From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 232.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


SYLVESTER L. BRICE

Sylvester L. Brice, son of the above, now one of the prominent 
druggists of Wheeling, was born born in Belmont county, Ohio, 
February 19, 1840, and was reared to his sixteenth year on a farm in 
his native county.  He then attended school one year at West 
Alexander academy, and after teaching a period, attended the academy 
at Washington, Ohio, the High school at Powhatan, and afterward the 
Lebanon, Ohio, college. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union army as a 
member of Company F, Fifty-second regiment Ohio volunteers, and 
served until the close of the war, winning by honorable conduct 
promotion from private to captain of his company.  During the march 
to the sea and through the Carolinas, he served as adjutant of his 
regiment.  After the war he came to Wheeling, and became a clerk for 
McClain & Bros., druggists, and in April, 1867, embarked in business 
for himself at th corner of Jacob & Thirty-sixth streets.  Mr. Brice 
is one of the influential men of the city, and has twice held a seat 
in the first branch of the city council, first from the Eighth and 
next from the Sixth ward.  In 1887 he was elected city collector for 
the years 1887-88, which office he filled with entire satisfaction to 
the duty, being complimented with a vote of thanks both from the 
board of education, and also the city council for the prompt and 
excellent manner in which he discharged the duties of the collector's 
office.  He is a member of the Masonic order and a comrade of 
Holliday post, No.12, G.A.R.  In October, 1872, Mr. Brice was married 
to Ella Taney, sister of Miss Taney, of the DAILY REGISTER.  They 
have had five children, three of whom survive:  William L., Malcolm 
T., and Ella L.  Mrs. Brice is a member of St. Matthews Episcopal 
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(Linda Fluharty)