Background
Rice, Nathan Lewis was born on December 29, 1807 in Garrard County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Gabriel and Phebe (Harrett) Rice.
Rice, Nathan Lewis was born on December 29, 1807 in Garrard County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Gabriel and Phebe (Harrett) Rice.
Attended Centre College Danville, Kentucky, 1826-1828, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1828-1830.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1833. Edited paper Western Protestant, 1833, merged into Presbyterian Herald, Louisville, Kentucky. Pastor Presbyterian Church, Bardstown, Kentucky, 1833-1841, founded school for boys, another for girls.
Pastor, Woodford and Paris, Kentucky, 1841-1844, Central Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, 1845-1853, Second Presbyterian Church, Saint Louis, 1853-1858, North Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1858-1861, Fifth Avenue.
Married Catherine P. Purch, October 3, 1832.