Thomas Vance
[son of Patrick Vance and ? ?]
born: 1782 - Kentucky
died: 28 February 1859 - Kaufman County, Texas
buried:
1840 Census - Jasper County, Illinois
married: 1810 - Illinois
wife: Rebecca [some people think she was a Mount - no documentation]

born: 1794 - Maryland
died:
buried:

Children of Thomas Vance and Rebecca ? Vance:

1. John U. Vance
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 22 March 1811 - Kentucky
died: 12 June 1878 - near Spring Creek, Parker County, Texas
buried: Irby Cemetery - Parker County, Texas
1840 Census - Jasper County, Illinois
1850 Census - Collin County, Texas
1860 Census - Kaufman County, Texas
1870 Census - Collin County, Texas
married: Missouri
wife: Martha McCreary
[daughter of ? McCreary and Mary ?]
born: c1808 - North Carolina
died:
buried:
1850 Census - Collin County, Texas
1860 Census - Kaufman County, Texas
1870 Census - Collin County, Texas

Children of John U. Vance and Martha McCreary Vance:

1.1. Finis Ewing Vance
born: 19 February 1834 - Missouri
died: 18 June 1898 - Parker, County, Texas
buried: Irby Cemetery - Parker County, Texas
1850 Census - Collin County, Texas
1860 Census - Kaufman County, Texas
1870 Census - Kaufman County, Texas
1880 Census - Parker County, Texas
married: 4 April 1861 - Kaufman County, Texas
wife: Sarah Elizabeth Butler
[daughter of Thomas Butler and Eady Massie]
born: 12 September 1840 - Kentucky
died: 10 October 1924 - Parker County, Texas
buried: Irby Cemetery - Parker County, Texas
1870 Census - Kaufman County, Texas
1880 Census - Parker County, Texas
1900 Census - Parker County, Texas

Children of Finis Ewing Vance and Sarah Elizabeth Butler Vance:

1.1.1. Conelia Vance
born; c1862 - Texas
1880 Census - Parker County, Texas

1.1.1. Laura Ann Vance
born: c1865 - Texas
died:
1870 Census - Kaufman County, Texas
1880 Census - Parker County, Texas
married: 13 November 1879 - Parker County, Texas
husband: Robert Littleton Kincaid
born: November 1858

1.1.2. Felix Ewing Vance
born: 7 January 1867 - Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas
died: 25 January 1941 - Parker County, Texas
buried: Spring Creek Cemetery - Parker County, Texas
1870 Census - Kaufman County, Texas
1880 Census - Parker County, Texas
1st marriage: 13 December 1888
1st wife: Lizzie May Brown
born: June 1867 - Illinois
died: 27 July 1892
buried: Temple, Texas

2nd marriage of Felix Ewing Vance: 9 November 1898
2nd wife: Emma Eliza Walker
[daughter of Andrew Jackson Walker and Theresa "Fannie" Elizabeth Braden]
born: 27 October 1869
died: 17 July 1951 - Parker County, Texas
buried: Spring Creek Cemetery - Parker County, Texas

1.1.3. Roy Vance
born: c1872 - Texas
1880 Census - Parker County, Texas

1.1.4. Ruth Vance
born: c1874 - Texas
1880 Census - Parker County, Texas

 

1.2. Thomas R. Vance
born: c1835 - Missouri
died:
1850 Census - Collin County, Texas
1860 Census - Kaufman County, Texas

1.3. Parthena A. Vance
born: c1838 - Illinois
died:
1850 Census - Collin County, Texas

1.4. Clarina A. Vance
born: c1838 - Illinois
died:
1850 Census - Collin County, Texas

1.5. M. R. or Martha Ann Vance
born: c1840-1844 - Illinois
died:
1850 Census - Collin County, Texas
1860 Census - Kaufman County, Texas
1870 Census - Collin County, Texas

1.6. Amanda Jane Vance
born: c1843 - Illinois
died: 3 September 1871 - Rockwall, Kaufman County, Texas
1850 Census - Collin County, Texas
married: 5 August 1855 - Rockwall, Kaufman County, Texas
husband: Stephen N. Heffington
born:
died:

Children of Amanda Jane Vance Heffington and Stephen N. Heffington:

1.6.1. Martha Elizabeth Heffington
born: 9 December 1856 - Texas
died: 20 January 1943 - Lubbock, Texas
buried: Meadow, Terry County, Texas
married: 10 November 1876 - Rockwall, Kaufman County, Texas
husband: John Thomas Fletcher
born: 1 March 1855 - Rockwall, Kaufman County, Texas
died: 29 August 1925 - Meadow, Terry County, Texas
buried: Meadow, Terry County, Texas

1.6.2. Mary Ann Heffington
born: c1861 - Texas

1.6.3. Thomas E. Heffington
born: c1862 - Texas

1.6.4. Frances J. Heffington
born: c1864 - Kaufman County, Texas

1.6.5. Margaret S. Heffington
born: c1867 - Kaufman County, Texas

1.6.6. James W. Heffington
born: c1869 - Texas

 

1.7. John A. Vance
born: c1845 - Texas
died: November 1850 - Kaufman County, Texas
1850 Census - Collin County, Texas

1.8 Almeda C. Vance
born: c1847 - Texas
died:
1850 Census - Collin County, Texas
1860 Census - Kaufman County, Texas

1.9. Lydia E. Vance
born: c1851 - Texas
died:
1860 Census - Kaufman County, Texas

 

 

2. Charles King SolomanVance
born: 1823 - Illinois
died: 14 July 1863 - Donaldson, Ascension, Louisiana [in Civil War]
married: c1842 - Greene County, Illinois
wife: Sarah Susan Carrico
born: c1828 - Indiana or Kentucky

3. Fountain Jordan Vance
born: c1825 - Missouri
died: 19 May 1886 - Plano, Collin County, Texas
buried: Old Plano City Cemetery - Plano, Collin County, Texas
1st marriage: 21 September 1848 - Plano, Collin County, Texas
1st wife: Louisa Pernina Beverly
[daughter of William Allen Beverly and Nancy Delozier]
born: September 1831 - Tennessee
died: 26 March 1870 - Plano, Collin County, Texas

Child of Fountain Jordan Vance and Louisa Pernina Beverly Vance:

3.1. Fannie Jordan Vance
born: 1864
died: 1946
husband: William Daniel Cain
born: 27 April 1860
died: 24 December 1909
buried: Blewett Cemetery - Richardson, Dallas County, Texas

 

2nd marriage of Fountain Jordan Vance: 13 September 1870 - Texas
2nd wife: Louisa P. Carpenter
born: 1840 - Mississippi
died: 1915 - Plano, Collin County, Texas
buried: Old Plano Cemetery - Plano, Collin County, Texas

 

4. James George Vance
born: 5 March 1829 - Washington, Missouri
died: 5 September 1883 - Seymour, Texas
wife: Mary E. "Polly" Beverly
[daughter of William Allen Beverly and Nancy Delozier]
born: 25 June 1833 - Roane County, Tennessee
died: 5 September 1915 - Guthire, King County, Texas

5. Amanda Vance