Samuel Nelson Tice (1830 - 1906)

Born 4 Sep 1830 in Washington, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Wagner — married 16 Aug 1856 in Louisa Co. Iowa

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1906 at age 75 in Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, USA

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Biography

Samuel Tice was born in Appalachia, in Maryland.

Samuel Tice was an early pioneer in Kansas.

Samuel Nelson Tice was born on 05 Sep 1830 in Washington, Maryland, USA^[1] as the eighth child of John Andrew Tice and Anna Eliza Stoner. He had eight siblings, namely:

1. Daniel Irvin Tice (1819 - 1892)
2. Benjamin Franklin Tice (1822 - 1893)
3. Rachel Cornelia Tice (1827 - )
4. John Andrew Tice (1827 - 1849)
5. Eliza Ann (Tice) Highfield (1828 - 1866)
6. Susannah (Tice) Huffman (~1829 - 1901)
7. Catherine Tice (~1829 - )
8. David Ezra Tice (1834 - 1865)
9. Sara Tice (1836 - )
10. Martha R. (Tice) Culver (~1836 - 1903)
11. Martha Rebecca Tice (1837 - )
12. Jonathan Wesley Tice (1838 - 1864)

He died on 21 Jan 1905 in Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, USA^[2] When he was 25, he married Sarah Wagner, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Wagner and Mary Chapin Hunt, on 16 Aug 1856 in Louisa, Iowa, USA^[2].

In infancy, he and his parents moved from Maryland to Wayne Co., Indiana where he grew up^[2]. By 1850 Samuel is found in Grandview, Louisa, Iowa, USA^[3] shortly after which, he moved to Goshen, Muscatine, Iowa, USA^[4]. He registered for the Military Draft on 01 Jul 1863 in Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa^[1]. No record is found of him having served in the military. In 1878 he and his family moved to Turkey Creek, Mitchell, Kansas, USA^[5] via covered wagon^[2]. The winter of 1880-1881 (The Snow Winter ) was one of the most brutal winters in American history. And in the following years Blizzards hit one after another (possibly as a result of the eruption of Krakatoa). The Plains Blizzard of late 1885. Bet. Dec 1885-Mar 1888 (Blizzards) The Kansas Blizzard of 1886 on 13 Nov 1886 and the Great Plains Blizzards of late 1886. and finally the Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888^[6],

He was buried in Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, USA (Elmwood Cemetery)^[7]. He was employed as a Farmer. He served as Justice of the Peace in Diagonal, IA^[2].

Children

Samuel Nelson Tice and Sarah Wagner had the following children^[8]

Samuel's son was Ira Nelson Tice (1872 - 1929).

• 1. Martin Francis Tice was born on 15 Jan 1858 in Louisa, Iowa, USA. He died on 22 Nov 1921 in Mitchell, Kansas, USA. He married Anna Rosetta “Annie” Butler on 10 Sep 1879 in Ringgold, Iowa, USA (at residence of the bride).
• 2. Benjamin Franklin Tice was born on 12 Apr 1860 in Muscatine County, Iowa, USA. He died on 08 Jun 1943. He married Maggie A. Mercer on 12 May 1886 in Mitchell, Kansas, USA. He married Sarah M Grey on 06 Jan 1926 in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.
• 3.Joshua Edgar Tice “Ed” was born about 21 Jun 1862 in Muscatine, Iowa, USA. He died on 20 Mar 1924 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA. He married Mary A. McCauley on 17 May 1888 in Scottsville, Mitchell, Kansas, USA.
• 4.John Willard Tice was born on 21 Dec 1864 in Iowa, USA. He died on 28 Jan 1865.
• 5. Charles Bertie Tice was born on 27 Jan 1867 in Johnson County, Iowa, USA. He died in 1927 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. He married Sadie J. McGee on 18 Nov 1892 in Saline County, Kansas, USA.
• 6. Harry R Tice was born in Sep 1869 in Ohio, USA. He died on 24 May 1947 (Died at age 63 yrs., 9 mo, 1 day). He married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Martin in Sep 1898 in Rock Creek, Nemaha, Kansas, USA.
• 7. Ira Nelson Tice was born on 02 Jan 1872 in Adams, Iowa, USA. He died on 03 Jul 1929 in Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, USA (at his home). He married Isabella May Sanders on 20 Dec 1899 in Cottonwood Falls, Chase, Kansas, USA.
• 8. Lena Leota Tice was born on 23 Oct 1873 in Adams County, Iowa, USA. She died on 21 Feb 1963 in (Community Hospital), Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, USA. She married Samuel Oscar Lukens on 05 Apr 1898 in Mitchell, Kansas, USA.
• 9. Royal Clement Tice was born on 10 Oct 1875. He died on 15 May 1876.
• 10. Lulu Gertrude Tice was born on 20 Apr 1877 in Iowa, USA. She died about 15 Nov 1905 in Iowa, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} The Western Call; Publication Date: 27/ Jan/ 1905; Publication Place: Beloit, Kansas, United States of America; URL: [1]. [2].
3. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Grandview, Louisa, Iowa; Roll: 187; Page: 77A.
4. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Goshen, Muscatine, Iowa; Page: 610; Family History Library Film: 803337.
5. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Ancestry.com, Year: 1880; Census Place: Turkey Creek, Mitchell, Kansas; Roll: 389; Page: 121C; Enumeration District: 183.
6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, Blizzard, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia’, [22] (accessed February 17, 2021).
7. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Find A Grave: Memorial #67442190.
8. ↑ Ackerboom, Jack. Descendants of Joh Matthias and Susanna Barbara (Lauer) Theiss, Deiss, Tice, Dice. [Place of publication not identified] : J. Akerboom, 2000. Chapter IX, Daniel Tice Family. Copy in the possession of Elva Tice Michal.

• 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Grandview, Washington, Ohio; Roll: M593_1278; Page: 146B; Family History Library Film: 552777.
• Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1885 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1885_90; Line: 1.
• Elston, James Strode, B. 1889. The Tice Families in America. Rutland, Vt. Tuttle Pub. Co., 1947

• Genealogy by Robert Norton Tice, Apr. 6, 1997
• Genealogy from Paul Odle, 1998.
• Interview with Ruth Tindle by Helen Lukens, September 13, 1979.