Brice Henry Sheets (1823 - 1904)

Born 11 Jul 1823 in Guyan Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mahala (Fowler) Sheets — married 9 Mar 1845 in Gallia, Ohio, United States

Husband of Sarah Strong (Sanders) Sheets — married 27 Aug 1865 in Lawrence, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Aug 1904 at age 81 in Crown City, Gallia, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Brice H. Sheets lived in Appalachia, in Ohio.

Brice H Sheets [Brice Henry Sheets] Is a native of this county, born July 11, 1823. He has been twice married. His first wife was Mahaly [Mahala] Fowler, who was born May 17, 1823, and died March 26, 1864. (Mahala picked her resting place atop a hill on the farm) She is mother of the following children: Rebecca J., born January 2, 1846; Louis M, December 14, 1848; Sarah A., June 26, 1851; Susan F., April 20, 1853; John F., April 12, 1855; Rhody A., May 2, 1857; Elizabeth E., March 7, 1862, died August 20, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Fowler are the parents of the first Mrs. Sheets. The second wife is Sarah S. Sanders, born in this county February 10, 1838. They were married in Lawrence county, Ohio, August 27, 1865. She has the following children: Lorena B., born October 2, 1866; Araminta, October 17, 1868; George R., January 20 1871; Chloe F., January 29, 1873; Faraby, September 30, 1876; Retha O., March 5, 1878; Vilony E., November 5, 1881; they all reside at home. The parents of Mr. Sheets are John H. and Susan (Henry) Sheets, settlers of this county when it was nothing but a wilderness, in 1816. The parents of Mrs. Sheets came here in 1820. Their names are Jesse and Nancy (Strong) Sanders. Her father died in 1865, and her mother in May, 1858. A brother of Mr. Sheets was a soldier in the war of 1861, serving one year. Mr. Sheets is a farmer, residing in Guyan township. His postoffice address is Crown City, Gallia county, Ohio. [SOURCE: History of Gallia County: Containing A Condensed History of the County; Biographical Sketches; General Statistics, Miscellaneous Matters, &c; James P. Averill; Hardesty & CO., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo. 1882.]

Burial

Burial: Sheets Cemetery #2

Date: About 1904

Place: Gallia County, Ohio, USA

The "H" was probably Brice Henry Sheets 1823. Some genealogy websites have listed Brice's middle name as Hannon. Brice's cousin, Brice H Sheets #2 b.1834 [in Hardesty's History] has the middle name 'Hannon" according to his Ohio Certificate of Death 21371

BRICE H. SHEETS, no. 1- is a native of this county, born July 11, 1823. He has been twice married. His first wife was Mahaly Fowler, who was born May 14, 1823, and died March 26, 1864. She is the mother of the following children: Rebecca J., born January 2, 1846; Rhody A., May 2, 1857; Sarah A., June 26, 1851; Susan F., April 20, 1853; John F., April 12, 1846; Louis M., December 14, 1848; Elizabeth E., March 7, 1862, died August 22, 1876, Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Fowler are the parent of the first Mrs. Sheets. The second wife is Sarah S. Sanders, born in this county February 10, 1838. They were married in Lawrence County, OH, August 27, 1865. She has the following children: Lorena B., born October 2, 1866; Arminta, October 17, 1868; George R., January 20, 1871; Chloe F., January 29, 1873; Faraby, September 30, 1876, Retha O., March 5, 1878; Vilony E., November 5, 1881; they all reside at home. The parents of Mr. Sheets are John H. and Susan (Henry) Sheets, settlers of this county when it was nothing but wilderness, in 1816. (From History of Gallia County, H.H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo, 1882.)

Another nickname listed for Brice Sheets was Brice H #1.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35273578/brice-h_-sheets

Proven descendant of George Sheets SAR P-288324

• Gallia County Genealogical Society http://www.galliagenealogy.org

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Rob Bates for creating WikiTree profile Sheets-342 through the import of Bates II Family Tree.ged on Oct 26, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Rob and others.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQM-VZL : 12 April 2016), Brice Sheets, Guyan, Gallia, Ohio, United States; citing family 131, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Source Information Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Source Description This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census

• Proven grandson of George Sheets SAR P-288324