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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

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.

Source of Acquisition

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

Biographical Note

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

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.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by material type.

Related Material

See also The Peterman family of Floyd and Montgomery Counties, Virginia (1988) by Marguerite Tise, who is the daughter of Jacob M. Tise, in the Rare Book Collection (call number CS71.P476 1988 Spec Ready Ref).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Floyd County (Va.)
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the J. M. Tise Ledger and Tise Family Receipts by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).