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Ice, William B. (1809-1889)
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Source: Hardesty's Historical and Biographical Encyclopedia
Author: H. H. Hardesty
H. H. Hardesty & Company Publishers, 1883
Fairmont District Marion County, West Virginia

WILLIAM B. ICE - (the name originally written Iceler) was born July
27, 1809, in what is now Fairmont district, Marion county, West
Virginia. Adam Ice, his father, was born at Ices Ferry, Cheat river,
in 1767, and died near Barracksville in 1851. His mother whose maiden
name was Phebe Bailes, was from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and was
of English descent. Near Barracksville, October 30, 1833, William B.
Ice and Dorothy Straight were married, and their children are eleven
all except David living at Barracksville. The wife of Mr. Ice was
born in this district, November 17, 1815, a daughter of John
Straight, who came to this section of country from Delaware. Her
mother, whose name before marriage was Shelby, was a niece of
Governor Shelby, the first governor of Ohio. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Ice were born: Marianda, September 30, 1834; Marcus, April 8,
1836; Calvin, January 21, 1837; Jenes, December 21, 1839; Newton,
November 15, 1841; David, October 4, 1843; Mary, September 10, 1845;
Phebe, September 12, 1847; Edgar, September 4, 1850; Charles, August
2, 1852, now agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; Martha, July 2,
1854. David volunteered in the Confederate service, was captured and
taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, was exchanged and taken south to Jackson
(Mississippi) hospital, where he died in 1862. William B. Ice was
elected on the Democratic ticket in October, 1872, to the State
senate, where he represented the second senatorial district for two
years. Before the war he was a captain in the State militia. His
grandfather was Friedrich Ice, who came from Holland, and established
Ices Ferry, and his son Adam, father of William B., was the first
white child born west of the Alleghenies, in Virginia. Another of his
sons served with honor in the Revolutionary war. Adam Ice was one of
the first and most prominent of the settlers in this section of
country. The postoffice address of William B. Ice is Barrackville,
Marion county, West Virginia. He owns a fine farm and a saw, flour
and grist mill in Fairmont district.

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Death Register, Marion County WV, 1889, page 106, line 74
Wm B. Ice died Sep. 27, 1889 in Marion County at age 82-years
son of: Adam Ice
Occupation: Miller
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