John B. Mottice family

From an unidentified, undated newspaper clipping:

"Miss Abigail Mottice was born October 4, 1833 in Sandy Township and died at Waynesburg, October 9, 1914; age 81 years and 5 days.

"At the age of 15 years she united with the Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg, Ohio and remained a faithful member until her death. She possessed a deep religious nature. In her lifetime she had many opportunities to put into practice the life which she professed. This she never failed to do with the tenderest devotion.

From an unidentified newspaper clipping dated Oct. 21, 1885:

"Mottice: --
Died near Waynesburg, Oct. 7, 1885, Mrs. Elizabeth Mottice, widow of the late John B. Mottice, deceased, aged 75 years, 5 months and 3 days.

"Again has the golden ring been broken; again has the pale horse and his rider invaded the family circle, this time claiming as his own a dear aged mother. One by one the leaves are falling. The deceased with her husband was among the early pioneers of Stark County, having spent most of their lives near Waynesburg.

John Mottice, son of Peter and Pheby Mottice, was born in 1800 and died in 1879. He was the only son of Pheby.

There is uncertainty about his middle name. Charles D. Mottice, in his genealogy of John's half brother James, identifies him as John Crawford Mottice. Charles K. Mottice, in his history of the line that runs through John's son James, identifies him as John L. Mottice. But the 1870 census report identifies him as John B. Mottice, and all other documents list his middle initial as "B".

From Gospel Herald - Volume XLV, Number 2 - January 8, 1952 ---page 45, 46

[Note: Sara Caroline Farber Mottice comes from the line of James W. Mottice, son of John Mottice and Elizabeth Cachel. James W. and his wife Louisa Marker were the parents of William H. Mottice, Sara's husband. James W. Mottice was Peter Mottice's grandson and Grant Mottice's uncle. Dorothy Farber, Sara's grand-daughter provides an historical account of the Mottice family here.]

John, the oldest son of Peter, has been identified by the middle initial "B" in some accounts, but there is some evidence that his middle name was Crawford. Here is what's known of his family:

 Calvin Mottice was born in 1839 and died in 1857 at the age if 18.  He was the son of John B. Mottice and Elizabeth Cachel.