Richard , Jr Vance
Richard , Jr was born in 1817 in
KY.
1 Richard , Jr's father was
Richard Vance and his mother was
Mary Ann Sims. His paternal grandparents were
Abner , Sr. Vance and
Susanna Howard; his maternal grandmother was
Mary Ann Simms. He had seven brothers and a sister, named
William,
John Wesley,
Abner,
Meekin,
Harlin,
Paris L.,
Lewis G. and
Mary "Polly". He was the fourth oldest of the nine children. He died at the age of 63 in 1880.
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