Biographical Sketch of John Dice, De Kalb County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888,
				Goodspeed Publishing Company

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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John Dice, an enterprising farmer and stock raiser of Dallas Township,
was born in York County, PA., on September 3, 1832.  He is the son of
Jacob and Rebecca (Shup) Dice, who were American born, but of German
descent.  The ancestors took part in the Revolutionary War.  The 
parents were married in York County, PA., where they afterward resided
about four years, the father working at the carpenter's trade.  They
then came to Ohio, and settled in Sandusky County on a farm, were they
resided until about 1860, at which time they immigrated to Missouri,
locating in De Kalb County, where the father continued in agricultural
pursuits until his death in the latter part of 1881, at seventy-two
years of age.  The mother is seventy-six years of age, and still lives
in De Kalb County.  John is the eldest of six children.  He was reared 
on his father's farm, and received a common-school education.  His 
whole life has been given to agricultural pursuits.  When a child he
removed with his parents to Ohio, and in his twenty-fourth year went to
Iowa, where he worked as a farm laborer three or four years.  In 1856 
he pre-empted 160 acres of land where he now lives, and complying with 
the laws of the State, he entered the land in 1857.  In December, 1860,
he wedded Miss Margaret Cownell, who was born in Pennsylvania.  This
was a happy union until May 1, 1877, when the wife died at thirty-six
years of age.  She left five children, two sons and three daughters.
One grown daughter is her father's housekeeper.  Mr. Dice has been a
very successful farmer, and now owns in De Kalb and Daviess Counties
over 1,000 acres of land.  Politically he is a Democrat.

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