Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,1885, Webster Co. J.L. RICE, Webster County, was born July 1, 1835, in Hopkins County, Ky., now Webster County. He is a son of James R. and E.V. (Nichols) Rice, natives of Bertie County, N.C. About 1820 the family immigrated to Kentucky, and located four miles from Dixon, there the father died September 7, 1852. Our subject was reared on his father's farm, and at the age of fifteen assumed general charge of the place, and continued its management until he was nineteen years old. He then bought a farm of 115 acres, which he afterward increased to 250 acres, and continued farming until 1867, when he sold this farm and moved to Providence, where he was largely engaged in the tobacco business about four years. In 1873 he came to Dixon and with the exception of four years, has since been engaged in the tobacco business at that point, handling now about 250,000 pounds a year. He was married in 1853 to Martha Givens, of Hopkins County, who died in May 1860, leaving three daughters. His second marriage was in 1867 to Ann B. Gist, of Hopkins County. This union has been blessed with five children - three sons and two daughters. Mr. Rice is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Rice Nichols Givens Gist = Hopkins Bertie-NC http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/webster/rice.jl.txt