JONATHAN TICE
Jonathan Tice was born November 19, 1841 in Berford, Canada and died November 05, 1921 in Yale, Michigan. St. Clair Co) He married Mary Ann Hollenbeck October 09, 1865 in Lexington, Michigan (Sanilac MI) , daughter of David Hollenbeck and Mary Goheen. She was born November 16, 1848 in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada (Durham East), Hamilton Twp, Ontario per Henry's birth certificate, and died March 27, 1933 in Yale, Michigan--Age 84.
Moved to Michigan 1856, moved from Brockway, Michigan to Big Rapids, Michigan in 1872, to Lynn 1879 and back to Brockway in 1903. He enlisted March 29, 1864, Pontiac in Co. M, 1st Mich. Light Artillery and was discharged August 1, 1865.
Jonathan Tice was 24 when he married MaryAnn Hollenbeck at Lexington, Michigan...but MaryAnn was only 16 years old. Jonathan Tice built his house five miles west of Yale Road and raised his seven children in it. It was VERY small. Downstairs, there was a kitchen about 6'x7', a dining room maybe 10'x9', a living room maybe 10'x10' and a bedroom maybe 8'x8' with a tiny closet. Upstairs was an open room with a stovepipe through it for heat.
According to Helen Tice Rapley, Jonathan was held at Andersonville Prison, Georgia by the Confederate States. (Jonathan Tice, D.O.B. 11-19-1841, enlisted in Co. M 1st Michigan Light Artillery on 03-29-1862 and served as a wagon master delivering munitions and supplies. During the war he was captured by Confederate Troops and imprisoned at Andersonville. Jonathan, along with several other Federal soldiers, escaped from Andersonville. He was wounded, recaptured, and then sent to Libby Confederate Prison.)
Contributed by Carole Dick
J. Ferguson had 167 acres and Saul Tice had 78. Other landowners in section13 were W. A. Campbell, Wayside Farm, Sam Bonney, Andrew Curry, Mary Morgan, Stephen McMurtrie, Pleasant Lane Farm-Robert Middleton. Across from the Ferguson acreage in section 12 was A.E. Ostrander. Across from the Tice land in section 12 were Ed. Ohmer and W. Beers.
Saul married the girl next door, literally. Cora B. Ferguson was the daughter of William "Henry" Ferguson and Julia DePeel. They lived in the next house to the west of the Tice Family. Henry was killed by a falling tree, while logging in 1888, leaving Julia with five children ages 8 through 16. Julia's parentage is uncertain as her gt. gt. grandfather "Unknown" was killed about 1759 in the war in Canada fighting for the French. Upon learning of the death of her husband, his wife promptly died leaving a newborn infant, who was then adopted by another French officer by the name of DePeel. So, our lineage became DePeel with no way of knowing who the actual father was who died. Saul and Cora moved into the house that Jonathan had built and raised six children there. Their oldest of seven children died at the age of two. Their oldest three children graduated from Yale High School. They moved to Detroit where Saul could work in the auto factories for 50 cents a day. Their next two sons and their daughter Helen graduated from Eastern High School in Detroit.
Saul and Cora moved back to the farm as Cora's health deteriorated and Helen moved in with her brother Hilton and his wife Aileen in Detroit, so she could finish her senior year in high school and graduate. She then moved back to the farm and cared for her father who was now 65 years old...at that time in 1933, that was old. They stayed on at the farm, where Helen met Hilton Rapley who had been born, and grew up, on a farm near the Tices. When first married, Hilton and Helen lived with Saul. In 1945, Hilton had the opportunity to buy a farm that he had always admired. When they purchased this farm, Saul moved with them and sold his farm to his son Donald. Saul lived with Hilton and Helen until his death in 1948. He had dementia, and would run away,...”going back to the North Woods.”
Contributed by Carole Dick
SAUL SOLOMON TICE
Saul Solomon Tice was born June 12, 1868 in Mecosta, Michigan, (Son of Jonathan & Mary Ann (Hollenbeck) Tice, (his Obit says "Yale", Michigan), and died October 01, 1948 in Detroit, Wayne Co. , Michigan--Age 80. He married Cora Bridget Ferguson July 03, 1893 in Lynn Twp, Michigan daughter of William “Henry” Ferguson and Julia Depeel.. She was born March 04, 1873 in Brockway Twp, Yale, (St. Clair Co) Michigan, and died March 01, 1934 in Detroit, MI (Wayne Co) - age Abt. 61.
