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“NIMROD MACE IS DEAD” Born A Slave, Parkville, Missouri, Negro was Stonemason 45 years. Nimrod Mace, born a slave on a Platte County, Missouri, plantation in 1857, died yesterday at his home in Parkville, Missouri. For the last 45 years he had been a stonemason and wood chopper in Parkville. A houseboy in the Mace family, near Waldron, Nimrod took his master's name when the slaves were freed. When his master, an officer in the Confederate army, returned home, he disposed of the house. and the family moved to Baldwin, Kansas. Nimrod went along. He remained with the family until 1900. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Daisy Mace of the home; two sons and two daughters. The Rev. A. M Daniel will officiate at funeral services to be held in Parkville tomorrow at the Negro Methodist church. Burial will be in Parkville.Date(s) of Creation
9/18/1945
