Jacob Rice

Jacob Rice (March 7, 1847 Trier, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia – July 1930 Kingston, Ulster County, New York) was an American politician from New York. Life The family emigrated to United States in 1849, and settled four years later in Rondout, New York. He attended the public schools. During the American Civil War, he fought with the 192nd New York Volunteers. After the war, he engaged in the manufacture of furniture, and later in freight forwarding, contracting, and boat building. In 1877, he married Sophie Derrenbacher (died 1941), and they had ten children. Rice was Coroner of Ulster County from 1882 to 1885. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892 (all four Ulster Co., 2nd D.) and 1893 (Ulster Co., 1st D.).