My Genealogy Hound

ALBERT RICE, a prosperous, enterprising agriculturist of the town of Cincinnatus, is a son of Jason and Caroline (Wicks) Rice, and was born August 28, 1842, in the town of Taylor, Cortland County, this state. William Rice, his grandfather, was a native of Connecticut, but left that state about 1797, when but a boy, and located in Taylor, this county, where he became one of the most prosperous farmers in this section of the country.

Among the children who survived him was Jason Rice, the father of the subject of this biography. He was born about 1807 in this county, and spent the greater portion of his life on the farm in Cincinnatus. He was a Republican in politics, but never took an active part in public life, as he found more enjoyment in a quiet domestic existence. He was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Wicks, who was the mother of his two children: Albert, and Marvin, who died young.

Albert Rice received his education in the common schools, after leaving which he started in life on his own account. He had an inherited as well as an acquired taste for agriculture, and to this occupation he turned his attention, becoming one of the most prosperous and successful of farmers. He owns 422 acres of fine land, which is highly cultivated, and each farm is supplied with buildings suitable for its requirements. He is a progressive man, and is quick to see and take advantage of a method that will be of benefit to him. He is a Republican, but has never been an aspirant for office, although it has been the wish of his friends that he might break over his rules and allow his name to be placed before the people. Mr. Rice is known as one of the county’s most substantial and influential men, and stands high in the esteem of his neighbors. The publishers of this work take pleasure in presenting, on a foregoing page, an excellent portrait* of Mr. Rice, executed from a very recent photograph.

*A portrait was included in the original printed volume.