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".
John's place of birth is also somewhat uncertain. Charles D. says he was born in Pennsylvania while Charles K. says he was born in New Jersey. Moreover, in the two available census reports, one gives his place of birth in Pennsylvania and the other cites Ohio. Based on the other inferences about Peter and Pheby's location around 1800, I suspect he was born in Pennsylvania.
He married Elizabeth Cachel (born Sept. 30, 1810) on Sept. 7, 1828 in Sandy Township in Stark County, OH. According to "Early Marriages of Star Co., Ohio -- 1809-1840, his marriage was officiated by a John Brown.
The 1850 census for Sandy Township in Stark County, OH, which simply refers to him as John Mottice and both he and Elizabeth born in Ohio, lists his occupation as "Farmer", and all of their 10 children were born by then and living with he and Elizabeth at that time. The children were Peter, Louisa Jane, Abigail, James W., John Creighton, Calvin, William Henry Harrison, Milton, Kinsley, and Nancy.
Twenty years later in the 1870 Census, they are still living in Sandy Township, and the children living with them are Jane (Louisa Jane), Abigail, Kinsley, Nancy, and a William H, age 4. John is identified as "John B.", and his place of birth is listed as Pennsylvania's while Elizabeth's is Virginia. The 4 year old William H. may be a grandchild, perhaps of Louisa Jane who, some records indicated married a man by the name of Griffith at some point.
John is mentioned predominantly with Peter Mottice's estate as he was an executor along with his half-brother James B. Mottice.
John died on Aug. 14, 1879, and according to the official Stark County Record of Deaths, succombed to the "flux", which is evidently dysentery or something similar. He and Elizabeth, who died on Oct. 7, 1885, are buried in the Old Pioneer Cemetery in Waynesburg, although the gravestone is worn with age and difficult to read.