Civil War Veteran
Lieut Col F & S
11 Arkansas Infantry
CSA
Col. Vance Dead
Honored Pioneer Citizen Passed Away At An Early Hour Today
Had Fine War Record
Served Throughout Civil War, Receiving Rank of Lieutenant Colonel
Four Children Survive Him
At the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. W. Carter, No. 332 East Jackson street, where he has been living for some months, there passed away at 2:30 o'clock Saturday morning one of the pioneers and honored citizens of this city in the person of Colonel M. D. Vance, in his 78th year. Colonel Vance had not been well since a stroke of paralysis which he suffered some weeks ago, shortly after the robbing of the state dispensary at this place, of which he was the local agent, appointed by the governor in the early summer. At his bedside at the time of his death were only two of his four children--his wife having died some four years ago. These were Mrs. C. W. Carter of this city and Mrs. Elliott of Yazoo, Mich. The other two children are P. A. Vance, well known in this city and whose home is at present at Falfurrias, Texas near San Antonio, and Mrs. Wallace, of Oxford, Miss. It is thought that all the children will arrive in the city in time for the funeral. Col Vance had a rather remarkable life history. He was of the old south and made an honorable record in the civil war, coming out of that contest with the rank of lieutenant colonel for valor on the field. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted as captain in the Eleventh Arkansas regiment under Col. Griffith and his promotion was thenceforth rapid. He was married on the last night of 1850 to Miss Margaret Duff at Sarrepta, Miss., and after the close of that contest settled in his native state, removing to McAlester about twelve years ago, shortly after which time he lost his wife. Since her death he has made his home with his children. The funeral services will be conducted from the First baptist church of this city and perhaps will be under the auspices of the local confederate camp, of which Col. Vance was an honored member. Rev. W. W. Chancellor of the Baptist church will conduct the service and all the friends of the family are invited to be present at four o'clock Sunday afternoon. Interment will take place in the city cemetery.
(McAlester Capital, Thursday, Aug. 27, 1908)
While the funeral services over the body of Colonel M. D. Vance, who died Saturday morning at 2 o'clock in his seventy-eighth year, were held at the First Baptist church yesterday afternoon. Rev. W. W. Chancellor officiating and the church was filled, the body was not buried, but taken to the undertaking parlors of Landes Bros., embalmed and returned to the residence of Mrs. C. W. Carter, No. 332, East Jackson avenue, to await the arrival of P. A. Vance, his son, from Texas. Mr. Vance is in the Gulf Coast country, near Falfurrias and arrived this afternoon in time for the funeral at 5 o'clock.
(McAlester Capital, Thursday, Aug. 27, 1908)
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He was the son of Patrick Anderson and Susan (Cravens) VANCE; he was born in AL Dec. 12, 1830. Family moved to Mississippi, and his occupation in census there was "Lawyer" and in Arkansas before the War, "merchant."
His son, Patrick A. Vance, was a wholesale groceryman in McAlester, per the 1905 City Directory, before moving to Texas.
(From wvy)
All census records found for him show his name as M. D. Vance
Lieut Col F & S
11 Arkansas Infantry
CSA
Col. Vance Dead
Honored Pioneer Citizen Passed Away At An Early Hour Today
Had Fine War Record
Served Throughout Civil War, Receiving Rank of Lieutenant Colonel
Four Children Survive Him
At the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. W. Carter, No. 332 East Jackson street, where he has been living for some months, there passed away at 2:30 o'clock Saturday morning one of the pioneers and honored citizens of this city in the person of Colonel M. D. Vance, in his 78th year. Colonel Vance had not been well since a stroke of paralysis which he suffered some weeks ago, shortly after the robbing of the state dispensary at this place, of which he was the local agent, appointed by the governor in the early summer. At his bedside at the time of his death were only two of his four children--his wife having died some four years ago. These were Mrs. C. W. Carter of this city and Mrs. Elliott of Yazoo, Mich. The other two children are P. A. Vance, well known in this city and whose home is at present at Falfurrias, Texas near San Antonio, and Mrs. Wallace, of Oxford, Miss. It is thought that all the children will arrive in the city in time for the funeral. Col Vance had a rather remarkable life history. He was of the old south and made an honorable record in the civil war, coming out of that contest with the rank of lieutenant colonel for valor on the field. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted as captain in the Eleventh Arkansas regiment under Col. Griffith and his promotion was thenceforth rapid. He was married on the last night of 1850 to Miss Margaret Duff at Sarrepta, Miss., and after the close of that contest settled in his native state, removing to McAlester about twelve years ago, shortly after which time he lost his wife. Since her death he has made his home with his children. The funeral services will be conducted from the First baptist church of this city and perhaps will be under the auspices of the local confederate camp, of which Col. Vance was an honored member. Rev. W. W. Chancellor of the Baptist church will conduct the service and all the friends of the family are invited to be present at four o'clock Sunday afternoon. Interment will take place in the city cemetery.
