From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com)
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JOHN B. LACEY 
John B. Lacey came to Washington in 1888, one year previous to its 
admission into the union. He first settled in Lincoln county where he resided
eleven years, coming to Stegvens county, where he now lives in 1899.
   John B. Lacey was born in Stark county, Ohio, May 1, 1833, the son of 
Thomas and Nancy (McGaughy) Lacey, the former a native of Virginia, the 
latter of Maryland. From Belmont county, Ohio, they removed to Monroe county,
Ohio, and subsequently, in 1842, to Steuben county, Indiana, where they 
remained the rest of their lives. Thomas Lacey was an only son of an only son
A brother of the mother, John McGaughy, was a school teacher, surveyor and 
bookkeeper. To them nine children were born, William, Nathan M., James R., 
Nancy M., Mary E., Thomas S., Ruanna W., Robert A., and John B., our subject.
   A log school house was the initial educational institution attended by
John B. Lacey. This was in Ohio and was supplemented by common school priv-
ileges in Steuben county, Indiana. Following the attainment of his majority
he worked on a farm until 1862,when he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-ninth
Indiana Infantry, and served until July 2, 1865, in the Army of the 
Cumberland. Following the close of the Civil War he continued on the forty-
acre farm in Steuben county, removing, in 1872 to Warren county, Indiana,
where he purchased eighty acres of land. In 1888, having disposed of his 
Indiana property, he came to Washington, and located, first in Lincoln 
county, and in 1899 in Stevens county, where he purchased one hundred and 
sixty acres on Hunter creek, and upon which he resides, in a good house and 
surrounded by substantial outbuildings. He owns, also, another quarter 
section of land four miles south of Chewelah.
   On March 16, 1856, J.B. Lacey was married to Martha J. Nixon, daughter of
William W. and Mary (Carlton) Nixon, the father a native of Ohio, the mother
of Virginia. They located in Warren county, Indiana, in 1850, where they 
lived until the time of their death. Their family of children numbered seven,
viz., Martha J., Louisa M., Sarah A., George W., John W., Mary E., and Irene.
   Five boys and five girls have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lacey: Sarah,
deceased; Thomas M.; James V.; Nancy J. married to F.C. Lee, of Mohler; Louis
K., married to Grace Butler; Mary M., wife of William Henshaw, of Lincoln
county; Bertha R., married to John D. Henshaw, of Lincoln county; John C.,
married to Estelle Bidler; Nathan M., married to Mattie M. Meyers; Edith B.,
wife of R.A. Campbell.
   Politically Mr. Lacey is a Democrat. In Indiana he held the office of 
constable. During the Civil War he was the first sergent of Company A.,
Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry. He is an active member of the Masonic
fraternity and the G.A.R.
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