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Valentine Vance
(Abt 1798-1882)
Eliza Waggoner
(1800-1916)
Samuel Richards
(1803-1878)
Rachel Bowman
(1807-1873)
Solomon Vance
(1828-1908)
Eliza Elizabeth Richards
(1828-1916)
Humphrey Olivus Vance
(1855-1926)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jane Gordon

Humphrey Olivus Vance 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 11 March 1855, Orange Township, Ashland, OH 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Jane Gordon in 1879 in Ashland County, OH 1 2 3
  • Died: 21 March 1926, Orange Township, Ashland, OH at age 71 4 5
  • Buried: 24 March 1926, Nankin Cemetery, Nankin, OH 4 5

bullet   Other names for Humphrey were "Hiram" Vance 7 and "Willie H" Vance.6

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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: Olivus Humphry Vance
Sex: Male
Age: 71
Death Date: 21 Mar 1926
Death Place: Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States (Orange Twp., Ashland, Ohio)
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: farmer
Race: white
Father's Name: Solimon Vance
Mother's Name: Eliza Richard
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1855
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Birthplace: Orange Twp., Ashland, Ohio
Burial Date: 24 Mar 1926
Burial Place: Ashland Co., O.
Cemetery: Naukin
Father's Birthplace: Lancaster, Penn.
Mother's Birthplace: Richland Co., Ohio
Spouse's Name: Jane Vance
Record Number: 195

Citing this Record
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8JF-63J : 30 May 2021), Olivus Humphry Vance, 21 Mar 1926; citing Orange Twp., Ashland, Ohio, reference fn 13096; FHL microfilm 1,984,195.
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 17 July 1860. 7

1860 US Census
Page 100, Family 766, Roll 930
Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
Hiram Vance..6..Ohio

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 Mar 1855, then his age should have been 5 instead of 6.
.

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 21 July 1870. 6

1870 US Census
Page 1, Family 3
Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
Willie H. Vance..15..Ohio

(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 21 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 193D, Roll 0991, District 89, Family 221
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Olieous H. Vance..Self..24..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 Mar 1855, then his age should have been 25 instead of 24.
.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 5 February 1920. 3

1920 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 15, Family 225, Roll 1347
Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Oileous H. Vance..Head..64..Ohio

(Living with wife, daughter, married son, Solomon and his family.)
.



• Death Image: 21 March 1926, in Orange Township, Ashland, OH. 4



• He was buried on 24 March 1926 in the Nankin Cemetery in Nankin, OH.

Find a Grave Memorial 22482294
. 4 5


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Humphrey married Jane Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon and Margaret Anderson, in 1879 in Ashland County, OH.1 2 3 (Jane Gordon was born on 27 January 1852 in Orange Township, Ashland, OH,2 8 9 died on 9 November 1942 in Nankin, OH 8 9 and was buried on 11 November 1942 in Nankin Cemetery, Nankin, OH 8 9.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 21 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 193D, District 89, Family 221, Roll 0991
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Olieous H. Vance..Self..24..Ohio..Farmer
Jane Vance..Wife..28..Ohio..Keeping House
Solamon Vance..Son..3m..Ohio..Mar
.

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 5 February 1920. 3

1920 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 15, Family 225, Roll 1347
Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Oileous H. Vance..Head..64..Ohio
Jane Vance..Wife..66..Ohio
Solomon A. Vance..Son..39..Ohio..Farmer, General Farm
Daisy Vance..Daughter-in-law..34..Ohio
Grace L. Vance..Daughter..23..Ohio
George W. Vance..Grandson..9..Ohio
.


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Sources


1 William Arthur Richards, Jr., "Richards Family Group" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=123654; Updated: Tue Mar 30 19:21:02 2004).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 89, p. 193D, family 221, Humphrey Oileous Vance and Jane (Unknown); index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Aug 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0991.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States, enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 9B, family 225, Humphrey Olivus Vance and Jane Gordon; index and images (accessed 30 May 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1347.

4 "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 May 2021), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8JF-63J : 30 May 2021), Olivus Humphry Vance, 21 Mar 1926; citing Orange Twp., Ashland, Ohio, reference fn 13096; FHL microfilm 1,984,195.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 30 May 2021, memorial page for Humphrey O. Vance (1855-1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22482294, citing Nankin Cemetery, Nankin, Ashland County, Ohio, USA

6 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States, p. 1, family 3, Solomon Vance and Eliza Elizabeth Richards; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 29 May 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

7 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States, p. 100, family 766, Solomon Vance and Eliza Elizabeth Richards; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 29 May 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

8 "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 May 2021), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X83R-G82 : 30 May 2021), Jane Vance, 08 Nov 1942; citing Orange Twp., Ashland, Ohio, reference fn 63807; FHL microfilm 2,024,037.

9 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 30 May 2021, memorial page for Jane Gordon Vance (1852-Nov 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22482295, citing Nankin Cemetery, Nankin, Ashland County, Ohio, USA


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