Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Drs. R. S. and T. M. Rice

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Drs. R. S. and T. M. Rice, practicing physicians at Bright Water, Ark., 
are the sons of Charles and Julia (Cobb) Rice, who are Tennesseans by 
birth, and who came to Arkansas in 1854, locating on Pea Ridge, where 
they still reside. They became the parents of thirteen children, 
twelve of whom are living. Dr. R. S. Rice is their eleventh child, and 
was born in the State where he now resides in 1863. He was educated at 
Pea Ridge High School, and read medicine privately for about two 
years, after which he began taking lectures in the medical college at 
St. Louis, Mo. After finishing his course of lectures he came to 
Bright Water and entered into partnership with his brother, who had 
been practicing here since 1882. In 1884 they purchased their drug 
store, enlarged their stock, and have since been successfully engaged 
in selling drugs as well as practicing their profession. Dr. R. S. 
Rice was married in 1882 to Miss Dorinda Puckett, who was born in 
Benton County. Dr. T. M. Rice was born in Tennessee in 1854, and 
removed to Arkansas with his parents. He graduated from the St. Louis 
Medical College in 1882, and since that time has resided in Bright 
Water. In 1883 Amelian Johnson became his wife, and is now the mother 
of two children, Lena and Hugh. These young men have been deservedly 
successful in the practice of their profession, and have a large and 
increasing practice. They are stanch Democrats in their political 
views, and T. M. Rice is a member of Pea Ridge Lodge No. 119, A. F. & 
A. M.