Brief Life History of Joseph Melvin
When Joseph Melvin Bice was born on 20 July 1879, in Allen, Indiana, United States, his father, Adam D Bice, was 31 and his mother, Anna Gaston, was 33. He married Pearl E. Hissong on 27 October 1900, in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Union Township, DeKalb, Indiana, United States in 1930 and Spencerville, Spencer Township, DeKalb, Indiana, United States for about 5 years. He died in January 1963, in Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Scipio Cemetery, Scipio Township, Allen, Indiana, United States.
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- Joseph Rice, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Bice - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Joseph Melvin Bice
- Joseph Bice, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch and Flemish Buys or Dutch Buis .
Americanized form of German Beiss (or of some other like-sounding surname), a variant of Beitz 2.
English (Cornwall): variant of Boyce .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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