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CHARLES PARKMAN RICE. Edmund Rice (I), the immigrant ancestor of Charles Parkman Rice, of Westborough, Massachusetts, was born about 1596 according to a deposition that he made April 3. 1656, giving his age as sixty-two years. He settled in Sudbury and became one of the best known and most influential settlers. He was a proprietor and selectman there in 1639 and was probably there in the early part of the preceding year. His village plot in Sudbury, now Wayland, was laid out in the fall of 1639. and he was one of the first to build his house. The lot was on old North street near the Mill brook. He received his share of the meadow land September 4, 1639, April
20, 1640. and November IS, 1640, amounting in all to forty-three and three-fourth acres. He shared also in all the divisions of uplands and comnion lands until his holdings amounted to two hundred and forty-seven acres. He had eleven acres in the south part of the town between Timber Neck and Mr. Glover's farm. This lay near the spring and. he sold a part of it to Thomas Axtell and part to Philemon Whale, both of whom built houses there. He sold his home farm or lot to John Moore, Sep- tember 1, 1642, and September 13, of the same year, took a six year lease of the Dunster farm on the east shore of Lake Cochituate. In November, 1643. he bought land of the Widow Axtell between Phile- mon Whale's place and his own at Rice's spring. Later he also bought Philemon Whale's house and nine acres of land adjoining his own. These vari- ous purchases formed the nucleus of the old Rice homestead, which has remained in part in the hands of his descendants until a recent date.
He leased the Glover farm in what is now Framinghanı, September 26, 1647, for ten years, and April 6. 1657, bought the Jennison farm of two hundred acres extending from the Dunster farm to the Weston line. and on this tract some of his de- scendants still live. He and his son bought the Dunster farm, June 24, 1659. Besides these and others grants and purchases he received from the general court fifty acres at Rice's End in 1652 and eighty acres near Beaver Dam in 1659 in Framing- ham. He was on a committee to apportion the meadows, September 4, 1639, selectman, 1639, 1644 and later, deacon of the church, 1648, deputy to the general court, 1654. He was on the original peti- tion for the Marlborough grant in 1656, received a grant there and removed to that town in 1660. He died May 3, 1663, aged sixty-nine years, at Marlboro.
He married, in England, Tamazin -, and (second), March 1, 1655, Mercy (Heard) Brigham, widow of Thomas Brigham. Children of Edmund and Tamazin Rice were: Henry, see forward; Ed- ward, born 1618: Thomas. Mathew, Samuel, mar- ried Elizabeth King: Joseph, married Mercy King; Lydia, married Hugh . Drury ; Edmund, Benjamin, born May 31. 1640: Ruth, Ann, married, November 19, 1661 : Daniel, born 1632; Mary.
(JI) Henry Rice, son of Edmund Rice (1), was born in England, 1617. He settled in Sudbury with his father and was admitted a freeman in 1658. He lived in Sudbury until 1659, when he settled on the land granted to his father at Rice's End in Framingham. He was one of the original mem- bers of the Framingham church in 1701. He died in Framingham. February 10. 1710-II. His will was dated October 3. 1705. and filed February 29, 1710- IJ. His estate amounted to five hundred and twenty- seven pounds.
He married, February I, 1643, Elizabeth Moore, who died August 3. 1705. Their children were: Mary, born September 19. 1646, married Thomas Brigham ; Elizabeth, born August 4. 1648, married John Brewer: Hannah. married Eleazer Ward; Jonathan, born July 3, 1654, married Martha Eames ; Abigail, born June 17, 1657, married Thomas Smith; David, born December 27. 1659, married Hannah Walker: Tamazin, born February 2, 1661, married Benjamin Parmenter ; Rachel, born May 10, 1664, married Thomas Drury; Lydia, born June 4, 1668, married Samuel Wheelock: Mercy, born January I, 1670. married Elnathan Allen.
(III) Jonathan Rice, son of Henry Rice (2),
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was born at Sudbury, Massachusetts, July 3, 1654. He settled in the eastern part of Sudbury but later removed to Rice's End, Framingham. He kept the tavern there. He was selectman, deputy to the gen- eral court. He bought. June 16, 1707, of Benjamin Nurse, 38 acres of land on Salem End and sold it in 1725 to his son Abraham. He died in Framing- ham, April 12, 1725. His will was proved May 21.