(McAlester Capital, Thursday, Aug. 27, 1908)
While the funeral services over the body of Colonel M. D. Vance, who died Saturday morning at 2 o'clock in his seventy-eighth year, were held at the First Baptist church yesterday afternoon. Rev. W. W. Chancellor officiating and the church was filled, the body was not buried, but taken to the undertaking parlors of Landes Bros., embalmed and returned to the residence of Mrs. C. W. Carter, No. 332, East Jackson avenue, to await the arrival of P. A. Vance, his son, from Texas. Mr. Vance is in the Gulf Coast country, near Falfurrias and arrived this afternoon in time for the funeral at 5 o'clock.
(McAlester Capital, Thursday, Aug. 27, 1908)
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He was the son of Patrick Anderson and Susan (Cravens) VANCE; he was born in AL Dec. 12, 1830. Family moved to Mississippi, and his occupation in census there was "Lawyer" and in Arkansas before the War, "merchant."
His son, Patrick A. Vance, was a wholesale groceryman in McAlester, per the 1905 City Directory, before moving to Texas.
(From wvy)
All census records found for him show his name as M. D. Vance
Civil War Veteran
Lieut Col F & S
11 Arkansas Infantry
CSA
Col. Vance Dead
Honored Pioneer Citizen Passed Away At An Early Hour Today
Had Fine War Record
Served Throughout Civil War, Receiving Rank of Lieutenant Colonel
Four Children Survive Him
At the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. W. Carter, No. 332 East Jackson street, where he has been living for some months, there passed away at 2:30 o'clock Saturday morning one of the pioneers and honored citizens of this city in the person of Colonel M. D. Vance, in his 78th year. Colonel Vance had not been well since a stroke of paralysis which he suffered some weeks ago, shortly after the robbing of the state dispensary at this place, of which he was the local agent, appointed by the governor in the early summer. At his bedside at the time of his death were only two of his four children--his wife having died some four years ago. These were Mrs. C. W. Carter of this city and Mrs. Elliott of Yazoo, Mich. The other two children are P. A. Vance, well known in this city and whose home is at present at Falfurrias, Texas near San Antonio, and Mrs. Wallace, of Oxford, Miss. It is thought that all the children will arrive in the city in time for the funeral. Col Vance had a rather remarkable life history. He was of the old south and made an honorable record in the civil war, coming out of that contest with the rank of lieutenant colonel for valor on the field. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted as captain in the Eleventh Arkansas regiment under Col. Griffith and his promotion was thenceforth rapid. He was married on the last night of 1850 to Miss Margaret Duff at Sarrepta, Miss., and after the close of that contest settled in his native state, removing to McAlester about twelve years ago, shortly after which time he lost his wife. Since her death he has made his home with his children. The funeral services will be conducted from the First baptist church of this city and perhaps will be under the auspices of the local confederate camp, of which Col. Vance was an honored member. Rev. W. W. Chancellor of the Baptist church will conduct the service and all the friends of the family are invited to be present at four o'clock Sunday afternoon. Interment will take place in the city cemetery.
