John Alma Vance was born on 17 September 1855 in Alpine, Utah Territory, to John Wesley Vance and Angelia Vail. He married Matilda Martin on 2 June 1881 in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. Vance was a schoolteacher and spent two years of his career in Tooele, Utah. He died on 30 September 1936 in Orem, Utah.[1]
John Alma Vance
J. A. Vance
17 September 1855 — 30 September 1936
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[1] John Alma Vance, death certificate, 30 Sept. 1936, “Utah Death Certificates, 1904–1964,” database with images, FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6883-WWK?i=8; “John Alma Vance,” Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah Co., UT, Find a Grave, posted 19 June 2011 (memorial no. 71614632), accessed 19 July 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71614632/john-alma-vance; Matilda Vance Elliott, “John Alma Vance,” available at FamilySearch, accessed 19 July 2019, https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/6129165?p=13072135.