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Henry Nice, a prominent bishop in the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA) |Illinois Mennonite Conference]], was born in [[Montgomery County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Montgomery County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] on 17 April 1822. He married Levina Tyson in 1842. One of their eight children was Bishop John Nice of Morrison, Illinois. Henry Nice lived near [[Wadsworth (Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth]], [[Ohio (State)|Ohio]], from the mid 1850s to 1865. He was ordained to the ministry in the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] here in 1853. In 1865 he moved to Sterling, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], where he was ordained bishop in the [[Science Ridge Mennonite Church (Sterling, Illinois, USA)|Science Ridge]] (MC) congregation in 1868. In the same year he moved to [[Morrison Mennonite Church (Morrison, Illinois, USA)|Morrison]], serving there as bishop and pastor until his death in 1902. He was one of the organizers of the Illinois Mennonite Conference in 1872, and its outstanding early leader.


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