Rice, Jackson Benedict

Biography

Jackson Benedict Rice was born on June 15, 1907, in Fairbanks, Alaska, the son of Helen Benedict Rice and Charles Rice.

He was part of one of the early Alaska pioneer families whose lives were documented in regional historical records of the territory’s settlement and development.

Sources

• Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 2, pp. 272–273, Ed Ferrell