C. K. Mottice acount

Charles K. Mottice

5326 Ashby Street NW, Canton, OH 44708

216-477-4652

MOTTICE FAMILY TREE

PETER MOTTICE was born in 1793, somewhere in Pennsylvania. When he was quite small, he was brought by his parents into the Northwest Territory. His pioneering parents founded a home and raised their family: how large a family is not known.

Stark county was established February 13, 1808 and was organized in January, 1809. It was within the limits of this new born state and county that PETER MOTTICE'S father had located. His land laid about ten miles southeast of what is now Canton, Ohio.

Peter's son John L. (born in the year 1800 in the state of New Jersey and moved to stark county in the year 1805 united in marriage with Elizabeth Cahill. They had a family of ten children, seven boys and three girls (and 22 grand-children) John L. died August 14, 1879. The children from the oldest to the youngest were Peter, John, James B. (born at Indian Run on September 15, 1835 and married Eliza Markel in 1857, they had 7 children and 13 grand-children died June 12, 1893 at 57 years of age, Milton, Abigail, Jane, William

H.H. (died at the age of 38 on February 8th), Kinsey, Calvin, and Nancy (died at the age of 34).

John's son James, married Louisa Marker. James took a tract of land to clear, which was located one mile north of the Chapel on the Indian Run trail and then one mile west.

This tract of land was about halfway between the Indian Run trail and the future location of the community which came to be called Devil's Headquarters.

James and Louisa had five children. There were John C.,    Elmer-, William H.H., Almira (Ollie), and Tillie.  John married Ella VanVoorhis, Elmer married Lucy Hartenstein, Ollie married Albanus Kinney, and Tillie married Will W. Ake. William married Sarah Caroline Farber.

On March 8, 1885 William Henry Harrison Mottice and Sarah Caroline Farber were married in Canton, Ohio.

William (Bill) ~ Sarah (Callie) moved to a farm located a mile north of Devil's Headquarters’ where they had two sons and a daughter named Oliver James, Harry, and Grace.  Grace died at birth.