Col. John Hamilton Rice (1849-1899)
of Rice, Kendall & Co., Paper Dealers, Boston, Massachusetts
He was born in Boston and grew up in Washington D.C. when his father was Chairman of the Naval Committee of Congress. He was prepared for college but went to Europe before engaging in the paper business - his grandfather having erected the first paper mill in Massachusetts at Newton Lower Falls. Colonel Rice was given his military title as a member of his father's staff when his father was Governor.
