John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.751

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    Dr. Daniel S. Rice, a prominent physician and surgeon of Ebensburg, was born in Green Township, Indiana County, Pa., Sept. 17, 1856. He is the son of Samuel and Eliza (Rowe) Rice, both deceased. A sketch of Samuel Rice appears elsewhere in this history.
    Daniel S. Rice grew up on his father's farm in Indiana County and attended the schools of Green Township. He graduated from Samuel Wolf School, Marion Center, Pa., in 1884, and from the Cincinnati College of Medicine & Surgery. He also took post graduate work every two or three years in Philadelphia and New York. Doctor Rice was associated in practice with Dr. J. B. Green, of Dicksonville, Indiana County, and later at Carrollton, Pa. In 1884 he located at St. Boniface, in Cambria County, and practiced thee for five years, after which he removed to Hastings, Pa. In 1920 he established his practice at Ebensburg, where he has been successful.
    Doctor Rice married Miss Nettie Corbin, of Hautzdale, Pa. They have three children: Mary Hayes, married Dr. Robert J. Morrow, of Altoona, Pa.; Daniel S., deceased; and William K., a student at Pennsylvania State College.
    Politically, Doctor Rice is a Republican. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Kiwanis Club. He is identified with the Pennsylvania State Medical Association and is a progressive man in his profession.

    Samuel Rice, deceased, was a native of Pennsylvania. He was born in Indiana County, where he grew to manhood and like his father became a farmer and blacksmith. He was the son of Conrad Rice, a resident of Lancaster County, Pa., and a blacksmith by trade.
    In 1794 Conrad Rice purchased 160 acres of land in Indiana County, Pa., at ten shillings per acre. The following year he brought his family to the new home site, where he began to build a temporary shelter. About eight acres of land had been cleared some years before and a cabin built, but the occupants had been driven away by the Indians and was never molested by them. Each spring he took his family to Crooked Creek Valley to make maple syrup, and although this was a favorite spot of the Indians they never molested the Rice family. The dwelling house was erected in 1809. During its many years of residence in Indiana County,

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY	751
Dr. Daniel S. Rice, a prominent physician and surgeon of Ebensburg, was born in Green Township, Indiana County, Pa., Sept. 17, 1856. He is the son of Samuel and Eliza (Rowe) Rice, both deceased. A sketch of Samuel Rice appears elsewhere in this history. Daniel S. Rice grew up on his father's farm in Indiana County and attended the schools of Green Township. He graduated from Samuel Wolf School, Marion Center, Pa., in 1884, and from the Cincinnati College of Medicine & Surgery. He also took post graduate work every two or three years in Philadelphia and New York. Doctor Rice was associated in practice with Dr. J. B. Green, of Dicksonville, Indiana County, and later at Carrollton, Pa. In 1884 he located at St. Boniface, in Cambria County, and practiced thee for five years, after which he removed to Hastings, Pa. In 1920 he established his practice at Ebensburg, where he has been successful. Doctor Rice married Miss Nettie Corbin, of Hautzdale, Pa. They have three children: Mary Hayes, married Dr. Robert J. Morrow, of Altoona, Pa.; Daniel S., deceased; and William K., a student at Pennsylvania State College. Politically, Doctor Rice is a Republican. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Kiwanis Club. He is identified with the Pennsylvania State Medical Association and is a progressive man in his profession. Samuel Rice, deceased, was a native of Pennsylvania. He was born in Indiana County, where he grew to manhood and like his father became a farmer and blacksmith. He was the son of Conrad Rice, a resident of Lancaster County, Pa., and a blacksmith by trade. In 1794 Conrad Rice purchased 160 acres of land in Indiana County, Pa., at ten shillings per acre. The following year he brought his family to the new home site, where he began to build a temporary shelter. About eight acres of land had been cleared some years before and a cabin built, but the occupants had been driven away by the Indians and was never molested by them. Each spring he took his family to Crooked Creek Valley to make maple syrup, and although this was a favorite spot of the Indians they never molested the Rice family. The dwelling house was erected in 1809. During its many years of residence in Indiana County,