The Wiseman Family of Avery County, North Carolina


Friel Tate Vance [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 21 Nov 1899 in Avery County, NC. He died 5, 6 8 Apr 1976 in Avery County, NC. Friel Tate Vance married Alise Griggs.

Alise Griggs 1, 2 was born 3, 4 3 Aug 1910. She died 5, 6 31 Mar 1990. Alise Griggs married Friel Tate Vance.

They had the following children:

  M i Donald Tate Vance 1, 2.
  M ii Louis Allen Vance 1, 2 was born 3, 4 22 Jul 1940.

David Todd Vance was born 1, 2 16 Jan 1872 in Avery County, NC. He died 3, 4 10 May 1942 in Avery County, NC. David Todd Vance married Sammie Nanette "Etta" Wiseman. David was employed 5, 6 in Founder of Tar Heel Mica Company. He resided 7, 8 in Plumtree, NC in 1928.

Sammie Nanette "Etta" Wiseman [Parents] was born 1, 2 30 Jan 1868 in Avery County, NC. She died 3, 4 Jul 1953. Sammie Nanette "Etta" Wiseman married David Todd Vance. Sammie was born.

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They had the following children:

  M i Friel Tate Vance was born 21 Nov 1899 and died 8 Apr 1976.
  M ii Ivor Charles Vance was born 14 Oct 1902 and died 19 Sep 1988.
  M iii Samuel Knox Vance was born 21 Sep 1905 and died Aug 1968.
  M iv Lochlin O'Neill Vance 1, 2 was born 3, 4 17 Dec 1907. He died 5, 6 20 Mar 1910.
  F v Thelma Calrice Vance was born 22 Dec 1912.

Ivor Charles Vance [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 14 Oct 1902. He died 5, 6 19 Sep 1988. Ivor Charles Vance married Daisy Othella Edwards.

Daisy Othella Edwards 1, 2 was born 3, 4 1903. She died 5, 6 1987. Daisy Othella Edwards married Ivor Charles Vance.

They had the following children:

  F i Frances Lucille Vance was born 11 Dec 1925.
  F ii Rosalyn Gray Vance was born 31 Jul 1930.
  M iii David Charles Vance was born 11 Jun 1940.

Reese Clemons 1, 2 married Frances Lucille Vance.

Frances Lucille Vance [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 11 Dec 1925 in Avery County, NC. She married Reese Clemons.

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Bill Kerr 1, 2 married Rosalyn Gray Vance.

Rosalyn Gray Vance [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 31 Jul 1930. She married Bill Kerr.


David Charles Vance [Parents] 1, 2 was born 11 Jun 1940. He married Grace Talley.

Other marriages:
Grindstaff, Nedva V

Grace Talley 1, 2 married David Charles Vance.


David Charles Vance [Parents] 1, 2 was born 11 Jun 1940. He married Nedva V Grindstaff.

Other marriages:
Talley, Grace

Nedva V Grindstaff 1, 2 married David Charles Vance.


Samuel Knox Vance [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 21 Sep 1905. He died 5, 6 Aug 1968. Samuel Knox Vance married Vivien Wright.

Vivien Wright 1, 2 married Samuel Knox Vance.

They had the following children:

  F i Sammie Rebecca Vance 1, 2.
  F ii Betty Joyce Vance 1, 2 was born 3, 4 19 Jul 1932.

Samuel Odom 1, 2 was born 3, 4 22 Nov 1907. He died 5, 6 1 Mar 1975. Samuel Odom married Thelma Calrice Vance.

Thelma Calrice Vance [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 22 Dec 1912. She married Samuel Odom.

They had the following children:

  M i David Odom 1, 2.

Waightstill 1 Avery 1, 2 married Lotus Vance.

Lotus Vance [Parents] 1, 2 married Waightstill 1 Avery.

They had the following children:

  F i Janice Avery.
  M ii Waightstill 2 Avery.
  M iii Judge 1 Avery.
  F iv Linda Avery.
  F v Dianne Avery.

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