DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: VANCE, WILLIAM (The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887)
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 498-499

        WILLIAM VANCE, deceased, who was one of the pioneers, as well as a
prominent man of Adams County, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, about
1793, a son of William Vance, an early settler of Darke County, Ohio, where
he lived till his death. His wife died in Wells County, Indiana. William,
our subject, was reared to agricultural pursuits, his father having been a
farmer by occupation, and in his youth he received a good common-school
education. He was twice married, first to a Miss Mills, by whom he had a
family of four sons and one daughter. For his second wife he married Miss
Sarah Miller, in Darke County, Ohio, where she was born in 1803. To this
union were born seven children, five sons and two daughters. Mr. Vance came
to Adams County, Indiana, in the spring of 1835, locating on section 17 of
what is now Wabash Township. He came to Indiana a poor man, giving his coat
to pay for moving his family. David Studabaker loaned him money to enter
his first land, which consisted of thirty-three acres. He afterward entered
160 acres more,and by persevering industry and strict economy he was able
to add to his original tract of land till at his death he owned 233 acres.
In connection with his general farming he was quite extensively engaged in
stock raising. In his political views he was a Whig and took an active
interest in the political affairs of his township, and believed in a
protective tariff. He was the first assessor of Adams County, and assessed
the whole county. He represented several counties in the State Legislature,
was also county commissioner for some time, and for many years served as
school trustee. In his religious views he was a Universalist. His death
occurred in 1848 or '49. His widow survived until January 4, 1864.


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