George Ickes Rice, probably the eldest person in Perry county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. David W. Sheaffer, in Ickesburg, on Saturday evening at 9 o clock, The end of his long life came suddenly and peacefully. He would have been 95 years old on the 7th of March. Mr. Rice was the eighth and youngest son of George and Magdalena (Ickes) Rice and was born in 1841. He was the father of nine children, most of whom are living. He was a member of one of the pioneer families of Perry county and was a highly respected citizen. He was elected a Director of the Poor in 1900. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock. Interment at Buffalo cemetery, Saville, where his father, grandfather and his wife are buried.
-The Perry County Democrat, February 12, 1936
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. F, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), but was among a group of men identified as deserters and dropped from the rolls to date February 26, 1863.
-The Perry County Democrat, February 12, 1936
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. F, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), but was among a group of men identified as deserters and dropped from the rolls to date February 26, 1863.
George Ickes Rice, probably the eldest person in Perry county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. David W. Sheaffer, in Ickesburg, on Saturday evening at 9 o clock, The end of his long life came suddenly and peacefully. He would have been 95 years old on the 7th of March. Mr. Rice was the eighth and youngest son of George and Magdalena (Ickes) Rice and was born in 1841. He was the father of nine children, most of whom are living. He was a member of one of the pioneer families of Perry county and was a highly respected citizen. He was elected a Director of the Poor in 1900. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock. Interment at Buffalo cemetery, Saville, where his father, grandfather and his wife are buried.
-The Perry County Democrat, February 12, 1936
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. F, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), but was among a group of men identified as deserters and dropped from the rolls to date February 26, 1863.
-The Perry County Democrat, February 12, 1936
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. F, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), but was among a group of men identified as deserters and dropped from the rolls to date February 26, 1863.
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