30 April 2015

Elizabeth Rice McCord


From Obituaries In Early Tennessee Newspapers  1794-1851

McCord, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of William of Illinois and daughter of David Rice of Greenville, Tennessee, d. ...of Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, aged 26 yrs and 7 mos.  The Politician and Weekly Nashville Whig (Fri July 21, 1847) and also in the Christian Record, June 26, 1847...

See Memorial at FindAGrave.

A brief biography of William McCord:

William McCord, farmer and dairyman; P. O. Paris; is a native of Tennessee; was born in Greene Co., May 26, 1819... .  He has twice married; first to Miss Elizabeth Rice, of his native county, on Feb. 17, 1846; she died April 30, 1847... .

Note:  No known relationship to our Rice family.

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