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Charles Otis RiceAge: 70 years18781949

Name
Charles Otis Rice
Given names
Charles Otis
Surname
Rice
Birth August 30, 1878 21 20
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a sisterMabel Pearl Rice
September 21, 1884 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageDella May PerkinsView this family
February 20, 1900 (Age 21 years)
Note: Marriage info found at findagrave site
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 38 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 39 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a fatherWilbur Rice
January 28, 1925 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a motherTabitha Arminta Carter
April 30, 1939 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death January 19, 1949 (Age 70 years)
Obituary
Charles O Rice Obituary
January 21, 1949 (2 days after death)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Monticello Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Wilbur Rice
Birth: December 6, 1856Sadorus, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: January 28, 1925Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
mother
Tabitha Arminta Carter
Birth: February 6, 1858Virginia, United States
Death: April 30, 1939Tolono Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Marriage: September 20, 1877Moultrie, Illinois, United States
11 months
himself
Charles Otis Rice
Birth: August 30, 1878 21 20Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: January 19, 1949Illinois, United States
6 years
younger sister
Mabel Pearl Rice
Birth: September 21, 1884 27 26Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: 1951Illinois, United States
Family with Della May Perkins - View this family
himself
Charles Otis Rice
Birth: August 30, 1878 21 20Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: January 19, 1949Illinois, United States
wife
Della May Perkins
Birth: March 12, 1875 23 27Monticello, Piatt, Illinois, United States
Death: February 26, 1971Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Marriage: February 20, 1900Champaign, Illinois, United States

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Marriage
Marriage info found at findagrave site