"From History of Scott County, Iowa 1882 Chicago: Interstate Publishing Co."

Jacob Boice, painter, was born on a farm in Duchess Co., N.Y., Sept. 27, 1807, son of Phillip H. and Catharine (Sism) Boice, natives of New York. When Jacob was 12 years old his parents moved to Otsego Co., N.Y., where he remained until he was 15 years of age, when he became self-supporting. He worked on farms in various counties in New York, worked one year at the tanner's and currier's trade, and when 18 years old he went to Canajoharie, N.y., to learn the painter's trade. He married there Feb. 14, 1828, to Elizabeth, daughter of George and Catherine Carr. Their union has been blessed with 10 children, three living-Sarah C., now Mrs. B. F. Johnson; Elizabeth L., wife of Harvey Snow, and Margaret, who married William Smith. In the fall of 1846, Mr Boice moved to Rock Island, Ill., where he followed his trade until 1850, where he formed a partnership with Henry Houstin in a stove and tinware store. In 1854, he went to Michigan and settled in Lawton, Van Buren Co., and followed the painter's trade there, until 1860 when he went to Chicago; remained there three years, then to Jackson Co., Wis., three years, locating in Scott County in 1870. He conducted a farm in Buffalo Township for his son-in-law one year, then came to Buffalo, and bought a house and four lots, where he now resides. Mr. Boice was a member of the Sons of Temperance in Rock Island eight years, also of the Washington Lodge, No. 1, American Protestant Association at Chicago, Ill. He owns two lots and two houses on the corner of Third and Franklin streets, Buffalo.