Past and present of Menard County, Illinois .. . s a life-lone resi-dent of Menard county and a- an agriculturislwas prominently identified with its growth anddevelopment, lie was born near Athens on the27th of November, L831, and was a son ofJacob and Jane Tice. who were natives ofMaryland and Virginia, respectively. pa-ternal grandparents came to this country fromGermany. Jerman Tice was reared in muchthi usual manner of farmer boys in a frontiersettlement and his education was acquired intli,. earh schools of this county. Purine hisboyhood and youth he assisted In- father inthe labors
Past and present of Menard County, Illinois .. . s a life-lone resi-dent of Menard county and a- an agriculturislwas prominently identified with its growth anddevelopment, lie was born near Athens on the27th of November, L831, and was a son ofJacob and Jane Tice. who were natives ofMaryland and Virginia, respectively. pa-ternal grandparents came to this country fromGermany. Jerman Tice was reared in muchthi usual manner of farmer boys in a frontiersettlement and his education was acquired intli,. earh schools of this county. Purine hisboyhood and youth he assisted In- father inthe labors of the home farm and at timesworked by the day or month for neighboringfarmers. Throughout life he followed agricul-tural pursuits and in April. L869, purchaseda farm near Greenview, where he continued tomake his home until called to his final reston the 23d of October, 1895. In connectionwith general farming he also engaged in theraising and feeding of stock. Mr. Tice was married November 30, 1856, toMis- Man Jenison. who was horn near Peters-. JERMAN TICE. PAST AND PEESENT OF MEXAED COUNTY 245 burg, Menard county, September 18, 1834, and 1855. tie had heard favorable reports concern-was descended from Scotch ancestors, who on ing the business opportunities of the newcrossing the Atlantic settled in New England, world and hoping thai he might benefii hisHer parents were Rev. John and Martha (Mc- financial condition he crossed the Atlantic andNabb) Jenison. Her father was born in Mas- established Ins home in Zanesville, Ohio, wheresachusetts and al the age of nmc years ac- I followed Ins trade for a year. He next lo-companied his parents on their removal to eated in Springfield, Illinois. Inn after a fewNew York. From that state he came to Llli- months removed to Jacksonville, Illinois, wherenois at an early day, locating in Menard county, he remained for a year. He thou came towhere he followed farming and also engaged Petersburg, on the 7th of September, 1857,in preaching, be
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