, Jr (1826-1903) married Rebecca Lancaster in 1853

Dabney Nelson Trice, Sr died in February 1836 while Unity died in June of the same year.

If you are interested in any of these family members, please contact me.  I would really like to collaborate with you.

52 Ancestors: #38 - Charles Yancy Trice, Sr (1821 KY-1908 KS)

Charles Yancy Trice was born on 17 May 1821 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  His parents were Dabney Nelson Trice and Unity Smith Thomasson.  In 1841 Charles married Mary Ann Winstead in Kentucky, and they resided there at the time of the 1850 census.  In 1860 Charles, Mary and eleven children were enumerated in Grand River, DeKalb County, Missouri.  Charles was a farmer with a listed value of real estate at $1800.  This amount seemed to be a little above average for the area.

Charles and Mary had the following children: 

Sarah Jane Trice (1841-1841) married William Sanford Townsend in 1868

Unity Smith Trice (1842-1929) married Nathan Coleman Newby abut 1865

Julia Ann Trice (1844-1922) married Johnson M. Joiner in 1865

John Louis Trice (1846-1936) married Margaret Priscilla “Maggie” Smith

James Nelson Trice (1847-1892) married Amanda Lee Thurston in 1882

George Washington Trice (1849-1924) and spouse is unknown

Joel Alexander Trice (1851-1923) married Lucy Honora Smith in 1877

Charles Yancy Trice, Jr (1853-1915) married Paralee Steen or Steele and then Luna Estelle Drake

William Monroe Trice (1855-1940) married three times, I believe: Mary Herron, Lizzle McIlvane

                  and Geraldine Lewis

Henry Thomas Trice (1856-1940) married Clara Morgan in 1887

Mary Elizabeth Trice (1858-1944) married George Arthur Butterfield about 1880

Oliver Cutler Trice (1860-1901) married Mary Alice Ferril in 1886

Marona Amner Trice (1863-1949) married John F. Short about 1882

Hattie Morrow Trice (1866-1945) – I don’t believe she ever married

Mary died in 1889 and Charles lived the rest of his life in Grand River, Missouri.  He died while visiting his son Charles Yancy Trice Jr in 1908 in Kansas City, Kansas.

From his obituary in the Kansas City Star on August 23, 1908, “When a man has reared a family of fourteen children on a farm of forty-acres—giving each and every youngster a good education, comfortable home until manhood or womanhood is reached, and finally a substantial start in life—it’s a big boost for acre farming.”

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52 Ancestors: #37 - Paralee Steen or Steele (abt 1857 MO-1893 KS)

Paralee (or Parlee, or a variety of other spellings) is a mystery to me, and to all of the other researchers I have had contact with.  She was born about 1857, probably in Missouri.  Her parents are unknown. 

She married Charles Yancy Trice, Jr on 19 November 1878 in Henry County, Missouri.  Copies of this marriage record are online.  Parlee and Charles are listed in the 1880 census, with no children.  They had two children:  Harriet “Hattie” Antoinette (1885-1947) and Odon Charles (1886-1940).  The death certificates available in Missouri records show that their mother is Parlee Steen/Steene, etc.   

In the 1900 census Charles and his wife Lena are enumerated with these two children as well as two daughters that Charles and Lena had, although Ruth was born before Parlee died, but she is Lena’s.  In all records including the obituaries for Charles, Hattie and Don are mentioned as is their mother Paralee. 

Paralee died on 3 December 1893 in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas, and is buried in the Belle Vista Cemetery in that town.  Her death date is listed in the county court records.  There is no mention of parents.

Therefore, I am looking for records for Parlee including her parent’s names, her birth record (if possible), and a death record that lists more than just her date of death, if possible. 

If you have any information to help me solve this mystery, I would love to collaborate on this research.