Rice, Thomas D – Richards, John
Rice, Thomas D
actor, was born May 20, 1808, in New York city. About 1832 he began his career in negro minstrelsy at the Pittsburg and Louisville theaters with success, repeating his performances in the eastern cities for several years to crowded houses. For a short time in 1858 he was with Wood's minstrels, where his name stood for the shadow of an attraction. He died Sept. 19, 1860, in New York city.
Rice, Victor Moreau
educator, was born April 5, 1818, in Mayville, N. Y.
The New York legislature having created a department of public instruction in 1854, he was elected the first state superintendent for three years. He was thrice re-elected, filling the office till 1866. He died Oct. 17, 1869, in Oneida, N. Y.
Rice, Vietts Lysander
engineer, inventor, was born in 1844 in Windsor, Vt.
He is manager of Filer, Stowell and Company; and of the North Star Iron works of Minneapolis. His inventions are the Narod ore pulverizer, the gravity mill and the granulating mill. He is also president of the American Ore Machinery company of New York city.
Rice, Willard Martin
clergyman, author, was born April 30, 1817, in Lowville, N. Y. Since 1876 he has devoted himself entirely to the work of the presbyterian board of publication. He has prepared Westminster Question Book; Lesson Leaf; and the Quarterly.
Rice, William
educator, clergyman, was born March 10, 1821, in Springfield, Mass. He graduated from the Wesleyan academy of Wilbraham, Mass.; and during 1841-97 he was a successful clergyman in the methoepiscopal dist church. His pastorates were chiefly in Boston and vicinity.
During 1861-97 he was also librarian of the Springfield city library; and for eighteen years was a member of the Massachusetts state board of education. He died Aug. 17, 1897, in Springfield, Mass.
Rice, William E
lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 28, 1852, near Albion, N. Y.
He graduated from the Michigan State Normal school, and for several years was engaged in educational work. In 1883 he was admitted to the bar, and is now a successful lawyer and fruit grower of Rogers City, Mich. In 1888-89 he was prosecuting attorney of Presque Isle county, and was again elected to that office in 1896. In 1895-96 he served with distinction as a representative in the Michigan state legislature, and was on several important committees. He died in January, 1898.
Rice, William J
lawyer, journalist, was born July 3, 1864, in Carter county, Ky. He is a successful lawyer of Rainier, Ore.; and the editor and owner of The Review of that city.
Rice, William W
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 21, 1845, in Marblehead, Mass. He was judge of insolvency for Worcester county in 1858; was mayor of Worcester in 1860; and was district attorney for the middle district of Massachusetts from 1869 to 1874. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1875; and was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, fortyseventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth congresses as a republican.
Rich, Charles
congressman, was born in 1771 in Hampshire county, Mass.
He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1811 to 1812, and again from 1817 to 1824. He died Oct. 15, 1824, in Shoreham, Vt.
RICH, MRS. HELEN [HINSDALE], author, poet, was born in 1827 in New York. She is a poet of Chicago; and the author of A Dream of the Adirondacks, and Other Poems; and Madame de Staël.
Rich, Isaac
merchant, was born in 1801 in Wellfleet, Mass. In the course of years he became a successful fish merchant, and subsequently a millionaire, gave largely to educational and charitable institutions, and, in addition to numerous bequests, left the greater part of his estate, appraised at $1,700,000, to the trustees of the Boston Wesleyan university. He died Jan. 13, 1872, in Boston, Mass.
Rich, John T
agriculturist, state senator, congressman, was born April 23, 1841, in Conneautville, Pa. He was elected a representative in the Michigan state legislature in 1872, 1874, 1876, and 1878, serving as speaker during the last two terms; and was state senator in 1880. In 1881 he was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-seventh congress to fill a vacancy.
Rich, Sanford Clark
educator, clergyman, lawyer, was born May 2, 1863, in Morgantown, W. Va. He received his education at the Drew Theological seminary; was engaged in educational work for eight years; was a clergyman for six years; and is now a successful lawyer of Pleasanton, Kan. He has contributed extensively both prose and verse to the periodical press, and several of his poems have been included in standard works.
