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Rice, Rosella

author, was born Aug. 11, 1827, in Perrysville, Ohio. She published a novel entitled Mabel, or Heart Histories. In 1871-72 she contributed, under the pen-name of Pipsissiway Potts, a serial entitled Other People's Windows, to Timothy S. Arthur's Home Magazine.

Rice, Samuel Allen

soldier, lawyer, was born Jan. 27, 1828, in Penn Yan, N. Y. In 1856 he was chosen attorneygeneral of Iowa, and in 1858 he was continued in that office for a second term. He entered the national army as colonel of the thirty-third Iowa volunteers, his commission dating from Aug. 10, 1862.

For bravery at Helena, Ark., he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died July 6, 1864, in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Rice, Theron M

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 21, 1829, in Mecca, Ohio. In 1858 he moved to Missouri; served in the union army during the war of the rebellion, rising to the rank of colonel. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law at Tipton, Mo.; and was elected circuit judge in 1868, and served six years. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-seventh congress.

Rice, Thomas

lawyer, congressman.

He was a representative in the state legislature in 1813; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1815 to 1819. He died in 1854.

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 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.