
The Murder(?) of William Marsh Rice
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On June 20, 18 50, 34 year old william marsh rice married 18 year old margaret c bremon. William bt them a house in houston that his business partner ebenezer nichols had started building but not finished yet. In 18 58, william bought a brig he named the william m rice, which he used to import ice from massachusetts. We are not sure whether this was connected to frederick tudor's ice business that we have covered on the show before. He sold this ship at the start of the civil war.
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