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Gideon Nice

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Gideon Nice Veteran

Birth
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
22 Oct 1916 (aged 72)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Kulpsville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The son of Abraham B. & Mary (Moyer) Nice or Nyce (per the 1860 census), in 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster August 5, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. H, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. Why he went to Lancaster County to enlist remains to be learned.

He married Catherine C. "Kate" Lichty in 1867 in Montgomery County and fathered Susan L. (b. 04/23/68 - married Eleazer A. Freed), Alice (b. 03/04/70), Lena (b. 12/30/73), Julius Lichty (b. 04/07/75), Elizabeth L. (b. 11/24/82), William Moyer (b. 12/22/83), Elmer L. (b. 12/22/84), Kate Lichty (b. 12/21/86), Jennie L. (b. 01/30/90), and Myrtle L. (b. 04/??/94). Cause of his death is listed as "pernicious anemia" with "cirrhosis of liver" a contributing factor.

Contributor: Dennis Brandt - [email protected]
The son of Abraham B. & Mary (Moyer) Nice or Nyce (per the 1860 census), in 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster August 5, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. H, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. Why he went to Lancaster County to enlist remains to be learned.

He married Catherine C. "Kate" Lichty in 1867 in Montgomery County and fathered Susan L. (b. 04/23/68 - married Eleazer A. Freed), Alice (b. 03/04/70), Lena (b. 12/30/73), Julius Lichty (b. 04/07/75), Elizabeth L. (b. 11/24/82), William Moyer (b. 12/22/83), Elmer L. (b. 12/22/84), Kate Lichty (b. 12/21/86), Jennie L. (b. 01/30/90), and Myrtle L. (b. 04/??/94). Cause of his death is listed as "pernicious anemia" with "cirrhosis of liver" a contributing factor.

Contributor: Dennis Brandt - [email protected]


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  • Maintained by: Tom Myers
  • Originally Created by: budgross
  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101539338/gideon-nice: accessed ), memorial page for Gideon Nice (6 Aug 1844–22 Oct 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101539338, citing United Church of Christ Cemetery, Kulpsville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Tom Myers (contributor 47272121).