52 Ancestors: #43 - Unity Smith Thomasson (1787 VA - 1836 KY)

Unity Smith Thomasson was born in June 1787 in Louisa County, Virginia.  Her parents were William Thomasson and Unity Hicks [or Hix].  The surname Thomasson is spelled in numerous ways in records, including one or two m’s or s’s, as well as with a p inserted.

Unity married Dabney Nelson Trice about 1809 in Louisa County, Virginia, and they had at least 8 children.

Temperance Trice (abt 1810 KY – aft 1870 KY) married Eli Tapp in 1842 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. They had 3 children.  Eli had been married previously.

David B. Trice (1810 KY – 1864 KY) married Arminity Jane Compton about 1836 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  I believe they had 7 children and that Arminity married after David’s death.

Joel Trice (1815 KY – 1880 KY) married Elizabeth Parker about 1838.  Elizabeth died about 1880 and Joel then married Emily D. Orman Pritchett.  I believe that this was Emily’s third marriage.

Priscilla Ann Trice (1817 KY – 1883 KY) married Alexander Taylor Winstead in 1838 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  They had at least 8 children.

William Thomas Trice (1821 KY – 1899 KY) married Sarah “Sallie” Compton about 1839 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  I have not yet determined whether Sarah and Arminity were sisters.   

William and Sarah had at least 6 children.

Charles Yancy Trice married Mary Ann Winstead about 1841 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Charles and Mary Ann had at least 14 children.  Mary Ann Winstead and Alexander Taylor Winstead were siblings.

Unity Trice (1824 KY – 1893 KY) married Samuel W. Cavanah [various spellings also] in 1842 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  I believe that they had two sons.

Dabney Nelson Trice (1826 KY – 1903 MO) married Rebecca Lancaster in 1853 in Missouri.  I believe they had two daughters and two sons. 

Unity died in June 1836 in Hopkins or Webster County, Kentucky and was probably buried in the Trice Cemetery in Webster County, Kentucky.

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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.

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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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