About Samuel Farrow Rice
Lived 1816 – 1890 (aged 73). Samuel Farrow Rice was an American editor, journalist and politician.
Samuel Farrow Rice (June 2, 1816 – January 3, 1890) was an American jurist and politician. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate. He served as the tenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1856 to 1859.
Early life Samuel Farrow Rice was born on June 2, 1816, in Union County, South Carolina. His father, Judge William Rice, served as a member of the South Carolina Senate. He was also a newspaper editor, the Democratic Watchtower, for six years. He served as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives for Montgomery County in 1876. Amanda Butler Rice died November 30, 1869, in Montgomery, Alabama and is buried with their son, Samuel Farrow Rice Jr. After Amanda's death, Samuel F. Rice Sr. married Mary Ellen Fitzgibbon on October 8, 1872. In addition to son Samuel, he fathered two daughters, Mrs Daisy Glaze and Marguerite Riley.
Rice died of heart disease on January 3, 1890, in Montgomery.
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Samuel Farrow Rice was born on 2 June 1816 in Union County.
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Samuel Farrow Rice died on 3 January 1890 in Montgomery.
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Samuel Farrow Rice was an editor, journalist and politician.
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