Andrew Vance and Nancy Byers

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Husband Andrew Vance ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 27 Jul 1793 2
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           Died: 19 Nov 1858 2
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         Father: Capt. Robert Vance (Abt 1728-1818/1819) 4 5
         Mother: Jean White (      -1834) 4 5

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Wife Nancy Byers ^{1 3 6}

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           Died: Aft 1889 - Frankfort Springs, Beaver Co, PA
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         Father: John Byers (      -      ) 3 6 7
         Mother: Nancy Burns (      -      ) 1 3

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Children

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1 F Sarah Vance ⁶

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           Born: Abt 1831
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           Died: Spring, 1913 6
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         Spouse: Robert Carothers (      -      ) 6

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2 F Anna Vance ⁶

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3 M John Vance ⁶

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           Died: Bef 1914 - Newark, Licking Co, OH
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4 M Robert Vance ⁶

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           Died: Jan 1908 - Hot Springs, Garland Co, AR 6
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5 M Alexander Vance ⁶

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6 F Mary I. Vance ⁶

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General Notes: Husband - Andrew Vance

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He attended the public schools and later continued his education as the opportunity offered. Possessed of a fondness for mathematics, he indulged this liking by taking up surveying, also cultivating decided musical talent, and for many years was a teacher of music and commercial branches in Allegheny and Washington counties, Pennsylvania. In 1856 he moved to Beaver County, intending to open an academy at Frankfort Springs, and for that purpose purchased an old brick mansion near the Washington county line. This building had been erected in 1801-02 by James Dungan and for a long time had been a famous hostelry, but before adequate arrangements and alterations had been made to house the pupils, Mr. Vance's death terminated all further plans, and the project was abandoned. He had been the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of land on Kings creek, Washington County, property which was sold soon after the Civil War, and thus left the possession of the family. He also owned ninety acres of excellent farming land in Beaver County. Mr. Vance was always an ardent church worker, and for a long time was the leader of singing in the old Montour Church, his being a familiar figure to the members of that organization as he led the congregation in the grand old hymns. In the Sunday school he was likewise prominent, not only in the direction of the singing, but as a teacher of a class. He was as strong in his political beliefs as in his religious faith, and all his life supported the Whig party, both with his vote and his influence in his neighborhood. His private life was lived in the same simple and unpretentious channels as his public life, and while he was ever the faithful and dutiful husband and father, he reared his family with a hand governed by the strictness born of love, and a rigidity of conduct was required that would be exacted by none unless he had the deepest good of his children at heart.

At one time he lived in Brook County, Virginia, but returned to Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 476.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 598.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 229.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 540.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 597.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 599.

7 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 292, 476.