Biography -- Rice, William Marsh.
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Rice, William Marsh, 1816-1900
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The life of William Marsh Rice -- cotton merchant, realtor, philanthropist, and entrepreneur extraordinaire -- is intimately connected with the early history and development of the city of Houston, his involvement in Houston's civic life spanning a period of some sixty years. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1816, the enterprising young Rice moved to Houston in 1839 attracted by the wide-open possibilities of the young city, which had been founded only three years before. For the next twent...
