James Samuel Nance[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

1850 - 1894  (44 years)


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  • Name James Samuel Nance  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Birth 13 Mar 1850  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13] 
    Gender Unknown 
    Death 25 Mar 1894 
    Person ID I1508960605  Markham_and_Marcum
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2026 

    Father Redding Nance,   b. 17 Jan1825, Green County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1854, Menard, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Harriet Malinda Berry,   b. 6 Oct 1827, Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1902, Scott, Madison, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 20 Mar 1849  Menard, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Family ID F800  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Emma Patzer,   b. 28 Dec 1859, Josephowo, East Prussia, Bromberg,Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 June 1936, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 1891 
    • Kansas
    Children 
     1. Lula Hurd,   b. 19 Nov 1891, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1977, Asbury, Jasper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2026 

    Family 2 Eliza Louisa Close,   b. Abt 1855, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 February 1882 (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1871  Madison County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Lorenzon Nance,   b. 20 Dec 1872, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft. 1920 (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2026 

    Family 3 Sarah Jane Walter,   b. 10 Dec 1842, Knox County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1914, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1884  Seward, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Children 
     1. Arthur Claire Nance,   b. 8 Sep 1885, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1960, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2026 

  • Photos
    James Samuel Nance
    James Samuel Nance
    James Nancy & Sarah Conley getting married.
    James Nancy & Sarah Conley getting married.
    Is this a Civil War pension?  And is this our James?  This is too early for his death date.
    Is this a Civil War pension? And is this our James? This is too early for his death date.

  • Sources 
    1. [S_996185939] Ancestry.com, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1895 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: v115_31; Line: 27.

    2. [S_996185939] Ancestry.com, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1875 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1875_3; Line: 52.

    3. [S_995654342] Ancestry.com, U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Collection Number: G&M_83; Roll Number: 83.

    4. [S748065055] Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha.

    5. [S694821172] Ancestry.com, Nebraska, State Census Collection, 1860-1885, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), National Archives and Records Administration; Nebraska State Census; Year: 1885; Series/Record Group: M352; County: Seward; Township: O Precinct; Page: 15.

    6. [S_996185862] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    7. [S_995771816] National Archives and Records Administration, U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, ca. 1949 - ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Grou.

    8. [S_996271863] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record), Year: 1870; Census Place: Scott, Madison, Iowa; Roll: M593_407; Page: 108B; Family History Library Film: 545906.

    9. [S_996271944] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18), Year: 1900; Census Place: Lincoln Ward 5, Lancaster, Nebraska; Page: 17; Enumeration District: 0066; FHL microfilm: 1240933.

    10. [S_996015372] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 19 Range 7, Menard, Illinois; Roll: M653_205; Page: 825; Family History Library Film: 803205.

    11. [S_996271740] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the ), Year: 1850; Census Place: Menard, Illinois; Roll: M432_120; Page: 311A; Image: 462.

    12. [S683099187] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922; Record Type: Textual Records.

    13. [S684428874] Ancestry.com, Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Library and Archives of the Nebraska State Historical Society; Lincoln, Nebraska.

    14. [S694836065] Newspapers.com - Winfield Daily Courier - 14 Jan 1891 - Page 1, (Winfield Daily Courier), Is this a Civil War pension? And is this our James? This is too early for his death date. 14 Jan 1891.
      Is this a Civil War pension?  And is this our James?  This is too early for his death date.
      Is this a Civil War pension? And is this our James? This is too early for his death date.


    15. [S729628480] Newspapers.com - Blue Valley Blade - 19 Nov 1884 - Page 3, (Blue Valley Blade), 19 Nov 1884.
      James Nancy & Sarah Conley getting married.
      James Nancy & Sarah Conley getting married.


    16. [S655260411] Ancestry.com, Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).


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