Edna was the daughter of Alexander Henry Rice and Alice Adeline Elizabeth (Barnum) Rice. Edna married Henry Otto Schmidt on 30 Nov 1911 in Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO. She was the mother of Eva Corille Jensen (1912-1984); Ruth Catherine Schmidt (1914-1914); Otto Henry ( 1918-1986); Vivian Sue Braun and William James Schmidt. She was the sister of Anne Agnus (1881-1958); Murty Mae ( 1883-1972); Elba Leland (1886-1969); Otto Marvin (1893-1895); Lillie Dale (1895-1941); Ross Earl Henry (1898-1982); Theodore (1900-unknown); Emma Katherine (1902-1984) and Thomas Nelson (1904-1984).