Charles Francis Rice, American clergyman. member Executive Committee Massachusetts Federation Churches (president 1911-1921).
Background
He was born April 14th, 1851 in the parsonage of the Walnut Street Church in Chelsea, Massachusetts to Review William Rice and Catherine Laura N. He served on the committee on the Annual Examination, the committee on the Olin Prize, and as President of the General Alumni association at Wesleyan University, where his father Review
William Rice was a trustee, and his brother William North Rice was a professor
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1872, Master of Arts, 1875, Doctor of Divinity, 1893.
Career
He received an Master of Arts in 1875 and Doctor of Divinity in 1893. Wesleyan has his journals in which he describes his college experiences during the early 1870s. He taught classics at both Springfield High School (1872-1873) and Wesleyan University (1874-1877).
He served at Saint Lukes Church in Springfield (1898-1900), which became Wesley Church, Springfield (1900-1905).
He was then a presiding elder, Superintendent of the Cambridge District (1905-1910), and paster at Winthrop Street Church in Boston beginning in 1911. He was also director of the Federation of Churches and Religious Organizations of Greater Boston.
He also served on the visiting committee of the Boston University School of Theology. He was a trustee at Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy and president of the board from 1898-1912.
Charles Francis Rice was a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an English immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows: Charles Francis Rice, son of William Rice (1821–1897), son of William Rice (1788–1863), son of Nathan Rice (1760–1838), son of John Rice (1704–1771), son of Ephraim Rice (1665–1732), son of Thomas Rice (1625–1681), son of Edmund Rice (1594–1663).
Achievements
Membership
He was a member of the Eclectic Society, and Phi Beta Kappa. He was also chairman of the conference board exam from 1897-1905, president of the New England Educational Society and a member of the board of Education of the Mechanical Engineering Church from 1908-1912.
Connections
Married Miriam Owen Jacobs, August 25, 1875 (died 1901). Children: Laura Owen, William Chauncey, Horace Jacobs, Paul North, Rachel Caroline.