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Vance family of Asheville, North Carolina

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  Robert Brank Vance (1793-1827) — of Nashville, Nash County, N.C. Born near Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., 1793. Democrat. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1823-25. Slaveowner. Mortally wounded in a duel with Samuel P. Carson, who had defeated him for Congress; died the next day at a hotel in Henderson County, N.C., 1827 (age about 34 years). Interment a private or family graveyard, Buncombe County, N.C.
  Relatives: Uncle of Robert Brank Vance (1828-1899) and Zebulon Baird Vance.
  Political family: Vance family of Asheville, North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Robert Brank Vance (1828-1899) — also known as Robert B. Vance — of Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C. Born in North Carolina, April 24, 1828. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1873-85; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1880. Slaveowner. Died November 28, 1899 (age 71 years, 218 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
  Relatives: Brother of Zebulon Baird Vance; nephew of Robert Brank Vance (1793-1827).
  Political family: Vance family of Asheville, North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) — also known as Zebulon B. Vance — of Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., May 13, 1830. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1854; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1858-61; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of North Carolina, 1862-65, 1877-79; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1879-94; died in office 1894. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1894 (age 63 years, 336 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.; statue at Union Square, Raleigh, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of David Vance and Elmira Margaret (Baird) Vance; brother of Robert Brank Vance (1828-1899); married to Harriette Newell Espy and Florence Steele; father of Thomas Malvern Vance; nephew of Robert Brank Vance (1793-1827).
  Political family: Vance family of Asheville, North Carolina.
  Cross-reference: Lee S. Overman
  Vance County, N.C. is named for him.
  Vance Hall (built 1912), a building at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Zebulon B. Vance: Cordelia Camp, Governor Vance : a life for young people (for young readers)
  Thomas Malvern Vance (1862-1928) — also known as Thomas M. Vance — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C.; Olympia, Thurston County, Wash. Born in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., September 6, 1862. Lawyer; mayor of Lenoir, N.C., 1885-86. Suffered a stroke of apoplexy, and died soon after, in Olympia, Thurston County, Wash., February 14, 1928 (age 65 years, 161 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Son of Zebulon Baird Vance and Harriete Newell (Espy) Vance; married 1887 to Gertrude E. Wheeler.
  Political family: Vance family of Asheville, North Carolina.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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