He married (first), March 23, 1674-75, Martha Eames, who died in Sudbury, February 2, 1675-76. He married (second) Rebecca Watson, of Cam- bridge, November 1, 1677. She died December 22, 1689, at Sudbury. He married (third), February 12, 1690-91. Child of Jonathan and Martha Rice was: Martha, born January 27, 1675-76, died young. Children of Jonathan and Rebecca were: Jonathan, born September 17, 1678, married Lydia Pratt ; David, born March 4. 1676, married Elizabeth Cut- ler ; Anna, born August 6, 1683, married William Cutler ; Henry, born December 6, 1685, married Elizabeth Moore. Children of Jonathan and Eliza- beth: Martha, born 1691, married James Whiting; Hezekiah, born 1694, married Mary Haynes : Abiah, born 1697, married Patience Eames: Ezekiel, born October 14, 1700, see forward; Elizabeth, born Feb- ruary 28, 1702-03, married Daniel Pratt; Phineas, born June 24, 1705, married Mary Eames : Sarah, born September 24. 1707, died unmarried ; Richard, born January 31, 1710, married Hannah Bent; Abi- gail, born March 23, 1713-14, married Gershom Pratt.
(IV) Ezekiel Rice, son of Jonathan Rice (3), was born at Sudbury, October 14, 1700. He set- tled in Sudbury and was a farmer there. He was admitted to the church, March 4. 1750. He mar- ried ( first), January 23, 1722-23, Hannah Whitney, sister of James Whitney, who married Martha Rice. Rice married (second), May 10, 1753. Prudence Bigelow. widow of Daniel Bigelow. . She was born September 22, 1608. daughter of Joseph and Hannah ( Provender) Pratt. Her first husband was Eben- ezer Stone (1688-1752). Rice married (third) Margaret Bond, widow of Isaac Bond, published November 25. 1767. He married (fourth), at Sher- born, January 8, 1772, Ruth Chapin. Children were all by the first wife. viz : Ezekiel, born October 20, 1723. see forward; John. born April 9. 1725; James, born July 13. 1726, married Mary Stearns; Hannah, born October 5, 1727, married Thomas Kendall. 2d; Daniel. born August 10, 1729, unmar- ried : Richard, born October 20, 1730, married Sarah Drury : Martha. born August 8, 1732: Uriah, Moses, married, 1766, Mary Sparhawk, of Natick.
(V) Ezekiel Rice, son of Ezekiel Rice (4), was born at Framingham, Massachusetts, October 29, 1723. He was admitted to the church with his wife May 3. 1752. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion in Captain Micaiah Gleason's company. April, 1775, and in Captain Thomas Drury's company. Colonel John Nixon's regiment, 1775. and perhaps later. He resided on what has in later years been called the Widow Sanger place. He died May 12, 1806.
He married. September 19. 1751, Hannah Ed- mands, daughter of David and Hannah Edmands, of Marlboro. Children of Ezekiel and Hannah Rice were: Ezekiel, born June 20, 1752, sce forward ; Hannah. born March 26, 1754. married Thomas Stone ; Daniel, born November 24. 1755, married Lois Winchester: Abigail, born December 29. 1757, married Beniamin Lamb; Anne, born October 8, 1759. married Jacob Belcher; Elizabeth, born Octo-
ber 13, 1761; Mary, born September 20, 1763; Sarah, born December 19, 1765, died young ; Aaron, born November 16, 1767; Persis, born June, 1770; Sarah, born October 4, 1772.
