ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO - BIO: RICE, Joseph Hulbert (published 1925)

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HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Volume IV, page 278, 279

        JOSEPH HULBERT RICE trained himself for the profession of civil
engineering, and for several years was engaged in railroad and marine
construction, until he took the management of the family interests in the
greenhouse industry at Ashtabula. He is secretary and general manager of
the Griswold Greenhouse Company, Incorporated, one of the largest growers
of vegetables under glass in Northern Ohio.
        Mr. Rice was born at Ashtabula, September 8, 1873, and on both
sides represents pioneer families of Northern Ohio. The Rices came from
Holland and were Colonial settlers in Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Peter
James Rice, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1806, and as a young man came to
Ohio and located at North Amherst, where he owned and operated a farm.
About 1860 he moved to Ashtabula, where he established a pioneer factory
for the manufacture of agricultural implements. Leaving Ohio in 1875, he
went to Tabor, Iowa, and reengaged in farming, but in 1878 returned to Ohio
and lived and retired at Oberlin until his death in 1887. His wife was
Eliza Townsend, who died at Tabor, Iowa, in 1877.
        Milo L. Rice, father of Joseph H., was born at Amherst in Lorain
County, April 9, 1849, and was reared in his native village. He finished
his education in Oberlin College, and moved to Ashtabula. For the greater
part of his life he was engaged in real estate business, and was the medium
of an immense volume of business in that line. For many years he was also
collector of internal revenue at the Port of Ashtabula, served on the City
Council, and was an active republican. Milo L. Rice died at Ashtabula
November 24, 1913. He married Eliza M. Hulbert, who was born at Ashtabula,
October 28, 1850, and died in that city October 11, 1916. Her ancestors
came to America with the founders of the colony of Saybrook, Connecticut.
Her father, Joseph Dewey Hulbert, was born at Holland Patent, New York, in
1808, moved to Ashtabula as a young man, and lived in that city until his
death on April 17, 1897. Joseph Hulbert married Lucinda Chadwick Hall, who
was born at Ashtabula, Ohio, and died there. Joseph D. Hulbert at Ashtabula
was associated with his brother-in-law, Henry Hubbard, under the name of
Hubbard and Company, operating an extensive fleet of vessels on the Great
Lakes.
        Joseph Hulbert Rice is the older of two children. His brother, Milo
Sanford, lives at Pasadena, California, and is sales manager for
Renshaw-Jones-Sutton & Company, manufacturers of paper boxes and shipping
cartons. Joseph H. Rice while a boy attended the public schools at
Ashtabula, and later attended Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland,
where he graduated Bachelor of Science with the class of 1896. In 1902, in
recognition of his work in railroad and marine construction, Case conferred
upon him the degree Civil Engineer. At Case he became a charter member of
the Phi Delta Theta Greek letter fraternity. After leaving college Mr. Rice
for a brief time was with an engineering party locating the shore line of
the C.P. & E. Electric Railway Company, and for eight years was assistant
engineer with the New York Central Lines in charge of construction work and
with headquarters at Cleveland. In 1904 he became superintendent of the Dow
Chemical Company at Mount Pleasant, Michigan, but two years later took
charge of the investments of his family in greenhouse industry at
Ashtabula. In 1906 he was the primary factor in organizing the Griswold
Greenhouse Company, Incorporated, and for nearly twenty years has been
secretary and general manager. This company specializes in the growing of
cucumbers and tomatoes under glass, and has about 300,000 square feet under
glass, the greenhouse being located on Woodman Avenue, along the Nickel
Plate Railway.
        During the World war Mr. Rice served in an advisory capacity to the
Council of National defense, and was also one of the citizen volunteers for
the war work of the department of agriculture at Washington. He is a
republican in politics, and a member of the Second Congregational Church of
Ashtabula. He is prominent in Masonry, being affiliated with Rising Sun
Lodge No. 2, Free and Accepted Masons, at Ashtabula, Western Reserve
Chapter No. 8, Royal Arch Masons, Conneaut Council No. 40, Royal and Select
Masters, at Conneaut, and is past eminent commander of Columbian Commandery
No. 52, Knights Templar. He also belongs to Lake Erie Consistory of the
Scottish Rite at Cleveland, and Al Koran Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
        On April 3, 1899, at Jacksonville, Florida, Mr. Rice married Miss
Juliet Elizabeth Boalt, daughter of John M. and Fannie (Griswold) Boalt.
Her father, now deceased, was president of the Sandusky Wheel Company. Mrs.
Rice is a graduate of Ogontz College, a young ladies seminary near
Philadelphia. The two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Rice are Ethelinda Griswold
and Lucinda Hulbert, both graduates of Simmons College at Boston,
Massachusetts. Miss Ethelinda G. is now assistant in the science department
in the Winthrop High School, Boston, Massachusetts. Miss Lucinda H. is on
the faculty of Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts.


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