Frederick William Rice
Frederick William Rice, who is one of Wooster’s earliest patriots, was born to Barnhart and Anna Elizabeth (Eberhart) Rice near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on September 29th, 1753. Bethlehem was founded in 1741 by the Moravians who came from Germany to share the gospel with the Lenape (“Leh-NAH-pay”) Indians as well as those German-speaking Americans who had …