U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ice, William T. (1840-1908) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 405-406 Judge William T. Ice, born March 9, 1840, in Marion County, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Alexander) Ice; was married in 1866, to Columbia, daughter of Rev. Solomon Jarvis. Children, Lizzie B., Robert B., Maggie J., William T. Jr., Nellie M., Grace and Columbia V. Of these, Robert died in 1880; Maggie J. was married to Fred O. Blue, a lawyer of Philippi, in 1895; and William T. Jr., is now partner of his father in the practice of law, at Philippi, having graduated from the West Virginia University in 1897, and the next year was graduated from the law department of the same institution. The Ice family is English, and the great, great grandfather of Judge Ice was one of the pioneers in West Virginia, the locality now Marion County, and he assisted in defending the early settlements against the Indians. He was a farmer. The Alexanders were Scotch and settled in Culpeper County, Virginia, where they were merchants and farmers. Judge Ice's mother died in 1848 and his father in 1885, a member of the Christian Church. In early life the subject of this sketch worked on his home farm and obtained such an education as was within his reach. When twenty years of age he began reading law with Fenton Smith and remained in Mr. Smith's office four years, when he was admitted to practice, and soon afterwards located in Philippi which has been his home ever since, and where he has always enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. Soon after locating in Barbour he was elected Prosecuting Attorney; in 1875 he was elected to the legislature and served two terms. In 1880 he was elected Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit, composed of the counties of Taylor, Tucker, Barbour, Preston and Randolph, and served eight years. He has always been a Democrat, and has exercised an influence with his party. He owns a handsome residence in Philippi, several town lots, an improved farm, and in Randolph County he owns valuable timber lands. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. ------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTER of DEATHS, Barbour County, WV Page 110, Line-Numbered 15 Full-name: Wm. T. Ice Date-of-death: Feb 17, 1908 at age 67y-11m-9d Place-of-death: Philippi, W.Va. Cause-of-death: Myocarditis Occupation: Attorney at Law Martial-Status: Married ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------