J. M. Tise Ledger and Tise Family Receipts

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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The collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], J. M. Tise Ledger and Tise Family Receipts, 1798-1937, Ms2002-034, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Tise, Jacob Marshall, Rev., 1872-1942 and Tise family
Abstract:
This collection contains an account book kept by J. M. Tise, manager of the Floyd County Electric Company at Sower's Mill Dam in Floyd County, Virginia, from 1923 to 1934. This collection also contains receipts kept by the Tise family from 1825 to 1865.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], J. M. Tise Ledger and Tise Family Receipts, 1798-1937, Ms2002-034, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains an account book kept by J. M. Tise, manager of the Floyd County Electric Company at Sower's Mill Dam in Floyd County, Virginia, from 1923 to 1937. This collection also contains receipts kept by the Tise family from 1798 to 1893.

Biographical / historical:

Rev. Jacob Marshall Tise was born to Jacob and Sylvina (Reitzel) Tise on April 6, 1872, in Davidson County, North Carolina. Tise married Alice Sheffey Peterman (1888-1969) on September 19, 1906, in Floyd, Virginia, and they had three daughters: Virginia, Marguerite, and Jessie. Tise held several different jobs during his lifetime, including as a teacher, a clergyman, farmer, and a managerial role at the Floyd County Electric Company at Sower's Mill Dam in Floyd County, Virginia. Jacob Tise passed away on September 4, 1942, in Floyd County.

External Source:

U.S. Censuses, 1880-1940

"Rev Jacob Marshall Tise", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53865867/jacob-marshall-tise

"Jacob Marshall Tise" in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/12155272:60901

"Jacob M. Lise [sic]" in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2966457:60214

Jacob Marshall Tise, 1872-1942 Family Tree, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/9967802/person/320083554313

Acquisition information:
The J. M. Tise Ledger and Tise Family Receipts was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in December 2002.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by material type.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard