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  History of the Lake Huron Shore
  H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1883


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        J. M. RICE, of the grocery firm of RICE, TRIM & Co., was born in Erie
     County, N.Y., and removed to Michigan with his parents. In the Summer of
     1863 he enlisted in Company I, Fourth Michigan Infantry, and was in service
     until August, 1865. His rank was that of sergeant. In 1867 he came to
     Alpena and was in the lumber business, scaling, etc., for several years.
     About 1881 he engaged in the grocery business on Water Street, and was a
     member of the firm of STEELE & RICE. After remaining there about a year he
     sold out, and in the Spring of 1883 the firm of RICE, TRIM & Co. was organ-
     ized. They purchased the Westrope store on the corner of Second and
     Chisholm Streets. MR. RICE has a wife and two children; is a member of the
     Masonic fraternity and Royal Arcanum.

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