Welcome Nance
Welcome Nance was a son of Daniel Nance. His obituary was
published in the Ironton Register on May 6, 1909, and it was written
as follows:
OBITUARY
DIED IN KANSAS
"Welcome Nance, a former Lawrence County man, died at his home
in Atchison, Kansas, Sunday April 18th, at the ripe old age of 81
years. His death was due to old age and a complication of ailments.
He is survived by a wife and seven grown children. Mr. Nance
was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, in May of 1828. He went west in
1856 and settled on a farm near Atchison. He was married to a Miss
Snyder, who lived on an adjoining farm about two years later.
He was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted when the
first call for volunteers was made and served in his country's cause
for three years.
Mr. Nance was a prominent member of the M.E. church, with which
he united fifty years ago. HE WAS AN UNCLE OF GEORGE W.
NANCE OF THIS CITY, and will be remembered by many of the
older residents of this country."
In the above obituary it is mentioned that Welcome Nance was an
uncle of George W. Nance of Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH., in 1909.
The 1910 census of Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH., listed only one
person named George W. Nance, and that was George William Nance, son
of John Nance (and grandson of Daniel Nance). This means that
Welcome Nance was a brother of John Nance and both of them were sons
of Daniel Nance and Lavina Kingery.
Welcome Nance was born in May of 1828 in Lawrence County, Ohio. He
died April 18, 1909, in Atchison, Atchison Co., Kansas. He was
buried in the Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Atchison. He was married to
Margaret A. Snyder in Kansas. She was born in 1837 in Ohio and she
survived him. They had at least eight children together (Sarah,
Mary Ellen, William, Eddie, Leuticia, Birtie, Charles A., and
Edith).
During the Civil War Welcome Nance served as a Private in the Union
Army in Company D of the 13th Kansas Infantry. He filed for an
Invalid Pension (Application #402,019 and Certificate # 256,533) on
June 2, 1880. His widow, Margaret A. Nance, filed for a widow's
pension (Application # 922,279 and Certificate # 678,087) from the
State of Kansas on June 19, 1909.
Welcome Nance was recorded on the 1850 census of Lawrence Co., OH,
in Windsor Twp., on page # 809. He was recorded at that time as a
22 year old male laborer who was born in Ohio and he lived in the
home of a widow named Margaret Mathew and her seven children. He
was obviously living and working at that time as a farm hand and
this is why he was not listed in his parent's home on the 1850
census.
Welcome Nance was also recorded on the 1859 census of Shannon Twp.,
Atchison Co., Kansas and on the 1860 census of Atchison City, Shanon
Twp., Atchison Co., Kansas on page # 73. Welcome Nance was also
recorded on the 1870 census of Oak Mile, Shannon Twp., Atchison Co.,
Kansas, on page # 19 and on the 1880 census of District 5, Shannon
Precinct, Atchison Co., Kansas.
Delana Nance was the eldest child and daughter of Daniel Nance and
Lavina Kingery. Delana, or "Lana" as she was called, was born on
October 27, 1814, in Buck Creek, Gallia County, Ohio. Today this
area is located in Lawrence Co., OH. She died in 1884 in
Portersville, Lincoln Co., W.V., and she was buried next to her
husband (who died in 1881) in the Curry Chapel Cemetery. It is
located near Portersville, Lincoln Co., W.V., and it is
approximately 5 miles N.W. of Hamlin, W.V.
Delana Nance was married to Reason Vermillion Powell on June 6,
1833, in Ironton, Mason Twp., Lawrence Co., Ohio. Together they had
at least eight children. Their children were:
1. Angeline Frances Powell, b. Jan. 20, 1834, in Lawrence Co., OH.,
d. Dec. 4, 1906 in Hamlin, Lincoln Co., W.V., married to Christian
Frederick Augustus Heinrich Hilbert on Oct. 14, 1852 in Lawrence
Co., OH.
2. Cynthia Catherine Powell (my ancestor), b. May 20, 1837, in
Arabia, Lawrence Co., OH., d. Jan. 20, 1925 in McDaniel Crossroads,
Walnut Twp., Gallia Co., OH. She was married to Beuford Francis
McDaniel on Feb. 12, 1860, in Walnut Twp., Gallia Co., OH.
3. James Reason Powell, b. April 11, 1839 in Lawrence Co., OH. He
was married to Lucinda E. Lambert on Feb. 20, 1867, in Lawrence Co.,
OH. He servd during the Civil War in the 5th West Virginia
Infantry. He and his wife were divorced on Sept. 30, 1875 in
Lawrence Co., OH.
4. Lucinda Pricy Powell, b. Jan. 21, 1841 in Greenup Co., KY., d.
Feb. 4, 1914 in Kitts Hill, Lawrence Co., OH. She was married to
William Henry Dillon on Sep., 30, 1860 in Arabia, Lawrence Co., OH.
5. Henry Archimedes Powell, b. March 6, 1843, in Greenup Co., KY.,
d. March 28, 1913, in Rock Camp, Lawrence Twp., Lawrence Co., OH.
He was married to Emma McKnight on Dec. 11, 1866 in Lawrence Co.,
OH. His first wife died on Feb. 7, 1877, and he was remarried to
Sarah Ann Steele on Aug. 1, 1878, in Lawrence Co., OH. His 2nd wife
died on Oct. 29, 1891 in Lawrence Co., OH. and he was married a
third time to Maria Creed Dillon on Sep., 19, 1892 in Hamlin,
Lincoln Co., W.V.
6. Sarah Jane Powell, b. July 1846 in Greenup Co., KY. She was
married to William Adkins sometime after 1870. No further record.
7. Mary L. Powell, b. abt. 1848 in Greenup Co., KY. She apparently
died sometime prior to July 1860.
8. Esmarilda Essie Powell, b. Sep. 14, 1853 in Ohio. She died
sometime after 1920, apparently in Lincoln Co., W.V. She was
married to Charles Bradford Wysong abt. 1873.
