Trenton Herald-Democrat, Thursday, June 2, 1921:
CAPT. JOHN R. DANCE ANSWERS LAST CALL
Capt. John R. Dance died at his home Wednesday night in the 16th district, following a prolonged illness of several months. He had for a long time been a prominent citizen of Gibson County and a leader in the councils of those who fought in the Confederate army. He was born in 1846 near Murfreesboro, Tenn., his parents later moving to West Tennessee and settling eight west of Trenton. At the age of fifteen, when a mere school boy, he enlisted in the Confederate army as a volunteer. After the war was over, in 1865, he married Sarah Elizabeth Dodson, who died in February, 1870, leaving a baby boy, Russell, his oldest son, who now lives in Corinth, Miss. A second
wedding occurred in December 1870, when he married Miss Martha Rachael Hillsman, daughter of the late M. Hillsman, who performed the ceremony of not only this, but his former marriage.
Mr. Dance became a member of the Hickory Grove Baptist Church in 1870 and during the following years took active part in its affairs, several occasions serving in official capacity. Ten years of his life were spent at Brownsville, Tenn., where he engaged in mercantile business, but upon the epidemic of yellow fever arising, he returned to Gibson County, where he spent the remainder of his life on the farm just three miles from Trenton.
His oldest son from the second marriage, Hillsman Dance, died December 1912, and a daughter, Mrs. Louise Flowers, in March, 1917. The surviving children are; Russell Dance, Corinth, Miss.; Drury Dance and Miss Georgia Dance, who reside at the Dance home West of Trenton; Mrs. H. W. Bandy, Mrs. R. E. Ross, of Trenton and Mrs. H. L. Grigsby of Dickson. Besides these, a large family connection survives.
Capt. Dance had not been strong in health since the death of his wife in May, 1916. For several months he had been confined to his bed, but bore his suffering with a fortitude born of a strong Christian faith.
At his request, the funeral will be preached by his son-in-law, Rev. F. C. Flowers, of Lake Charles, La., Friday morning.∼CSA Veteran
CAPT. JOHN R. DANCE ANSWERS LAST CALL
Capt. John R. Dance died at his home Wednesday night in the 16th district, following a prolonged illness of several months. He had for a long time been a prominent citizen of Gibson County and a leader in the councils of those who fought in the Confederate army. He was born in 1846 near Murfreesboro, Tenn., his parents later moving to West Tennessee and settling eight west of Trenton. At the age of fifteen, when a mere school boy, he enlisted in the Confederate army as a volunteer. After the war was over, in 1865, he married Sarah Elizabeth Dodson, who died in February, 1870, leaving a baby boy, Russell, his oldest son, who now lives in Corinth, Miss. A second
wedding occurred in December 1870, when he married Miss Martha Rachael Hillsman, daughter of the late M. Hillsman, who performed the ceremony of not only this, but his former marriage.
Mr. Dance became a member of the Hickory Grove Baptist Church in 1870 and during the following years took active part in its affairs, several occasions serving in official capacity. Ten years of his life were spent at Brownsville, Tenn., where he engaged in mercantile business, but upon the epidemic of yellow fever arising, he returned to Gibson County, where he spent the remainder of his life on the farm just three miles from Trenton.
His oldest son from the second marriage, Hillsman Dance, died December 1912, and a daughter, Mrs. Louise Flowers, in March, 1917. The surviving children are; Russell Dance, Corinth, Miss.; Drury Dance and Miss Georgia Dance, who reside at the Dance home West of Trenton; Mrs. H. W. Bandy, Mrs. R. E. Ross, of Trenton and Mrs. H. L. Grigsby of Dickson. Besides these, a large family connection survives.
Capt. Dance had not been strong in health since the death of his wife in May, 1916. For several months he had been confined to his bed, but bore his suffering with a fortitude born of a strong Christian faith.
