Los Angeles-San Bernardino County CA Archives Biographies.....Brice, James L. 1863 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

    JAMES L. BRICE, of Venice, a native of Hancock County, Ohio, was born May
24th, 1863. His father, Joseph Brice, was a native of Pennsylvania and a son of
Henry Brice, a member of one of the pioneer families of Maryland, He was a
thrifty farmer and lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania, when he entered for
service in the War of 1812, following the example of his father who was a
commissioned officer in the Revolutionary War. Joseph Brice was a sailor and
navigated Lake Erie. He finally located near Findlay, Ohio, and engaged in
manufacturing. He later removed to Lima, Ohio, where both himself and wife
passed away. Mrs. Brice's maiden name was Lucinda Wolf. She was a native of Ohio.

    James L. Brice received his education in the public schools of Allen County,
Ohio. He graduated from the High School of Lima, Ohio, and embarked in life as a
public school teacher. In 1886 he came west to Denver, Colorado, and later to
Lyons, same state, where he engaged in the mercantile business, a member of the
firm of Scanlon & Brice. In 1889, during the rush to Cripple Creek, Mr. Brice
removed thence to open a general merchandise store. Soon, however, he turned his
attention to mining, in which occupation he has been eminently successful in
various sections of the state. In 1894, he went to Leadville and in 1899 came
farther west to Idaho and operated in the Couer de Alene country. He gained a
technical knowledge of mining and became a practical mining engineer. In 1905 he
became editor of the mining department of the Idaho State Tribune. In 1906 he
established and edited the Idaho Mines and Metals, which property he sold in
1907, since which time he has been associated with various mining enterprises
throughout the west. He is president and manager of the Snowstorm Extension
Copper Mining Company, of which he is one of the developers, and in a similar
capacity is identified with the Idaho Lead and Silver Mining Company and the
Whipple Mountain Gold and Copper Company, of San Bernardino County, California.

    In the year 1897 Mr. Brice married Miss Josephine M. Van Hausen, daughter of
Hon. John C. Van Hausen, a wealthy farmer and pioneer of Schuyler, Nebraska. He
located at Schuyler about 1869 or 1870, and there married Miss Catherine Mohr.
Of their five living children, Mrs. Brice is the oldest. Mrs. Jessie Bradford,
widowed, is the youngest and is at home with Mrs. Brice. They were both born on
the old homestead at Schuyler. John C. Van Hausen was a man of affairs, business
and political. He has been honored with elections to the Nebraska State Assembly
and likewise to the State Senate, as a Democrat. He was a son of Isaac C. Van
Hausen, a native of Schoharie County, New York, and of Holland Dutch parents who
were among the earliest pioneers of the Empire State.

    In 1907 Mr. Brice purchased valuable real estate on the Coeur de Alene tract
near Venice of America upon which he has erected, without exception, the finest
residence to be found in the Santa Monica bay cities. Mr. Brice is accounted one
of the substantial citizens of the state, takes a broad view of life and a
personal interest in the prosperity of his adopted home city. Mr. and Mrs. Brice
have one daughter, Beatrice M. Brice.


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Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief
history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County,
1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and
embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative
people.

Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)


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