George W. Nance Sr. married Mary E. Timmons 17 Apr 1851 Hopkins Co KY. She was the daughter of
Fielding Timmons and Margaret Dunville. They were the parents of four children: James T. Nance, b 1855; George William Nance, Jr., b 1857; Iley Grant Nance, b 1861, and Queen Tiny Nance, b 1864. George W. Nance was previously married to a woman named Sarah, (son John J. Nance's 1923 death certificate says her maiden name was Crews); they are listed in the 1850 Hopkins Co KY census with two children, Sarah Nance, age 5, and John J. Nance, age 3. See listing. Sarah, age 15, and John J. Nance, age 13, are listed with George W. Nance and Mary Timmons in the 1860 Webster County census. See listing. |