At his request, the funeral will be preached by his son-in-law, Rev. F. C. Flowers, of Lake Charles, La., Friday morning.∼CSA Veteran
Trenton Herald-Democrat, Thursday, June 2, 1921:
CAPT. JOHN R. DANCE ANSWERS LAST CALL
Capt. John R. Dance died at his home Wednesday night in the 16th district, following a prolonged illness of several months. He had for a long time been a prominent citizen of Gibson County and a leader in the councils of those who fought in the Confederate army. He was born in 1846 near Murfreesboro, Tenn., his parents later moving to West Tennessee and settling eight west of Trenton. At the age of fifteen, when a mere school boy, he enlisted in the Confederate army as a volunteer. After the war was over, in 1865, he married Sarah Elizabeth Dodson, who died in February, 1870, leaving a baby boy, Russell, his oldest son, who now lives in Corinth, Miss. A second
wedding occurred in December 1870, when he married Miss Martha Rachael Hillsman, daughter of the late M. Hillsman, who performed the ceremony of not only this, but his former marriage.
Mr. Dance became a member of the Hickory Grove Baptist Church in 1870 and during the following years took active part in its affairs, several occasions serving in official capacity. Ten years of his life were spent at Brownsville, Tenn., where he engaged in mercantile business, but upon the epidemic of yellow fever arising, he returned to Gibson County, where he spent the remainder of his life on the farm just three miles from Trenton.
His oldest son from the second marriage, Hillsman Dance, died December 1912, and a daughter, Mrs. Louise Flowers, in March, 1917. The surviving children are; Russell Dance, Corinth, Miss.; Drury Dance and Miss Georgia Dance, who reside at the Dance home West of Trenton; Mrs. H. W. Bandy, Mrs. R. E. Ross, of Trenton and Mrs. H. L. Grigsby of Dickson. Besides these, a large family connection survives.
Capt. Dance had not been strong in health since the death of his wife in May, 1916. For several months he had been confined to his bed, but bore his suffering with a fortitude born of a strong Christian faith.
At his request, the funeral will be preached by his son-in-law, Rev. F. C. Flowers, of Lake Charles, La., Friday morning.∼CSA Veteran
CAPT. JOHN R. DANCE ANSWERS LAST CALL
Capt. John R. Dance died at his home Wednesday night in the 16th district, following a prolonged illness of several months. He had for a long time been a prominent citizen of Gibson County and a leader in the councils of those who fought in the Confederate army. He was born in 1846 near Murfreesboro, Tenn., his parents later moving to West Tennessee and settling eight west of Trenton. At the age of fifteen, when a mere school boy, he enlisted in the Confederate army as a volunteer. After the war was over, in 1865, he married Sarah Elizabeth Dodson, who died in February, 1870, leaving a baby boy, Russell, his oldest son, who now lives in Corinth, Miss. A second
wedding occurred in December 1870, when he married Miss Martha Rachael Hillsman, daughter of the late M. Hillsman, who performed the ceremony of not only this, but his former marriage.
Mr. Dance became a member of the Hickory Grove Baptist Church in 1870 and during the following years took active part in its affairs, several occasions serving in official capacity. Ten years of his life were spent at Brownsville, Tenn., where he engaged in mercantile business, but upon the epidemic of yellow fever arising, he returned to Gibson County, where he spent the remainder of his life on the farm just three miles from Trenton.
His oldest son from the second marriage, Hillsman Dance, died December 1912, and a daughter, Mrs. Louise Flowers, in March, 1917. The surviving children are; Russell Dance, Corinth, Miss.; Drury Dance and Miss Georgia Dance, who reside at the Dance home West of Trenton; Mrs. H. W. Bandy, Mrs. R. E. Ross, of Trenton and Mrs. H. L. Grigsby of Dickson. Besides these, a large family connection survives.
Capt. Dance had not been strong in health since the death of his wife in May, 1916. For several months he had been confined to his bed, but bore his suffering with a fortitude born of a strong Christian faith.
At his request, the funeral will be preached by his son-in-law, Rev. F. C. Flowers, of Lake Charles, La., Friday morning.∼CSA Veteran
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