John Rice (banker) explained

John Rice (b. about 1832, Massachusetts)^[1] was the first president of the Georgia National Bank in 1865. He was noted as having Atlanta's highest income in 1868 at $35,127.^[2] He departed the city a few years thereafter when the bank ceased operations.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: John Rice . subscription . Ancestry.com.
2. News: Highest Income . Florence Times Tri-Cities Daily . 1975-12-17 . 9 . 12323488.
3. Book: Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events . 1969 . University of Georgia Press . 978-0-8203-0263-8 . 819.