Born October 16, 1763, in Limerick, Montogomery County PA where his grandfather had
settled after emigrating from Germany, Nicholas Ickes was the son of Alice and Michael.
He went into the Revolutionary war as a substitute at the age of sixteen, for slightly less than six months. He then married Mary Magdalen Christman in 1785 and subsequently left Montgomery County in 1795 settling in Sherman's Valley, Cumberland County (now Perry County). Nicholas first bought 230 acres of land from Robert Robinson and then 260 acres of mountain land from Dr. Maley. He also bought 170 acres from George Sanderson where he lived and apparently owned both a distillery and a sawmill. In 1818 he laid out and founded the town of Ickesburg. He died on his farm there on March 25, 1848, aged 84 years.
After Nicholas' wife, Mary Magdalene Christman, died in 1797, he married Mrs. Susan Loy (Bernheisel) - a widow, by whom he had fourteen children, making him the father of twenty children. The children by his second wife mostly settled in the county.
At the age of 78, Nicholas donated 2000 ft. of pine boards for construction of Emanuel Church that was once located near his current gravesite.
Derived from various sources including John M. Hartman and J. W. Rice, from the Ickes families, and read by Vernon Rice at the reunion held on Aug. 13, 1903. Records of the Annual Hench and Dromgold Reunion Held In Perry County, PA. From 1897 to 1912.
Born October 16, 1763, in Limerick, Montogomery County PA where his grandfather had
settled after emigrating from Germany, Nicholas Ickes was the son of Alice and Michael.
He went into the Revolutionary war as a substitute at the age of sixteen, for slightly less than six months. He then married Mary Magdalen Christman in 1785 and subsequently left Montgomery County in 1795 settling in Sherman's Valley, Cumberland County (now Perry County). Nicholas first bought 230 acres of land from Robert Robinson and then 260 acres of mountain land from Dr. Maley. He also bought 170 acres from George Sanderson where he lived and apparently owned both a distillery and a sawmill. In 1818 he laid out and founded the town of Ickesburg. He died on his farm there on March 25, 1848, aged 84 years.
After Nicholas' wife, Mary Magdalene Christman, died in 1797, he married Mrs. Susan Loy (Bernheisel) - a widow, by whom he had fourteen children, making him the father of twenty children. The children by his second wife mostly settled in the county.
At the age of 78, Nicholas donated 2000 ft. of pine boards for construction of Emanuel Church that was once located near his current gravesite.
Derived from various sources including John M. Hartman and J. W. Rice, from the Ickes families, and read by Vernon Rice at the reunion held on Aug. 13, 1903. Records of the Annual Hench and Dromgold Reunion Held In Perry County, PA. From 1897 to 1912.
Inscription
Aged 85 years, 5 months, 9 days
Family Members
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Elizabeth Ickes Furnel
1787–1859
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Samuel Ickes
1789–1857
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Dr Jonas Ickes
1793–1889
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Margaretta Ickes Rice
1798–1888
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Mary Magdalena Ickes Rice
1799–1862
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Michael Ickes
1801–1862
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Jacob Ickes
1803–1848
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Dr John Loy Ickes
1805–1880
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Susannah Ickes Heim
1807–1881
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George Loy Ickes
1813–1897
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Nicholas Ickes
1815–1844
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Mary Ann Ickes Smith
1817–1892
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Sarah Ickes Sarvis
1819–1894
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Ellen Eleanor "Elsie" Ickes Zimmerman
1824–1909
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Sophia Ickes Weibley
1826–1883
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