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James L. Chance

Male 1884 - 1929  (44 years)


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  • Name James L. Chance  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 7 Oct 1884  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Oct 1929  Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Buried Sacul Cemetery, Sacul, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • When he registered for the draft, during the First World War, he showed his name as James Ell Chance. He was a farmer in Rebecca, San Augustine County, Texas, and his nearest relative was his wife, Maggie May Chance. He was described as of medium heighth and build, with blue eyes and dark hair, and indicated he had "lost one eye." His great-granddaughter, June Butchee, writes that James was a prohibition officer in the 1920's, and was killed in the line of duty.

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      Name: L. Chance
      Death Date: 06 Oct 1929
      Death Place: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas
      Gender: Male
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      Death Age: 44 years 11 months 30 days
      Estimated Birth Date: 1885
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      Father's Name: J. P. Chance
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      Mother's Name: M. Emaline Garlington
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      Film Number: 2134913
      Digital Film Number: 4156115
      Image Number: 3599
      Reference Number: cn 50500
      Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1910 Census
      Texas, Angelina County, JP 6
      29-30 April 1910
      SD 2 ED 8 Sheet 12A
      212-214
      Chance, L Head m W 25 m1 5 Tx La Tx Sawfiles Shingle Mill
      Chance, May Wf F W 21 M1 4 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
      Chance, Elma Dtr F W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
      Chance, Oscar Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
      Chance, Annie May Dtr F W 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

      1920 Census
      not located
    Person ID I17702  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John Palestine Chance,   b. Mar 1853, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Margaret Emeline "Emma" Garlington,   b. 28 Jan 1858, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1875  [1, 6
    • Kay Parker McCary indicates that they were the parents of Willie Chance. They also were the parents of two infants who died young and are buried in the Weaver Cemetery in Newton County, Texas.
    Family ID F4830  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maggie Mae Sturrock,   b. 16 Feb 1889, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1971, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married Abt 1906  [4
    Children 
     1. Mary Elma Chance,   b. 30 Sep 1906, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1986, Ennis, Ellis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Oscar James Chance,   b. 31 Jan 1908, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1988, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Annie Mae Chance,   b. Abt 1910, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Lila Mae Chance,   b. 17 Jan 1912, Callahan County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1983, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     5. James Earl Chance,   b. 16 Nov 1913, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1969, Cherokee County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     6. Lena Mae Chance,   b. 22 Jan 1916, Cherokee County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1999, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     7. Ruby Ethel Chance,   b. 10 Sep 1918, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 2006, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     8. J C Chance,   b. 8 Apr 1921, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 2004, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     9. Living
     10. Elnora Chance,   b. 24 Oct 1925, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1997, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     11. Ernest Lee Chance,   b. 10 Feb 1929, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1992, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2014 
    Family ID F13193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Oct 1884 - Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Oct 1929 - Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Tyler County, Mobile Pr. 7 SD 8 ED 110 Sheet 5A 74-74 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 35101929 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S487] Ancestry.com - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

    4. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Angelina County, JP 6 29-30 April 1910 SD 2 ED 8 Sheet 12A 212-214 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S990] FamilySearch.org, Texas Death Index, 1903-2000.

    6. [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 37 (Reliability: 3).