Was born in 1897 and raised in Lakeview, Maine (near Milo).
Although she took music lessons as a child, she basically was a self taught musician. When she was ten years old, her family realized her potential, and boarded her in a home in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, so that she could take piano lessons twice a week. She use to help the other children with their lessons.
She married Archie Rich in 1922, and lived in Lincoln, Maine. It was then that she started to collect musical instruments. Her first paying job was with the Happy Valley Cowboys doing a New Year’s Eve Show, they were paid $5.00 for the entire band.
For many years Florence Rich traveled the back roads of Maine, playing to full houses at the little School Auditoriums, Grange Halls, and just about any place that you could book a show. She appeared on local Radio, WABI in Bangor, and the show had a strong following.
Florence Rich passed away in 1986 at the young age of 89.
Florence Rich was inducted into the Maine Academy of Country Music's Hillbilly Heaven on September 24, 2004.
