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William Henry Rice  
 
 

 

Born, feb. 13, 1845, in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.  Left college at close of Freshman year.

1861, Enlisted as a private in Company H, 32nd regiment, Massachusetts Infantry.  (An only son, the first to respond to an earnest appeal from his father to the young men to defend their country, at a patriotic meeting, called for enlistment.)

Died Jan. 14, 1863, in the National Hospital, Armory Building, Washington, D.C.

Unmarried:

In 1881, Address of mother:  Mrs. Marshall Rice, Newton Centre, Middlesex County, Mass.


Source:  History of Class of 1865 Wesleyan University, Fortieth Reunion, Middletown Connecticut, June 27, 1905.

 
  

 

 


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