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Nancy Trice
trice@usroots.com
Mattie Trice and her Scrapbook
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Mattie Trice was born 4 Sep 1886 in Webster Co, Ky, the daughter and youngest child of Dabney Nelson Trice and his wife Elizabeth Rebecca Larsen Strum.
Mattie kept a scrapbook of obituaries over a span of 60 plus years. I just recently received a zerox copy of the entire scrapbook. It is a standard size scrapbook, 11x17 and contains 31 pages of obituaries. Some of the pages have numerous obituaries pasted on them while others have only 1 or 2. I believe that all (or at least most) of the obituaries have a connection to the Trice family, however I have not documented that in many of the cases. Most of the deaths occured in Webster or Hopkins Counties. The name of the paper the obituary was published in was never noted. In some cases she made a notation as to the date of death, but most of the time she didn't. Mattie died in 1972 at the age of 86, therefore it can be assumed that all of the obituaries in the scrapbook predate 1972. The earliest obituary is 1905. I am copying all of these obituaries verbatem, and have made a notation at the end of each of the obituaries when she wrote a date or any other comment. I am also attempting to locate burial information for those listed since dates were seldom noted. I would be interested in receiving any information you might have on any of these people. If I have any information on them, I will be glad to share as well.
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