C. F. Rice

As printed in 1902

C. F. RICE.

C. F. Rice, who for more than six year-, filled the office of county commissioner with marked ability and to the satisfaction of all concerned, is a successful and extensive farmer of Knox county, living in Jefferson township. He was born in this township, December lo, 1854, a son of Frederick and Nancy J. Rice. His childhood and youth were passed in a manner common to boys of that period, and in the district schools he acquired a fair knowledge of those common English branches of learning which are of such practical value in the active affairs of life.

Mr. Rice remained at home and assisted his father in the cultivation of the home farm, and after his father's death assumed the management of the place, which he operated for his mother until she, too, was called away. He is to-day the owner of four hundred acres of good land in Jefferson, Brown and Union townships, and his farm work is carried on along progressive lines. Everything about the place is kept in good repair, rotation of crops is practiced and each year the well tilled fields yield to him desirable harvests. In connection with agricultural pursuits he is also buying and selling timber, annually shipping many carloads. This enterprise also adds materially to his income. In May, 1880, Mr. Rice was married to Miss Eliza E. McKee, a native of Union township and a daughter of Charles and Sarah McKee, who were early settlers of this locality. Mr. and Mrs. Rice began their domestic life upon the farm which is still their home, and the union has been blessed with one son. Earl C. They are worthy people who have many friends. In 1892, entirely unsolicited on his part, there came to him the nomination for county commissioner on the Democratic ticket. He was elected, and after three years" service in that office he was re-elected. He was also appointed to fill a vacancy of seven months, so that his incumbency in the position continued for seven months in addition to his six years' term. He has filled all the local offices, and in these, as in the county service, he won the commendation of the public by reason of his devotion to the general good. When twenty-one years of age he became a member of the Masonic fraternity and has since attained to the degree of a Knight Templar, in Clinton Commandery, No. 5, K. T. He likewise belongs to Bartholomew Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Democracy; to the Modern Woodmen Camp at Danville, and to the Knights of the Maccabees of Buckeye City. He is a worthy exponent of the teachings of those fraternities and is a representative farmer and valued citizen, true to every trust whether of a public or private nature.

As printed in The Biographical record of Knox County, Ohio : to which is added an elaborate compendium of national biography (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.