Lora Sarah Nichols was born on April 2, 1857 in Wolcottville, Indiana, the youngest child of Nelson Nichols and Keziah Waltman. After her father died in 1865 she and her mother lived in Douglas County, Minnesota and by 1880 she had made her way to McDonald County, Missouri where she married Marcus Newton Lamance. She died on May 9, 1939 in Lake Wales (Polk County) Florida. She had one daughter, Lora Lee LaMance who was born in 1881 and one granddaughter Loralee Watkins.
Lora was an author and wrote articles on flowers, the temperance movement and genealogy. One book was "The Greene Family and Its Branches", by Lora S. La Mance, Mayflower Publishing Company, Floral Park, NY, 1904. She also wrote "The House of Waltman and It's Allied Families".
She was a national organizer for the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She also wrote: Jesus The Christ.
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Her father, Nelson Nichols was a native of New York, and her mother, Keziah (Waltman) of Pennsylvania. Lora received a liberal education in the States of Minnesota and Ohio, but was compelled to quit school before graduating on account of ill health. She came to Southwest Missouri in 1878. April 14, 1880, she and M. N. LaMance of Pineville were united in marriage. They have one child, Lora, who is now attending college at Neosho. They have an elegant home, and for many years the beautiful plants and flowers have been an object of attraction to all of our people.
Mrs. LaMance early developed talent as an authoress, but did not begin writing for the press until 1888. Her natural taste for flowers, and the "beautiful in life" inspired her pen and her literary productions soon gained notoriety. Besides fugitive pieces she has written three horticultural books, "House Plants," "Beautiful Home Surroundings," and "Insects."
She is a constant temperance worker, having taken the lead in that work in this county for several years past. Much of her work has been done through the W.C.T.U., of which she is county president, and her efforts have produced a decided change in public opinion on that question. She is in favor of Women's Suffrage, and is a member of the Congregational Church.
Lora was an author and wrote articles on flowers, the temperance movement and genealogy. One book was "The Greene Family and Its Branches", by Lora S. La Mance, Mayflower Publishing Company, Floral Park, NY, 1904. She also wrote "The House of Waltman and It's Allied Families".
She was a national organizer for the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She also wrote: Jesus The Christ.
MORE HISTORY:
Her father, Nelson Nichols was a native of New York, and her mother, Keziah (Waltman) of Pennsylvania. Lora received a liberal education in the States of Minnesota and Ohio, but was compelled to quit school before graduating on account of ill health. She came to Southwest Missouri in 1878. April 14, 1880, she and M. N. LaMance of Pineville were united in marriage. They have one child, Lora, who is now attending college at Neosho. They have an elegant home, and for many years the beautiful plants and flowers have been an object of attraction to all of our people.
Mrs. LaMance early developed talent as an authoress, but did not begin writing for the press until 1888. Her natural taste for flowers, and the "beautiful in life" inspired her pen and her literary productions soon gained notoriety. Besides fugitive pieces she has written three horticultural books, "House Plants," "Beautiful Home Surroundings," and "Insects."
She is a constant temperance worker, having taken the lead in that work in this county for several years past. Much of her work has been done through the W.C.T.U., of which she is county president, and her efforts have produced a decided change in public opinion on that question. She is in favor of Women's Suffrage, and is a member of the Congregational Church.
Lora Sarah Nichols was born on April 2, 1857 in Wolcottville, Indiana, the youngest child of Nelson Nichols and Keziah Waltman. After her father died in 1865 she and her mother lived in Douglas County, Minnesota and by 1880 she had made her way to McDonald County, Missouri where she married Marcus Newton Lamance. She died on May 9, 1939 in Lake Wales (Polk County) Florida. She had one daughter, Lora Lee LaMance who was born in 1881 and one granddaughter Loralee Watkins.
Lora was an author and wrote articles on flowers, the temperance movement and genealogy. One book was "The Greene Family and Its Branches", by Lora S. La Mance, Mayflower Publishing Company, Floral Park, NY, 1904. She also wrote "The House of Waltman and It's Allied Families".
She was a national organizer for the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She also wrote: Jesus The Christ.
MORE HISTORY:
Her father, Nelson Nichols was a native of New York, and her mother, Keziah (Waltman) of Pennsylvania. Lora received a liberal education in the States of Minnesota and Ohio, but was compelled to quit school before graduating on account of ill health. She came to Southwest Missouri in 1878. April 14, 1880, she and M. N. LaMance of Pineville were united in marriage. They have one child, Lora, who is now attending college at Neosho. They have an elegant home, and for many years the beautiful plants and flowers have been an object of attraction to all of our people.
Mrs. LaMance early developed talent as an authoress, but did not begin writing for the press until 1888. Her natural taste for flowers, and the "beautiful in life" inspired her pen and her literary productions soon gained notoriety. Besides fugitive pieces she has written three horticultural books, "House Plants," "Beautiful Home Surroundings," and "Insects."
She is a constant temperance worker, having taken the lead in that work in this county for several years past. Much of her work has been done through the W.C.T.U., of which she is county president, and her efforts have produced a decided change in public opinion on that question. She is in favor of Women's Suffrage, and is a member of the Congregational Church.
Lora was an author and wrote articles on flowers, the temperance movement and genealogy. One book was "The Greene Family and Its Branches", by Lora S. La Mance, Mayflower Publishing Company, Floral Park, NY, 1904. She also wrote "The House of Waltman and It's Allied Families".
She was a national organizer for the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She also wrote: Jesus The Christ.
MORE HISTORY:
Her father, Nelson Nichols was a native of New York, and her mother, Keziah (Waltman) of Pennsylvania. Lora received a liberal education in the States of Minnesota and Ohio, but was compelled to quit school before graduating on account of ill health. She came to Southwest Missouri in 1878. April 14, 1880, she and M. N. LaMance of Pineville were united in marriage. They have one child, Lora, who is now attending college at Neosho. They have an elegant home, and for many years the beautiful plants and flowers have been an object of attraction to all of our people.
Mrs. LaMance early developed talent as an authoress, but did not begin writing for the press until 1888. Her natural taste for flowers, and the "beautiful in life" inspired her pen and her literary productions soon gained notoriety. Besides fugitive pieces she has written three horticultural books, "House Plants," "Beautiful Home Surroundings," and "Insects."
She is a constant temperance worker, having taken the lead in that work in this county for several years past. Much of her work has been done through the W.C.T.U., of which she is county president, and her efforts have produced a decided change in public opinion on that question. She is in favor of Women's Suffrage, and is a member of the Congregational Church.
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