(VI) Ezekiel Rice, son of Ezekiel Rice (5), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, June 20, 1752. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Cap- tain Jesse Eames' company, Colonel Samuel Bul- lard's regiment (Fifth), also in 1780 in Captain Nathan Drury's company, Colonel Abner Perry's regiment, in the Rhode Island campaign. He re- sided on the Puffer place, Framingham, afterwards Amasa Kendall's. He married, May 17, 1782, Lydia Bullard, daughter of Ebenezer Bullard, born 1737, died 1792. She died April 25, 1793. Their children were: Lowell, born June 29, 1783, married -
Partridge: Jesse, born August 31, 1785, see for- ward: Wilder, born February 14, 17SS, married, July 13, 1813, Amasa Goodman, resided in Natick ; John, born April 21, 1790, died March 19. 1817; Betsey, born July, 1792, married John Morse, of Natick
(VII) Jesse Rice, son of Ezekiel Rice (6), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, August 31, 1785. He settled in Westborough, Massachusetts, lived and died there October 9, 1832, aged forty- seven years. He married, August 9. 1807, Sophia Newton, born July 28, 1787, daughter of Barnabas and Eunice (Bond) Newton. Barnabas was born 1733, married, 1761, died 1812, was the son of Deacon Josiah and Ruhamah Newton. Deacon Josiah was born 1688, died 1755, son of Moses and Joanna ( Larkin) Newton, and grandson of Richard Newton, of Sandwich and Marlboro. Children of Jesse and Sophia Rice, born at Westboro. were: Harriet Gregory, born October 13, 1807, married Charles C. Forbush, of Westboro, October 13, 1830; died 1849; he died 1847; Charles Parkman, see for- ward: Mary S., born October II, 18II, married, -April 20, 1834. William R. Long, of Westboro: Amory A., born October 8, 1813, married Catherine Wilkins; Maria A., born September 28, 1815; George, born June 29, 1817.
(VIII) Charles Parkman Rice, second child of Jesse Rice (7), was born in Westborough, Massa- chusetts, October 16. 1809. His boyhood and youth were spent in attending school and assisting his father in carrying on the homestead farm, and he remained under the parental roof until he was of age. He then went to Boston, where he was ein- ployed for two years in a meat and provision store. Then his father died and he returned to West- borough for the purpose of settling the estate, and it was found advisable to sell the Rice homestead. He lived on the Parkham homestead for a years and managed that farm. but he preferred a mercantile career, and at the first opportunity en- tered the employ of Lyman Belknap, who was a wholesale dealer in provisions with headquarters in Westboro. whence he despatched market wagons in various directions, buying country produce and selling meats, etc., largely on an exchange basis. Mr. Rice was in charge of the men in Mr. Belknap's employ and also managed the produce department. One of his duties was to ship the produce, eggs, butter. chcese, lard, etc., bought of the farmers, to the Boston market. The great market wagons were loaded with this produce and returned laden with groceries, flour, oil, molasses, etc. That was before the day of railroads, and the building of the Boston & Albany Railroad soon put an end to business of dealing in this way. Mr. Rice became a partner
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of Mr. Belknap, and in 1836 they opened a market in the Arcade building-formerly the church. The enterprise proved successful and was for a time the only meat market between Framingham and Worcester. About 1838 Mr. Rice bought out the interests of Mr. Belknap, who devoted his atten- tion to his business of commission merchant in Bos- ton. Mr. Rice built up an extensive trade, and for a period of forty years conducted his meat market in Westboro with uniform success. He became one of the leaders of business and finance in the town.
In politics Mr. Rice was originally a Whig, and later a Democrat. From 1845 to 1878 he was al- most constantly serving the town in some position of trust and honor. He was overseer and select- man most of the time, and often held both offices together. He was chairman of the board of select- men several terms and officiated as such at the dedication of the soldiers' monument in 1869. He delivered an appropriate speech of acceptance in behalf of the town. In 1855 he was a representa- tive to the general court from his district. He served for a number of years as trustee of the Westboro Savings Bank and was on its hoard of finance: he was president and treasurer of the Westboro Agricultural Society. Mr. Rice died after a short illness of typhoid pneumonia, February II, 1879.
He married, October 15, 1838. Jane Nourse, daughter of Theophilus and Louisa ( Brigham) Nourse, of Northboro. MIrs. Rice is living at their old home in Westboro. Their children were: Charles Amory, born April 26, 1840, see forward ; Jane Maria (twin), born June 28, 1847, now de- ceased, was in the employ of the Western Union Telegraph Company as operator fourteen years ; Louisa Sophia (twin). born June 28. 1847. mar- ried. November 28. 1878, James A. Kelley, of Boston.
