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Victor M. Rice was born at Mayville, NY, April 5, 1818. He was a son of Wm. Rice, a native of Washington Co., and the first settler in Clymer, NY in 1821.
He graduated at Allegany College, Meadville, PA, in 1841. Soon after, he accepted the position of a teacher in Buffalo High School, and he also established a commercial writing school. He was employed in public schools in Buffalo from 1848 to 1854, during the last year of which time he was city superintendent of schools. From 1854 to 1857 he was state superintendent of public instruction. After three years, he was again appointed to that office, in which he was continued for two terms of three years, which expired in April, 1867, having discharged the duties of the office with general acceptance. After leaving college, he engaged as deputy clerk in the county clerk's office at Mayville, and commenced the study of law with William Smith, and remained there until 1843, when he went to Buffalo. In 1846, he edited The Cataract, a temperance paper, which was afterwards changed to Western Temperance Standard, of which he became proprietor and publisher.
Mr. Rice was married Nov. 26, 1846, to Maria L. Winter, at Madison, OH.
They had 9 children: Spencer V., a teacher in Lehigh University, Pa.; Clark W.; William W.; Jesse M., who died in 1871, aged 18; William H.; Lemuel D.; Lubin W.; Gracie L.; Abbie M. Of these, William W., Lemuel D., and Abbie M., died in infancy.
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1818 - 1869 (51 years)
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