MABEL'S BIG BOOK, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, 
ANGOLA, INDIANA.

MARY BIRCE, ___ Jan 1813 - 27 May 1891

   Mrs. Mary Birce was born in Syracuse in January, 1813.  
She was married to Mitchell Birce in 1842, and in 1847 they 
moved to Gilead, Mich., where she lived till the death of her 
husband, which occurred in 1864.  Since that time her home 
has been in Orland at the residence or her son-in-law and 
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Kimball.  She died at the home 
of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Rowley, May 27, 1891, aged 87 
years.  She has five children living--James M., of Assumtion, 
(sic) Ill.; William, of Clear Lake, Ind.; Mrs. M. B. Kimball, 
Mrs. S. Bisbee and Mrs. C. Rowley.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Mary (_____) Birce, ___ Jan 1813 - 27 May 1891, married 
Mitchell Birce who died in 1864 in Gilead, Michigan.  Their 
burial place unknown.

CHILDREN:

   James M. Birce was born about 1836 and on 02 Apr 1863 in 
Branch County, Michigan, married Mary W. (Little) Birce who 
was born about 1838.  The 1880 United States Census, 
Assumption, Christian County, Illinois, Family History 
Library Film #1254180, NA Film #T9-0180, page #448B, shows 
Mary living with her son James and his family as well as his 
wife's mother, Sarah Little, living with him. 
    William W. Birce, born about 1842, was living in Clear 
Lake, Indiana in 1891.  In the 1880 United States Census, 
Orland, Steuben County, Indiana, Family History Library, 
#1254312, NA Film Number T9-0312, page #259B, lists William 
W. Birce living in a hotel managed by Morris Burnham.  Dr. 
Thomas B. Gloss was also listed among the patrons of the 
hotel.
   Persis Elizabeth L. (Birce) Kimball, 24 Mar 1844 - 06 May 
1907, on 09 Jan 1862, married Miles B. Kimball, 29 Aug 1826 - 
01 Sep 1895.  They are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, 
Steuben County, Indiana.  Persis was also known as Eliza, 
Elizabeth, and Libbie. 
   Alice Philena (Birce) Rowley, 1851 - 1937, married Charles 
Judson Rowley, 24 Aug 1848 - 30 Aug 1919.  They are buried at 
Greenlawn Cemetery. Charles was the son of Francis Adna 
Rowley, Jun 1820 - 20 Aug 1896, and Almira A. (Rockwell) 
Rowley, 28 Sep 1828 - 05 May 1901.  The parents are buried at 
Lake Gage Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

   "History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885," on page 506, 
lists:
   William W. Birce, Justice of the Peace, Mill Grove 
Township, 1874.
   Charles Rowley, Constable, Mill Grove Township, 1882. 

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree 
Seible Lewis, Vol. 2, pages 1043, 1562, 1563.
SXCGS Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 4, Winter 2001, pages 3, 4, 
Kimball Family.
www.familysearch.org, 1880 United States Census, Household 
Records.
Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net