( IX) Charles Amory Rice, son of Charles Park- man Rice (8), was born at Westborough. Massa- chusetts. April 26, 1840. He was educated in the public schools there and assisted his father. He enlisted in the civil war in the Forty-third Regi- ment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, known as the "Tiger Regiment" and served with credit in Virginia and the Carolinas. He entered the employ of the Boston & Albany Railroad Company after the war, and was advanced to a responsible position in the baggage department, a position he holds at the present time.
He married (first). April 6. 1866. Lizzie B. Wakefield. of Lyndon, Vermont. He married (sec- ond) September. 1876, Ella J. Cleveland, of Guil- ford, Vermont. His son by the first wife is Charles Pliny, born January 1, 1870. His son by the second wife is Arthur Parkman.
LEWIS RICE. Edmund Rice (1). the imnyi- grant ancestor of Lewis Rice, of Westborough, Massachusetts. was born, according to a deposition that he himself made. April 3. 1656. giving his age as sixty-two years, in 1596. in England. He came to New England and made his home in Sudbury. where he was for many years one of the leading citizens. He was proprietor and selectman there as early as 1630. and had been there perhaps a year at that time. His home lot was in what is now the town of Walnad, and he was one of the first to build his house in 1639. The house was near Mill brook on old North street. He shared in the various divisions of the meadow lands and common lands
of all kinds, besides purchasing land freely from time to time till he became a large landed proprie- tor. He removed to the locality known as Rice's Spring in the south part of the town and built another house, buying more land and cultivating the farm that is still known as Rice's farm and in the hands of descendants, now or lately. He served the town as selectman in 1639-44 and later was on the committee to lay out the meadow lots, 1639, deacon of the church, 1648, and deputy to the gen- eral court, 1654. He became interested in the new town of Marlboro which was granted by the gen- eral court to him and other Sudbury men, moved there in 1660 and died there May 3, 1663, aged sixty-nine years. Edmund Rice is the ancestor of all the branches of the Rice family known in Wor- cester county.
He married, in England, Tamazin He married (second), March 1, 1655, Mercy (Heard) Brigham, widow of Thomas Brigham. Children of Edmund and Tamazin Rice were: Henry, mar- ried Elizabeth Moore; Edward, born 1618; Thomas, Mathew, Samuel, see forward; Joseph, married Mercy King: Lydia, married Hugh Drury; Ed- mund. Benjamin. horn May 31. 1640: Ruth, Ann, married, November 19. 1661; Daniel, born 1632; Mary.
(II) Samnel Rice, fifth child of Edmund Rice (I), was born in England, 1634, and came when a child with his parents to America. He resided in Sudbury and Marlborough. Massachusetts. He died in Marlborough, February 25, 1684-85, aged about fifty-one years. His will was dated February 10, 1684-85, and proved April 7, that year. He married (first ), November 8, 1655. Elizabeth King, who died at Sudbury, October, 1667. He married (second), February 5, 1662, Mary (Dix) Brown, widow of Abraham Brown, Jr., who died at Sudbury, Septem- ber. 1668: she died June 18, 1675. He married (third), December 13, 1676, Sarah Hosmer, widow of James Hosmer, Jr., who was killed by the Indians 1676 in King Philip's war; she was born October 13, 1658. and must have been pretty young when first married. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth Rice, born in Sudbury. were: Elizabeth, born October 26, 1656, married Peter Haynes ; Hannah, born 1658, married Jonathan Hubbard : Joshua, born April 19,
1661, married Mary -: Edmund, born 1663, see forward: Esther, born at Marlboro, September 16, 1665. married Hubbard: Samuel, born at Marlboro, October 14, 1667, married Abigail Clapp. Children of Samuel and Mary Rice were: Mary, born August 6. 1669: Edward, born June 20, 1672, married Lydia Fairbanks: Abigail, born March IO. 1673-74, married Palmer Goulding. The only child of Samuel and Sarah was : Joseph, born May 16, 1678.
