Mary Ann (Camp) Rice was a member of a very prominent family in Scott County. She was the daughter of George Camp and Nancy Felton. Her father was a native of Massachusetts and her mother, of Vermont. The family journeyed from Vermont to Pittsburgh in an ox-cart and thence to Shawneetown, Ill., on a flatboat, continuing the journey by the former conveyance to Riggston. The father entered Government land, and about the year 1834 built the first large frame house in Scott County. He was a merchant, and conducted a carding mill operated by ox-tread power. He was a prominent Mason and very active in that order. The children of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Rice were as follows:
Mary Ann passed away September 8, 1902 in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois.
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