VANCE, James T. 1826-1899

VANCE, LAMBERSON

Posted By: Misti Adams (email)
Date: 12/29/2003 at 03:39:44

A WEEK OF FUNERALS

James Vance, of St. Paul, an Old Resident of Nashua, Is Buried at Greenwood

A telegram received Monday forenoon by H. H. Hopkins announced the death of James T. Vance, of St. Paul, on the evening of December 31, 1898, and stating that the body would be brought her for burial Monday. The remains of Mr. Vance were accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Ella M. Lamberson. Shortly after the arrival of the body the members of the Masonic body assembled and escorted the remains of their old friend and co-worker to Greenwood cemetery, where the beautiful burial ceremony of the Masonic order was said over the grave of the departed brother.

James T. Vance was born in Albany, New York, September 25, 1826, where he lived until 1862, when he came West and located at Waverly. The year the Illinois Central was built through Nashua, Mr. Vance located here. He was the first station agent Nashua had and for years was prominent in business circles as a grain and lumber dealer. In 1880 he went to Colorado and remained for several years, and until recently has made his home in Duluth. The cause of his death was Bright's disease and he was a sufferer for several years prior to his death. During his residence here Mr. Vance was considered one of the most upright and honorable of business men, and had many friends amoung his business associates, and his family were esteemed most highly in the social life of our city. One by one the old settlers who marked the early history of our city are passing away, and a little mound in one of our beautiful cemeteries is all that is left, except their memory, to tell how much they did to make our town the charming and prosperous little city it now is. One by one they are passing onward; one by one new graves are made.

The Nashua Reporter, Nashua, Iowa
January 5, 1899