(III) Edmund Rice, son of Samuel Rice (2), was born at Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1663. He was one of the original members of the church in the west parish of Marlboro in 1721. He died 1726, aged sixty-three years. His will was dated August 10, 1726. and proved September 12, 1726. His family was attacked hy Indians during the war of 1704. Thomas and Edmund Rice, cousins, resided in what is now the westerly part of the town of Westbor- ough on the road to Grafton. August 8. 1704, while spreading flax a short distance from the house of Thomas Rice, the sons of both families being with them, the Rices were taken by surprise by seven or more Indians who rushed suddenly from the neigh- boring woods. Nahor Rice was killed. Silas and
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Timothy, sons of Edmund, and Asher and Adonijah, sons of Thomas, were captured and carried to Can- ada. Silas and Timothy married Indian wives and had children by them. Silas was given the Indian name of Tookanowras. Timothy became Ought- sorangouton, or something resembling that spelling, and was chosen the third chief of the six of the Cognawaga Tribe, and in that capacity addressed a speech to Colonel Burgoyne during the French and Indian war of 1755. Timothy Rice visited West- boro, September, 1740, with an interpreter. for he could speak no English, although he remembered the circumstances of his capture and a number of people he had known when a child. He refused to stay among his kinsmen and returned to Canada where he and Silas were living as late as 1790. Both had families.
Edmund Rice married (first) Ruth Parker, of Roxbury, November 15. 1692. He married (second) Hannah Brown, of Sudbury. June 23, 1720. She was born March 21, 1673, and was received from the Sudbury church to that at Westboro, October 17, 1725. She died at Northboro, January 6, 1766, aged ninety-three years. Children of Edmund and Ruth Rice were: Dinah, born October 15, 1693. married Nathaniel Brigham; Silas. born September 15, 1697, taken by Indians August 8, 1704; Timothy, born September 15, 1697. see forward: Nahor, born August 21, 1699, killed August 8. 1704; Huldah, born December 3, 1701, married Samuel Wheelock ; Moses, born March 21, 1703, died October 4. 1704; Seth, horn October 15 1705. see forward: Thankful, born August 4, 1707, married Josiah Rice ; Eleazer, born August 20, 1709, married Persis Newton ; Ruth. born November 17, 1712; Anna F., born February 20, 1716.
(IV) Seth Rice, son of Edmund Rice (3), was born in Westborough, Massachusetts. October 15, 1705. He settled in Westboro and was admitted to the church June 27. 1731, and became deacon April 19. 1738. He died there in 1796, aged ninety- one years. He married, February 27, 1727-28, Dorothy Robinson, of Marlhoro, who was born Fehruary 20, 1700. died June 21. 1801, in her ninety- third year. The children were: Persis, born Sep- tember 7, 1728, married Moses Warren: Edmund, born October 30. 1729, married Hannah Gassett ; Dorothy, born March 26. 1731, married Phineas Maynard; Sarah, born July 3. 1734, married Joseph Grout : Ruth, born Mav 8. 1736, died November 7, 1737: Seth. see forward: Hannah, born May 1, 1743. (V) Captain Seth Rice son of Seth Rice (4), was born at Westborough. Massachusetts, Novem- ber 9, 1737. He was deacon of the North Church. He answered the Lexington call to arms as second lieutenant of Captain Samuel Wood's Northboro company. General Ward's regiment. He was first lieutenant April 15, 1776, of the second Northboro company of Captain Timothy Brigham in the Sixth Worcester Regiment. In 1777 he was lieutenant in a company of Colonel Job Cushing's regiment and marched to assist the northern army. As first lien- tenant of Captain Ephraim Lyon's company. Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, in 1777-78. he and his com- pany joined Colonel Wade's regiment at Rhode Island. In 1779 he was also in Rhode Island in Captain David Moore's company. Colonel John Jacob's regiment. He was commissioned captain later.
He married, November 27, 1760, Rachel Coolidge. who died January 6. 1766, in her twenty-ninth year. She was born November 6, 1737, daughter of Oba-
diah and Rachel (Goddard) Coolidge, of Marlboro ; grandson of Obadiah and Elizabeth (Rouse) Coo- lidge, of Watertown, great-grandson of Simon and Hannah (Barron) Coolidge, the son of the immigrant, John Coolidge. Seth Rice married (sec.nd), January 15, 1767, Sarah Brigham, who died December 23. 1798. Seth died at Westboro, January 2, 1815. Children of Captain Seth and Rachel Rice were: Samuel, born April 11, 1762; Ebenezer. born April 5, 1764, married Rebecca Gamwell; Moses, born December 24. 1765, married Bernice Maynard. Children of Captain Seth and Sarah Rice: Sarah, born June 16, 1768, married Ruth Patterson: Rachel, born October 8. 1770, inarried Jotham Bartlett; Baxter, born May 4. 1772, married Mary Chandler; William, born Sep- tember 18. 1774, married Lois Munroe: Polly, born February 9, 1782, married Isaac Davis (See the Governor Davis line) : Sapphira, born December 13, 784. married Oliver Sawyer; Seth, born March 25. 788.