Richard, Gabriel
missionary, educator, congressman, was born Oct. 15, 1767, in France. He was for a time professor of mathematics in St. Mary's college, Maryland; labored in Illinois as a missionary; and went to Detroit in 1799, whence he was sent as a delegate to congress in 1823. He died Sept. 13, 1832, in Detroit, Mich.
Richards, Benjamin Wood
public official, state legislator, was born in November, 1797, in Burlington county, N. J. He was appointed by President Jackson a director of the United States. bank, which office he resigned to become mayor of Philadelphia in 1830-31. He was one of the earliest directors of Girard college; the originator, founder, and president until his death of the Girard Life and Trust company, and a founder with John Vaughan of the Blind asylum. He died July 13, 1851, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Richards, Charles Comstock
lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 16, 1859, in Salt Lake City. In 1888 he was elected a representative in the territorial legislature of Utah; and in 1890 was a senator of that body. He was secretary of the territory from May 16, 1893, to Jan. 6, 1896, when that territory became a state; and he was the acting governor at the time of admission, and turned the executive office over to the governor of the state.
Richards, Charles Herbert
clergyman, author, was born March 18, 1839, in Meriden, N. H. He was pastor of a congregational church in Kokomo, Ind., in 1866-67, and since that time has had charge of the First Congregational church in Madison, Wis. He is the author of Will Phillips; Songs of Christian Praise; Scripture Selections for Public Worship; and Songs of Praise and Prayer.
Richards, Charles L
lawyer, legislator, was born March 21, 1856, near Woodstock, Ill. For two terms this successful lawyer was prosecuting attorney of Thayer county, Neb.; and in 1895 he was elected a member of the Nebraska state legislature, of which body he was speaker.
Richards, Mrs. Cornelia Hol-
ROYD [BRADLEY], author, was born Nov. 1, 1822, in Hudson, N. Y. She is the author of At Home and Abroad, or How to Behave; Pleasure and Profit, or Lessons on the Lord's Prayer; Hester and I; and Memoir of Mrs. Haven.
Richards, Cyrus Smith
educator, author, was born March 11, 1808, in Hartford, Vt. He was principal of Kimball Union academy, Meriden, N. H., and from 1871 until his death had charge of the preparatory department of Howard university of Washington, D. C. He was the author of Latin Lessons and Tables; Outlines of Latin Grammar; and an Introduction to Cæsar: First Latin Lessons. He died July 19, 1885, in Madison, Wis.
Richards, Mrs. Ellen Henriet-
TA [SWALLOW], educator, author, was born Dec. 3, 1842, in Dunstable, Mass.
She is an instructor in sanitary chemistry in the Massachusetts institute of Technology; and is the author of Chemistry of Cookery and Cleaning; Food Materials and Their Adulterations; and First Lessons in Minerals.
Richards, Francis Henry
inventor, was born Oct. 20, 1850, in New Hartford, Conn. He has invented a great many valuable machines and devices, which he has given to the public.
Richards, Franklin Dewey
Mormon apostle, state legislator, was born April 2, 1821, in Richmond, Mass. In 1849 he was ordained one of the twelve apostles of Salt Lake City; in 1852 was a member of the legislature; and re-elected in 1856.
In 1889 he became historian and general recorder of the church at Salt Lake City, which position he still holds.
Richards, George
clergyman, author, was born in Rhode Island. He was pastor of a universalist church in Portsmouth, N. H., from 1793 till 1809, and subsequently in Philadelphia, where he established the Freemason's Magazine and General Miscellany, and edited it for two years. He was the author of odes, Masonic orations, An Historical Discourse on the Death of Gen. Washington, and many patriotic poems descriptive of the revolution. He died March 1, 1814, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Richards, George
railroad president, was born March 21, 1833, in Pottsville, Pa. Since 1862 he has been president of the Hibernia Mine railroad; is also president of the Hibernia Underground railroad, and Dover and Rockaway railroad.
Richards, Helen Dorothy Whit- On
author. She was the author of several juvenile books, including Robert Walbar; Hemlock Ridge; and The Conquered Heart.
Richards, Jacob
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1803 to 1809.
Richards, James a. D
lawyer, congressman, was born March 22, 1845, in Boston, Mass. He was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat from Ohio.
Richards, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1795 to 1797.