Conrad Rice was born in Lancaster County, June 16th, 1783, and was a son of John Conrad Rice, the pioneer, whose location and adventures are mentioned in connection with the history of the borough of Indiana. His wife was Philipena Dickey, who died about the time of the removal, and never located in the county. His children were: Phillip, m. Margaret McAnulty; Margaret; Elizabeth; Catharine, m. to James Middleton; Philipena, m. to John Lydick; Susannah, m. to Robert Adams; Barbara, m. to John McDonald; and Conrad, m. to Mary Fair, b. in 1798, near what is now Black-lick station, daughter of John and Elizabeth Fair nee Wolf.
The latter's children were: Elizabeth, m. to Phillip Altman; John Conrad, m. Elizabeth Kinkaid; Jacob, m. first to Rebecca Ann Hall, and second to Mary Walton; Daniel m. to Lucy Earhart; Susannah, m. first to Peter Garman, second to William Peters; John Fair, m. to Eliza Hice; Mary C., m. to A. W. Kimmell; Lucinda, m. to James S. Allison; Mary Ann, m. to James A. Fulton; William F., m. to Maria Shotts; Samuel F., and Martha, m. to Jacob A. Hile. Mr. Hile was born in Westmoreland County in 1837, and settled in Indiana County in 1861. He is an engineer on the Indiana Branch railroad. His children were: William Rice, Frank C., Lewis A., and Maurice F...
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History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania by J. A. Caldwell; p. 515

Conrad Rice

HISTORY of the "BRUSH VALLEY" EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH BRUSH VALLEY TOWNSHIP INDIANA COUNTY, PA By Rev. J. Milton Snyder, Pastor 1901
"Among the earliest Lutherans who settled in the "Wilds" of Indiana County was the family of JOHN CONRAD RICE, who removed from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and located near the present town of Indiana in 1794. The home of CONRAD RICE occupies a prominent place in the history of the Lutheran Church in Indiana County; for it was under his roof that the first public worship of God by the Lutherans, in this county was held.
To MR. RICE's home the Rev. JOHN MICHAEL STECK of Greensburg came four (4) times a year and held services for the Lutherans of the county who could attend during 1798 and 1799. Rev. STECK may also have continued a yearly visit to this county from 1800 to 1813 as I find one recorded statement to that effect.
He served Lutheran churches in Bedford and Sommerset counties from 1789 to 1792, when in the later part of the year he removed to Greensburg and became a missionary in the western part of Pennsylvania, then a comparative wilderness. Rev. STECK died at his home in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, July 14th 1830 in his 65th year."
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