George Washington Nance (1798 - 1889)

Born 29 Mar 1798 in Charles City, Charles County, Virginia

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Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1889 at age 90 in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois

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Biography

George Washington Nance was born in Charles City, Virginia, the son of Zachariah Nance and Jane (Wilkins) Nance. He died in Petersburg, Illinois nine days before his 91st birthday. A two thousand four hundred dollar granite shaft towers above his resting place in the cemetery at Petersburg. ^[1]

George married Elizabeth Martin, also born in Charles City, Virginia. They were the parents of fourteen children, the first nine born in Green county, Kentucky and the last five in Menard County, Illinois.

The names of the children of George and Elizabeth, as listed on page 255 of the book "The Nance Memorial" are as follows:

Nancy, William, Otway, Lewis, Jane, Henry. George W., Sallie, James, Abraham L., Willis, Joshua, Ann Adams, John and Thos. [Thomas] L.Harris

Census

Name: Geo W Nance 1860 Township 19 Range 7, Menard, Illinois, United States Page: 70 Record Number: 2640

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Geo W Nance M 62 Virginia

Elizabeth Nance F 59 Kentucky

Jane Nance F 21 Illinois

Lincoln Nance M 16 Illinois

Burial

George and Elizabeth are buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, in Petersburg, in Menard County, Illinois. A photograph of their monument can be seen on Find A Grave here: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=34786645&PIpi=32765135

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/nancememorialah00nancgoog#page/n268/mode/1up page 256

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHK-3XZ : 18 March 2020), Lincoln Nance in entry for Geo W Nance, 1860.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 34786645

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Fred Goodell for creating WikiTree profile Nance-350 through the import of 12Jun13 Elizabeth Ann Nance.ged on Jun 12, 2013.