My Genealogy Hound

J. P. RICE, a substantial and enterprising farmer, is a native Hoosier, born February 7, 1822, in Dubois County, and is the eleventh in a family of thirteen children born to Nathaniel and Mary (Jones) Rice, who were natives of Virginia. In 1820 the family immigrated to Indiana, and ten years later settled in Spencer County, where the father died in 1844, and the mother in 1856. They were farmers by occupation, and were esteemed by all who knew them. Joseph P. received only a common education in youth, and during minority made his home with his parents. April 18, 1854, Elizabeth Kelley became his wife, and shortly thereafter he and wife moved to the farm where they now reside, a part of which was entered from the Government. Mrs. Rice was born January 30, 1829, in Daviess County, Ky., and died September 21, 1875. She was one of the true women of her day, a loving wife and helpmate, and a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Rice, for his second wife, happily selected Miss Mary V. Stone, a lady in whom is embodied many of the virtues of his former wife, and one daughter, Florence, born January 1, 1880, has blessed them. Mr. Rice is a self-made man; owns 250 acres of land; is a Republican and a first-class citizen.