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Maggie Spain Rice
My Great Great Grandmother, Maggie Spain Rice. Born in 1885 in Iredell County, NC to Betty Campbell and Wash Spain, she was of mixed black and Indian heritage. Around 1905, at the age of 19, she married 41 year old former slave, Tom Rice, and they became share croppers in rural Rowan, County NC, around the town of Cleveland, NC. To their marriage was born 10 children, whom reflecting their parents mixed ancestry ranged in color from light yellow (Aunt Laura or "Laur" as she was called) to dark coffee (Great Grandfather David or "Paw-paw Rice" as we called him". A strict, but loving women, Maggie raised her children from a young age, to live with the love and fear of God, and a great appreciation for life itself. After her husbands death in the 1920's, she became a Domestic aka Maid. Living in Jim Crow North Carolina, she had few other options, and did her best to continue to provide for her large family. She died in 1949 at the age of 63. Interestingly enough, she died on a Thursday, was buried on a Saturday morning, her daughter, Lena died that same Saturday night, and was buried the following Monday.
Interesting fact, she had an accident in life that caused the removed of one of her legs, which resulted in her having a peg leg!
Maggie Spain Rice
My Great Great Grandmother, Maggie Spain Rice. Born in 1885 in Iredell County, NC to Betty Campbell and Wash Spain, she was of mixed black and Indian heritage. Around 1905, at the age of 19, she married 41 year old former slave, Tom Rice, and they became share croppers in rural Rowan, County NC, around the town of Cleveland, NC. To their marriage was born 10 children, whom reflecting their parents mixed ancestry ranged in color from light yellow (Aunt Laura or "Laur" as she was called) to dark coffee (Great Grandfather David or "Paw-paw Rice" as we called him". A strict, but loving women, Maggie raised her children from a young age, to live with the love and fear of God, and a great appreciation for life itself. After her husbands death in the 1920's, she became a Domestic aka Maid. Living in Jim Crow North Carolina, she had few other options, and did her best to continue to provide for her large family. She died in 1949 at the age of 63. Interestingly enough, she died on a Thursday, was buried on a Saturday morning, her daughter, Lena died that same Saturday night, and was buried the following Monday.
Interesting fact, she had an accident in life that caused the removed of one of her legs, which resulted in her having a peg leg!