A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . as at that time holding under the authority of KingGeorge, of England, when the people, becoming exas-perated at the injustice done them in the findings ofthat body, took possession of the court-house. A com-pany of British troops was sent to disperse them and toenforce submission. A volley was fired into the room,and William French fell. Such, in brief, are the factsin Mr. Rices genealogy. Of hardy, honest parentage,he could cope with the
A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . as at that time holding under the authority of KingGeorge, of England, when the people, becoming exas-perated at the injustice done them in the findings ofthat body, took possession of the court-house. A com-pany of British troops was sent to disperse them and toenforce submission. A volley was fired into the room,and William French fell. Such, in brief, are the factsin Mr. Rices genealogy. Of hardy, honest parentage,he could cope with the ills of life and not weary. Norin his ancestry is there aught of which any man mightnot be proud. His early life was spent at home, work-ing with his father upon the farm. Subsequently, he at-tended school, and, having acquired a thorough educa-tion, taught until 1848, when he moved to Woodstock,Vermont, acting there in the capacity of bookkeeper fora large dry-goods house till 1853. Leaving his nativestate, he went to Piqua, Ohio, and commenced civilengineering. In the fall of the same year he cameto Indiana, continuing to follow the same ^^^^K^^^/ ^ ^^Z^-^^^ ^yt^cA<^^ i t- ?jih Dist.] REPRESENIATIVE MEN OF INDIANA. 179 In the spring of 1875, however, he removed toIndianapolis, and took charge uf the office of the In-dianapolis State Sentinel, which he retained up to 1856,While living in this city he married Miss Regina C,Smith, in April, 1856, shortly afterward moving toPlymouth, where he commenced the business of a dry-goods merchant, which he conducted successfully untilthe spring of 1868. In 1866 he accepted the positionof chief engineer of the Chicago, Cincinnati and Louis-ville Railroad, a position he held until the comple-tion of the road. He removed to Indianapolis in 1859,assuming charge of the Masonic Advocate, as editor andpublisher, in the interest of which he is still his management this periodical, the organ of in the West, h
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