Charity Melvina (May) Nance (1846 - 1901)

Born 28 Oct 1846 in Marshall, Harrison, Texas, United States

Wife of Lewis Camerer Nance — married 30 Apr 1862 in Lavaca, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Sep 1901 at age 54 in Yoakum, Lavaca, Texas, United States

Charity Melvina May, 1846-1901

Biography

• Born

28 Oct 1846 TX

• Died

4 Sept 1901 TX

• Lavaca Co Texas Courthouse Marr License

Lewis C Nance and Charity May April 30 1862 Volume B Page 131.

Family Members

• Parents:
  • Father: George May. 1798-1851
  • Mother: Mary Jane Upton, 1806-1890
• Siblings:
• Spouse:
  • Lewis Camerer Nance, 1841-1874
• Children:
  • Mary Margaret "Maggie' Nance, 1863-1952
  • George Edward Nance, 1865-1937
  • Katherine May 'Katie' Nance, 1867-1909
  • Sarah Viola 'Sallie' Nance, 1869-1952
  • Louise 'Lou' Josephine Nance, 1872-1950

US Federal Census

• "1860 United States Federal Census," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7667/4297441_00439?pid=35396880&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DFKj23%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26rank%3D1%26new%3D1%26MSAV%3D0%26msT%3D1%26gss%3Dangs-g%26gsfn%3DCharity%2520Melvina%26gsln%3DMay%26msbdy%3D1846%26uidh%3D000%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D35396880%26dbid%3D7667%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=FKj23&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true :accessed Varnell-40 05:44, 8 July 2017 (EDT)), entry for Lavaca, Lavaca Co, Texas.

• "1870 United States Federal Census," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7163/4267886_00161?pid=14541545&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DFKj20%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26rank%3D1%26new%3D1%26MSAV%3D0%26msT%3D1%26gss%3Dangs-g%26gsfn%3DLewis%2520Camerer%26gsln%3DNance%26msbdy%3D1841%26uidh%3D000%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D14541545%26dbid%3D7163%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D9&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=FKj20&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true : Accessed Varnell-40 05:11, 8 July 2017 (EDT)) entry for Lavaca County, Texas

• Birth, death, and other details were collected from the well-documented Find-a-grave website of Nena Smothers^[1]. It may not be 100% accurate, but it is as close to accurate as we can attain given the information and sources available to us.

• This particular profile is an on-going project to document the genealogy of one Nance line. If you have a problem with a particular entry, please contact the submitter of said entry. This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress, always in need of direct and primary sources. Please contribute valid sources with your information.

• This particular profile is an on-going project to document the genealogy of one Nance line. If you have a problem with a particular entry, please contact the submitter of said entry. This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress, always in need of direct and primary sources. Please contribute valid sources with your information.

Research Notes

• Source documents appear to support the Pedigree Resource File website of the LDS^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLL-91NS : 11 July 2016), Charity Melvina May Nance, 1901; Burial, Yoakum, Lavaca, Texas, United States of America, Oak Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 99854329, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3ZSF-CNY : accessed 2017-07-08), entry for Charity Melvina /May/.

Name: Lewis C. Nance Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 30 Apr 1862 Event Place: Lavaca, Texas, United States Event Place (Original): Lavaca, Texas, United States Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Charity May Spouse's Gender: Female

Reference ID: 2:V43ZTR GS Film Number: 983239 Digital Folder Number: 004820290

Citing this Record "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXQ6-XZD : 22 January 2020), Charity May in entry for Lewis C. Nance, 1862.

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