Milward Edson Lance (1864 - 1918)

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Died 25 Feb 1918 at age 53 in Seville, Medina, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Born 5 APR 1864. ^[1][2]

Died 25 FEB 1918. Seville, Medina, Ohio, USA. Map: Latitude: N41.0101. Longitude: W81.8624. ^[3] Cause: Heart Attack.

Buried 27 FEB 1918. Moundhill Cemetery, Seville, OH.

Medical Entry: Died while driving load of corn fodder in from field.

Event: Record Change Date. 19 DEC 2003.

Note: #N1249.

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Marriage Husband Milward Edson Lance. Wife Emma Jeanette Glessner. Child: Ray Clifford Lance. Marriage 28 MAY 1887. Seville, Medina, Ohio, USA. Map: Latitude: N41.0101. Longitude: W81.8624. ^[4]

Notes

Note N1249WAYNE COUNTY OHIO.

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"The History of Wayne County, Ohio" published in 1910 by B. E. Bowen & Co. 1

Milward Lance. 1

In the anxious and laborious struggle for an honorable competence and solid.

career on the part of the average business man fighting the every-day battle of.

life, there is but little to attract the idle reader in search of a sensational.

chapter; but for a mind fully awake to the reality and meaning of human.

existence there are noble and immortal lessons in the life of the man who,.

without other means than a clear mind, a strong arm and a true heart, conquers.

fortune and gains not only the temporal rewards of his toil, but also that which.

is greater and higher, the respect and confidence of those with whom his years.

of active life have placed him in contact.

The subject of this sketch is a native son of Wayne county, having been born.

of Sterling, in Milton township,on the 5th of April, 1864, and is the son of.

Abram and Melissa (Ross) Lance. His paternal grandparents Henry and Betsy.

(Hoffstater) Lance, were natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Wayne county in a.

very early day. They located in Milton township, northeast of Sterling and.

there cleared a fine farm, on which they spent their remaining days, rearing a.

family and otherwise doing their full part in the development of this section of.

the country. The maternal grandfather, Joseph Ross, was a native of the state.

of New York and he too was an early settler in Wayne county, having at one time.

owned the land where the thriving little town of Sterling now stands. There he.

and his wife spent their later years and died. Abram Lance, the subject's.

father, was born in Wayne county, in October, 1838, she who afterwards became.

his wife being born here two years later. They grew to manhood and womanhood in.

their respective homes and in due time met and married.. They at once took up.

farming on their own account, occupying a part of the old Lance homestead. They.

were successful and stood high in the community, the father having taken a.

prominent and leading part in the Baptist church. They are now both deceased.

They became the parents of seven children, all of whom are yet living. Abram.

Lance was three times drafted for military service during the Civil war. The.

first two times he sent substitutes in his stead, but the third time he went to.

camp himself, being soon discharged because of disability.

Milward Lance received his education in the common schools of Milton township.

and during his vacation periods he assisted in the work of the farm. He has.

always followed agricultural pursuits, having early in life realized that.

agriculture was the great basic industry on which rested the entire national.

commercial structure, and he has never regretted his choice. He rented land for a number of years, but in December, 1908, he bought a farm of eighty-nine acres,.

lying west of Sterling, and he established his home there in the spring of the.

following year. He has made a number of permanent and substantial improvements.

on the property and has others in contemplation. He is a wide-awake and.

progressive man and adopts twentieth-century methods in his work when he is.

satisfied of their feasibility. He carries on a diversified system of farming.

and is meeting with a gratifying degree of success.

In May, 1886, Mr. Lance was married to Emma Glessner, a native of Ashland.

county, Ohio, but who came with her parents to Wayne county at the age of ten.

years. Her parents were Alfred and Sarah Glessner, prominent and highly.

respected persons. Mr. and Mrs. Lance have become the parents of the following.

children: Flossie and Ray, who are at home, and one that died in infancy.

unnamed. Politically, Mr. Lance is a supporter of the Democratic party in.

national elections, but in local affairs he is incline to be independent,.

believing that the personal fitness of the candidate is of paramount importance.

He is a man of worthy parts, no one in the community enjoying a better.

reputation for integrity of word and deed, and when a man stands high in the.

estimation of the people who have known him during his entire lifetime no.

greater testimonial of his worth can be offered. 1

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Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S67 Note: #N86
2. ↑ Source: #S380 Database online. Guilford, Medina, Ohio, ED , roll , page . Record for Ray Lance
3. ↑ Source: #S67 Note: #N86
4. ↑ Source: #S67 Note: #N86

• Source: S380 Ancestry.com 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R4
• Repository: R4 Ancestry.com
• Source: S67 Lance Family Bible Repository: #R2 NOTESource Medium: Book Given to Doris Weingart from Howard Chambers. Several items written in the Bible. Several others on hand written lists by Louisa Lance.
• Repository: R2 Doris Weingart