Colusa County
Biographies
JUBILEE D. RICE
JUBILEE D. RICE. Closely identified with the
agricultural interests of Colusa county is Jubilee D. Rice, of
College City, a well-known and highly respected ranchman. As a general farmer, stock-raiser, and a
breeder of fine horses, he has met with undisputed success, and as a man of
honor and honesty, straightforward in his business methods, and prompt in
meeting his obligations, he has won the confidence and esteem of his fellow-men
and the good will of the community. A son
of Andrew Rice, he was born February 10, 1861, in Ralls county,
Mo., where his grandfather, Isaac Rice, was a pioneer farmer.
Born and brought up in Kentucky, Andrew
Rice removed with his parents to Ralls county, Mo. at
an early day, and there began life for himself as a tiller of the soil,
clearing from the wilderness a good homestead.
In 1864, accompanied by his wife and three children, he came across the
plains with a long train of mule-teams to the Pacific coast, making an
unusually quick trip. The following
winter he spent at Cache creek, Yolo county, but in
the spring of 1865 went to Eldorado county, and for four or five years
thereafter was engaged in mining at the Spanish Dry Diggings. Returning then to Yolo county,
he was engaged in business at Winters until his death, December 25,
1902. He married Mary Jane Briggs, who
was born in Ralls county, Mo., and died in 1807 in
California. Of the three children born
of their union, two are now living, Jubilee D., the subject of this
sketch, being the second child in order of birth.
Brought up in Winters,
Yolo county, Jubilee D. Rice acquired a practical education in the public
schools. At the age of sixteen years, in
1877, he became self-supporting. Coming
to Colusa county in search of employment, he located
near Williams, and for seven years worked for J. B. Griffin, driving
a team on the farm. Starting then for
himself, Mr. Rice rented land for a year at Stony creek, after which, in
partnership with H. V. Traynham, he was
engaged in grain raising near Arbuckle, running a team, and having charge of
nine hundred acres of land. Three years
later, the partnership being dissolved, Mr. Rice rented the old Whiskey
ranch of sixteen hundred acres, and there continued the raising of grain on an
extended scale, running four eight-mule teams.
Removing to Butte county in 1891, he was for
six years similarly employed on the Pratt grant, having charge of twelve
hundred and eighty acres. Returning to
Colusa county in 1897, Mr. Rice located in
College City, where he has since been prosperously engaged in grain and
stock-raising, his valuable ranch of two hundred and forty acres lying four
miles southwest of the town.
Mr. Rice makes a specialty of raising horses and mules, in this
line of industry being very successful.
He owns many noted fillies and stallions, among the latter being Dagon,
by Sable Wilkes, the dam being by Don, son of Nutwood;
and Homer, by Alcantara, Jr., dam by Buydell, son of Electioneer. Mr. Rice takes great pride in local
affairs, encouraging the establishment of all beneficial enterprises. He is a stockholder and a director of the
College City Rochdale Company, and was interested in
the erection of the College City Public Hall as a member of the organizing
committee that built it.
In Yolo county,
near Winters, Mr. Rice married Amanda B. Griffin, who was born near
Knights Landing, a daughter of Joseph Griffin, a pioneer farmer of
Winters. Mr. and Mrs. Rice are
the parents of three children, namely: John Andrew, Joseph Lee and Frederick Griffin. Politically Mr. Rice is a loyal
Democrat, and religiously Mrs. Rice is a member of the Christian Church.
[Inserted by D.
Toole.]
Jubilee D. Rice
1904
Jul 28, Woodland Daily Democrat, P1, Woodland, California
Mrs.
J. D. Rice and little son, of College City, are guests of Sheriff Griffin and
family.
1907
Aug 8, Woodland Daily Democrat, P4, Woodland, California
Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Rice and two sons of College City and Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer of
Arbuckle are guests of G. W. Griffin and family.
1923
May 21, Woodland Daily Democrat, P4, Woodland, California
John
Griffin and son, George, and Mrs. J. D. Rice of Winters,
are in Woodland today.
Findagrave Memorial:
Jubilee
Dewesi Rice
Birth:
Feb. 10, 1861
Ralls
County
Missouri,
USA
Death:
Jun. 9, 1944
College
City, Colusa County, California, USA
Family
links:
Spouse:
Amanda Belle Griffin Rice (1863 - 1941)*
Children:
John Andrew Rice (1888 - 1958)*
Joseph Lee Rice (1889 - 1956)*
*Calculated
relationship
Burial:
College City Cemetery, College City, Colusa County, California, USA
Created
by: Leigha Robbins
Record
added: Feb 24, 2011
Find A Grave
Memorial# 66113478
Transcribed by Donna Toole.
ญญญญSource: History
of the State of California & Biographical Record of Coast Counties,
California by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Pages 470-473. The Chapman
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904.
ฉ 2017 Donna Toole.
Golden Nugget Library's Colusa County Biographies