George W. Rice (businessman)

George Washington Rice (1823–1856) was an American businessman known for founding the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.

George Washington Rice was born on 7 November 1823 at Springfield, Massachusetts to John and Joanna Warriner Rice. Rice married Jane C. Marsh on 11 April 1849 in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Children of George and Jane Rice were George W. Rice, Jr. (1853–1933), Katherine Rice (b. 1855) and Ada Rice (b. 1856). George Washington Rice founded the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and the Springfield 5 Cent Savings Bank. George Washington Rice died on 4 August 1856 in Springfield, MA.

Rice was a direct descendant of Edmund Rice an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony as follows:

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