Jessie Rice BURKS 
Jessie Rice was born on February 3rd, 1870 in Judson, Parke Co., Indiana.1 He died at the age of 56 on June 2nd, 1926 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana. He was buried in Rockville Cemetery, Parke Co., Indiana.2 1 General Notes
1920 census: parents from Indiana
BIOGRAPHY: 1900 census: Living with father and farmer in Greene Township. 1920 census: auctioneer
See story on pages 31&32 of Parke Place, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan 1983).
Parke Place, Vol. 1, No. 4 (p. 32): One of three officers of the day for the original Armistice Day celebration on November 11, 1918.
DEATH: Heart ailment
Details of Jessie Rice's family with Laura Alice PAYTON
1 Jesse Burks-Laura Payton Marriage & Bible Record
2 The Collings Family
Further sources/citations:
Barbara Carter, Bible of John A. Payton, Crooks Family Genealogy, Whitecottons by Arnold Nadler, Gooch Funeral Home @ Eleanor (Burks) Carter obit
2 The Collings Family
Further sources/citations:
Barbara Carter, Bible of John A. Payton, Crooks Family Genealogy, Whitecottons by Arnold Nadler, Gooch Funeral Home @ Eleanor (Burks) Carter obit
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