BIO:  Dr. George L. RICE, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Pages 393-394

DR. GEORGE L. RICE, physician and surgeon, McSherrystown, was born January 15, 
1850, at Baltimore, Md., son of John Rice, who was born March 21, 1810, in 
Bavaria, Germany; immigrated to America in 1837, and settled in Baltimore, Md.  
John Rice learned the saddler’s and harness-maker’s trade in his native land, 
and followed it in Baltimore until 1871, when he came to McSherrystown, Penn., 
where he died in 1877.  He was married to Lydia Riffle, a native of Hanover, 
Penn., and a daughter of Melchior Riffle, a hero of the Revolutionary war, and 
who participated in many of its battles.  Our subject, the only child of this 
couple, was reared and educated in Baltimore, Md., and then attended the 
University of Virginia, and subsequently graduated at the Washington University 
in 1872.  He first located in Baltimore, Md., and was prosector of anatomy at 
the Washington University until he came to McSherrystown, in the fall of 1877.  
He now has a lucrative practice here.  He was married, November 11, 1875, to 
Miss Anna M. Brooks, a grandniece of the late Chauncy Brooks, formerly president 
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and president of the Western National Bank 
when he died.  To this union were born five children:  Alfred Curtis, Mary 
Loretta (deceased), Regina May (deceased), George L. and Joseph E.  The Doctor 
and his wife are members of Conowago Chapel.  He has served twice as school 
director and twice has been president and secretary of the board.  He was one of 
the first councilmen of McSherrystown, and has been coroner of Adams County, 
Penn.  He has been prominently identified with the Democratic party, and now the 
nominee on that ticket for the State Legislature.  Dr. Rice is well able to fill 
any position of trust to which he may be elected.