Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Vance and Martha Leslie




Husband William Vance 1 2

           Born: 30 Nov 1824 - Lawrence Co, PA 1
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           Died: 20 Sep 1909 - New Wilmington, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Vance (Abt 1776-1842) 1 3 4
         Mother: Annah Harris (Abt 1788-1850) 3


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Wife Martha Leslie 1

           Born: 28 Apr 1826 - Lawrence Co, PA 1
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           Died: 29 Nov 1909 1
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         Father: George Leslie (1792-1859) 1
         Mother: Martha [Unk] (1795-1865) 1




Children
1 M James R. Vance 5

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2 M George Leslie Vance 5




           Born: 13 May 1857 - Slippery Rock Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Sarah Melinda Dindinger (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 24 Oct 1877 5


3 M John H. Vance 5

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4 M Clement Oswin Vance 5

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5 M Norman G. Vance 2 5

           Born: 21 Dec 1861 - Slippery Rock Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Cora Wilkinson (      -1902) 2
         Spouse: Elizabeth Neal (      -      ) 2


6 F Anna M. Vance 5

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           Died: Aft 1914
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 M William Ambrose Vance 5

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           Died: when six years old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 M Cyrus M. Vance 5

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General Notes: Husband - William Vance


After his marriage he commenced to farm independently, buying a homestead of two hundred and thirty acres. He erected a new house on this, and in 1861 built a large barn. He was very prosperous and purchased a farm of one hundred acres, and another of sixty acres in New Sewickley township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Subsequently he bought three hundred acres in Mercer County, three miles northwest of New Wilmington, lived there for a time, and soon sold his Lawrence County property. He finally took up his permanent residence at New Wilmington, where he and his wife died. He was a Republican in politics, and had served as school director and assessor of Lawrence County. Mr. Vance and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian Church at Moundsville, and he served as an elder in this institution for a period of thirty years.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 547.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 926.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 348x.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 80.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 548.


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