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| Obituary Notes for Jacob Rice | ||||||||||||
| JACOB RICE, WELL KNOWN AND AGED CITIZEN, PASSES AWAY ON TUESDAY. WAS OLDEST POLICEMAN IN THE STATE, ACTIVE UNTIL LAST FEW MONTHS Jacob Rice, aged veteran of the Civil war, died Tuesday morning, April 26, at the age of 91 years and 23 days. For several weeks he had been ill with gangrene of the foot, which an operation failed to remedy. Mr. Rice came to this city with his wife from Royalton, Waupaca county, thirty-three years ago, and although partly crippled from his war service, led an active life until the last few years. Of late he had been serving as a special policeman for the city and in spite of his years he was not to be trifled with, as some strangers found out to their sorrow a few years ago. He was the oldest policeman in the state. Mr. Rice enlisted in Co. A, 81st Pennsylvania Infantry, and fought all during the Civil war except for the time that he was laid up in the hospital. He was wounded twice, losing the fingers on one hand, and receiving a ball through the hip, which made him lame during his later years. On being discharged from the hospital he was unable to find his original company, so joined the one nearest at hand and kept in the fighting line. This caused a muddle of his war record which might have been straightened out, but the pension department sent a young man to investigate the case, and his insinuation that Mr. Rice might be a deserter caused the investigation to beat a hasty retreat with the lame veteran and his cane in pursuit. For this reason, Mr. Rice never received a pension. He is survived by two brothers: Charles in an old soldiers' home at Dayton, Ohio, and Fred of Washington, D.C.; also five step-children: Mrs. Frank Tallman, Dan and James Frasier of this city, Mrs. Marion Bainter of Lake Nebagamon, and Mrs. S. G. Wilcox of Weyauwega. His wife died on October 18, 1920. The funeral will be held this afternoon from Lyle's undertaking parlors, in charge of M. W. Heller Post No. 166, G. A. R., of which he was a member, with full military honors.9 | ||||||||||||
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