Brief Life History of James
When James Dice was born on 17 September 1818, in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, his father, John Dice, was 42 and his mother, Mary Polly Spargo, was 37. He married Almyra Lydia Hopkins on 13 September 1839, in Trumbull, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Pleasant Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. In 1860, at the age of 42, his occupation is listed as shoemaker in Greenwood Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 22 January 1907, in Riley Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Pandora, Putnam, Ohio, United States.
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- James Dice, "United States Census, 1880"
- James Dice, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- James Dice, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English dyse, dyce ‘dice, chance, luck’, probably applied as a nickname for a habitual dice player; compare Deas and Hazard . Alternatively, the name may be a variant of Dye , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, or an alternative pronunciation of a variant of Diss .
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Deis or of its Dutch variants Dijs and Deijs; compare Dyes .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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