(VI) Samuel Rice, son of Captain Seth Rice (5). was born April II. 1762, at Northboro, and he settled there and later at North Grafton. He mar- ried (first) Rispah Wilson. October 17. 1784-85. She died at North Grafton, October, 1802. He mar- ried (second) Azubah Cobb, August 31, 1813. He removed from Grafton to Princeton, Massachusetts. where he died January 14, 1832, aged seventy years. His grave is suitably marked there. His widow Azubah died at Princeton. July 3, 1836. aged sixty- seven years, and her estate was settled by Charles Cobb. Children of Samuel and Rispah Rice were : Relief, born February 25. 1785, married Seth Rob- bins : Benjamin, born March 30. 1787. married Lucy Fay ; Barnabas, born June 13, 1789, married Betsey Lawrence: Rachel, born June 7. 1792, unmarried ; Seth, born May 8, 1794, see forward: Persis, born July 27. 1796; Samuel, born 1798. married Eliza M. Shepard; Rispah W., born March 26. 1801 : James A. Bayard, born December 27. 1802. married Sarah W. Dexter. The only child of Samuel and Azubah was: Lucy, married Elijah Packard.
(VII Seth Rice, son of Samuel Rice (6), was born at North Grafton. Massachusetts, May 8, 1794. He was brough up and educated in Princeton, whither his parents moved when he was a small hoy. He resided in Northboro and Marlboro, and spent his last years with his children in Berlin, Massachusetts. He died in 1864, in Shrewsbury. Massachusetts. In early life he manufactured a superior quality of indigo blue cloth, which he dyed and finished himself. He was also a farmer and had a large farm in Berlin. He was a man of great force of character and strong influence among his townsmen, and was frequently honored with public office. He served the town many years as select- mian, and in 1847 was a representative to the general court of Massachusetts.
He married. October 20. 1820. Persis Bartlett, daughter of Deacon Jonas Bartlett, of Northhoro, and granddaughter of Daniel Bartlett, who was born 1691, died 1764: married. 1717. Martha How. Daniel was the son of Henry Bartlett, who is said to have come to Marlboro from Wales about 1683. Seth Rice had nine children born in Northboro and two at Marlboro. whither he went ahout 1838. The children : Seth, horn June 27. 1821. married, June 26. 1851. Elizabeth C. Nourse ; William, born Feb- ruary 27, 1823: Jonas, born February 21. 1825. re- sided at Westboro: Eliza Grout. born July 3. 1827, died November 28, 1841; Lewis, born August 6.
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1828, sce forward; llarriet, born April 2, 1831 : Silas, born August 19, 1833: Ellen P., born June 25. 1835; Susan, born September 23, 1837. Samuel S., born at Marlboro, November 4, 1839; Mary E., born at Marlboro, October 26, 1841.
(\111) Lewis Rice, son of Seth Rice (7), was born at Northboro, Massachusetts, August 6, 1828. He was educated at the public schools of Berlin, Massachusetts, and at Bride's Academy in that
tow11. He then learned the shoemaker's trade and followed it for a few years in the shoe factories of Berlin and Shrewsbury. In 1853, in company with his brother, he established a market and meat busi- ness, and for ten years carried on a thriving trade in Westborough, Massachusetts, also Northboro and Grafton. lle retired from that business in 1864 and has since devoted himself to the buying and selling of real estate and building in the town of Hudson, Massachusetts, where he has carried on some extensive operations. In recent years he has been occupied with the care of his investments and property, not undertaking any new ventures. Mr. Rice has resided in Westboro for more than fifty years, and for a long time has been among the most prominent and wealthy men of that town. He was for many years a trustee of the Westboro Savings Bank. For many years he has served the town on the board of assessors, a position in which his ex- pert knowledge of property values was extremely valuable to the town. He is a Republican in politics and a Congregationalist in religion. He has never married.
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