His death certificate records Thomas Rice, age 88 years 9 months 8 days, born 1 Aug 1829 in Virginia, died 10 May 1918 in Catlettsburg, Boyd Co., Ky, residence Horse Branch, widowed, laborer, father Benjiman Rice, mother’s maiden name Matilda Gourd, both born in Virginia, cause of death cerebral hemorrhage, informant Minerva Hunt, Catlettsburg, burial in Narmal.

Greenup Co., Ky marriage records list the marriage of Thomas Rice and Mary G. Starkey on 22 Dec 1851.

1860 census of Greenup Co., Ky, East Little Sandy district, enumerated 16 Aug, lists on p. 70 as family #512/499:
Thomas Rice, 28, day laborer; Mary, 25; M. J. (fem), 8; Inda, 4; W. S. (male), 9/12. All born in Kentucky.