Wood & Torbert Families - Siathia Alethia Weakley

Siathia Alethia Weakley

b. 11 May 1879, d. 9 April 1931

Slathia Alethia Weakley, 1879-1931

Siathia Alethia Weakley was born on 11 May 1879 in Upshur County, Texas.
She was known as Allie.
She married Ibzan Leftwich Rice, son of Hezakiah Fleetwood Rice and Sarah Elizabeth Wood, on 22 November 1903.
Ibzan Leftwich Rice and Siathia Alethia Weakley appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Smith County, Texas, at Tyler & Bullard Road. Other members of the household included Louis Fleetwood Rice.
She was working on the farm, according to the 1920 census.
Ibzan Leftwich Rice and Siathia Alethia Weakley appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Smith County, Texas, at Old Bullard Road. Also in the household was cousin Lawrence McClure, age 71.
Siathia Alethia Weakley died on 9 April 1931 at age 51 in Smith County, Texas, . Her death was officially witnessed by Louis Fleetwood Rice.
Her husband Ibzan Leftwich Rice became a widower at her death.
She was interred at Kendrick Cemetery, Smith County, Texas.
A single grave marker identifies the graves of Ibzan Leftwich Rice and Siathia Alethia Weakley.
Photographs and much of the information on the Rice branch of the Wood family are found here thanks to the generosity of Charlies Wood "Woody" Rice.