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John Nice

circa 12 December 1777 (computed from age at death) – 22 November 1856 (reported in the January 1857 Gospel Visitor)

Died 22 November 1856, Indiancreek church, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — brief obituary from The Gospel Visitor

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

22 November 1856 (reported in the January 1857 Gospel Visitor)

Date of birth

circa 12 December 1777 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

78 years, 11 months and 10 days

Place of death

Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

Inscription transcription

Obituary from The Gospel Visitor January 1857 page 32

DIED in Indiancreek church, Montgomery co. Pennsylvania. November 22 our aged brother JOHN NICE, aged 78 years, 11 months and 10 days. Text : Psalm 126:5, 6. (Long verse following Obituary)

The obituary states only "November 22" with no year; because it appeared in the January 1857 issue of The Gospel Visitor, the death is taken as 22 November 1856. Our archive's index entry gives his years as "1795 - 1857", which conflicts twice with the obituary text: the 1857 death year cannot precede the January 1857 publication of a November death, and a birth year of 1795 conflicts with the stated age of 78 years, 11 months and 10 days (which implies a birth about December 1777). This record follows the obituary text; the index entry's readings are preserved. The closing "(Long verse following Obituary)" is the transcriber's note that a verse followed in the original; the verse itself was not included in the submitted transcription.

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Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Transcription only — no photograph of the clipping in this record

Citation: Obituary of John Nice of Indiancreek church, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, published in The Gospel Visitor, January 1857, p. 32. Preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/nice-john-1856/ : accessed [your access date]).

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