(McAlester Capital, Thursday, Aug. 27, 1908)
While the funeral services over the body of Colonel M. D. Vance, who died Saturday morning at 2 o'clock in his seventy-eighth year, were held at the First Baptist church yesterday afternoon. Rev. W. W. Chancellor officiating and the church was filled, the body was not buried, but taken to the undertaking parlors of Landes Bros., embalmed and returned to the residence of Mrs. C. W. Carter, No. 332, East Jackson avenue, to await the arrival of P. A. Vance, his son, from Texas. Mr. Vance is in the Gulf Coast country, near Falfurrias and arrived this afternoon in time for the funeral at 5 o'clock.
(McAlester Capital, Thursday, Aug. 27, 1908)
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He was the son of Patrick Anderson and Susan (Cravens) VANCE; he was born in AL Dec. 12, 1830. Family moved to Mississippi, and his occupation in census there was "Lawyer" and in Arkansas before the War, "merchant."
His son, Patrick A. Vance, was a wholesale groceryman in McAlester, per the 1905 City Directory, before moving to Texas.
(From wvy)
All census records found for him show his name as M. D. Vance
Lieut Col F & S
11 Arkansas Infantry
CSA
Col. Vance Dead
Honored Pioneer Citizen Passed Away At An Early Hour Today
Had Fine War Record
Served Throughout Civil War, Receiving Rank of Lieutenant Colonel
Four Children Survive Him
At the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. W. Carter, No. 332 East Jackson street, where he has been living for some months, there passed away at 2:30 o'clock Saturday morning one of the pioneers and honored citizens of this city in the person of Colonel M. D. Vance, in his 78th year. Colonel Vance had not been well since a stroke of paralysis which he suffered some weeks ago, shortly after the robbing of the state dispensary at this place, of which he was the local agent, appointed by the governor in the early summer. At his bedside at the time of his death were only two of his four children--his wife having died some four years ago. These were Mrs. C. W. Carter of this city and Mrs. Elliott of Yazoo, Mich. The other two children are P. A. Vance, well known in this city and whose home is at present at Falfurrias, Texas near San Antonio, and Mrs. Wallace, of Oxford, Miss. It is thought that all the children will arrive in the city in time for the funeral. Col Vance had a rather remarkable life history. He was of the old south and made an honorable record in the civil war, coming out of that contest with the rank of lieutenant colonel for valor on the field. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted as captain in the Eleventh Arkansas regiment under Col. Griffith and his promotion was thenceforth rapid. He was married on the last night of 1850 to Miss Margaret Duff at Sarrepta, Miss., and after the close of that contest settled in his native state, removing to McAlester about twelve years ago, shortly after which time he lost his wife. Since her death he has made his home with his children. The funeral services will be conducted from the First baptist church of this city and perhaps will be under the auspices of the local confederate camp, of which Col. Vance was an honored member. Rev. W. W. Chancellor of the Baptist church will conduct the service and all the friends of the family are invited to be present at four o'clock Sunday afternoon. Interment will take place in the city cemetery.
(McAlester Capital, Thursday, Aug. 27, 1908)
While the funeral services over the body of Colonel M. D. Vance, who died Saturday morning at 2 o'clock in his seventy-eighth year, were held at the First Baptist church yesterday afternoon. Rev. W. W. Chancellor officiating and the church was filled, the body was not buried, but taken to the undertaking parlors of Landes Bros., embalmed and returned to the residence of Mrs. C. W. Carter, No. 332, East Jackson avenue, to await the arrival of P. A. Vance, his son, from Texas. Mr. Vance is in the Gulf Coast country, near Falfurrias and arrived this afternoon in time for the funeral at 5 o'clock.
(McAlester Capital, Thursday, Aug. 27, 1908)
_______________________
He was the son of Patrick Anderson and Susan (Cravens) VANCE; he was born in AL Dec. 12, 1830. Family moved to Mississippi, and his occupation in census there was "Lawyer" and in Arkansas before the War, "merchant."
His son, Patrick A. Vance, was a wholesale groceryman in McAlester, per the 1905 City Directory, before moving to Texas.
(From wvy)
All census records found for him show his name as M. D. Vance
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