Family: James C. Chance / Mary Emily Elizabeth "Lizzie" Grant (F11981)

• Male James C. Chance

  
  

  Birth	29 May 1868	Shelby County, Texas
  Death	25 Jan 1934	Jasper, Jasper County, Texas
  Burial
  Marriage	1 Sep 1891  [1]	Sabine County, Texas  [1]
  Father	Stephen Chance | F11971 Group Sheet
  Mother	Malinda Eaves | F11971 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Mary Emily Elizabeth "Lizzie" Grant

  
  

  Birth	28 Dec 1874	Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	30 Nov 1936	Newton County, Texas
  Burial
  Father	William J. Grant | F6022 Group Sheet
  Mother	Caroline Smith | F6022 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male Danny Lee Chance

  
  

  Birth	3 Aug 1893	Sabine County, Texas
  Death	12 Apr 1968	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
  Burial		Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Eugenia "Genie" M. Strother | F11983
  Marriage

  
  

  Female Elva Chance

  
  

  Birth	19 Jul 1894	Sabine County, Texas
  Death	8 Apr 1948	Sabine County, Texas
  Burial		Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Dan Henry Gipson | F11982
  Marriage

  
  

  Female Minnie Oda Chance

  
  

  Birth	18 Jun 1897	Newton County, Texas
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Male William Lonnie Chance

  
  

  Birth	26 Jan 1899	Newton County, Texas
  Death	7 Aug 1970	Newton, Newton County, Texas
  Burial

  
  

  Male James Worthy Chance

  
  

  Birth	4 Dec 1901	Newton County, Texas
  Death	29 Apr 1936	Taylor County, Texas
  Burial

  
  

  Male Iley Herbert Chance

  
  

  Birth	28 Apr 1903	Newton County, Texas
  Death	23 Jan 1909	Newton County, Texas
  Burial

  
  

  Female Viva Chance

  
  

  Birth	29 May 1905	Newton County, Texas
  Death	16 Sep 1905	Newton County, Texas
  Burial

  
  

  Male Benjamin Earl Chance

  
  

  Birth	14 Jul 1906	Sabine County, Texas
  Death	15 Oct 1993	Orange County, Texas
  Burial
  Spouse	Inez Elizabeth Edgar | F12441
  Marriage

  
  

  Female Truda "Trudie" Mae Chance

  
  

  Birth	14 Oct 1908	Sabine County, Texas
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Female Loveda Chance

  
  

  Birth	29 Nov 1910	Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Male William Bertice H. Chance

  
  

  Birth	12 Jun 1913	Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Female Eva LaNell Chance

  
  

  Birth	30 May 1915	Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Female Viola M. Chance

  
  

  Birth	21 Aug 1917	Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

• Notes

  Married: James C. Chance, born May 29, 1869 In Patroon, Texas or Shelbyville, Shelby County, Texas; died January 25, 1934. Emily Elizabeth Grant, born December 28, 1874 in Sandy Creek, Texas, Sabine County, died in 1937. Sandy Creek is now under water at Toledo Bend Lake. Also, Hickory Hill, where all of their 13 children were born. James and Elizabeth were married September 21, 1891. They lived in Hickory Hill, Texas, Sabine County. James was a farmer when me married Elizabeth. His first bale of cotton was sold after they married to buy merchandise for a general merchandise store. The building was in one corner of the front yard. They lived there until 1920 or 1921, and then the store was moved to Burkville, Texas, Newton County. They kept the farm in Sabine County. The built a home in Burkville and operated a general merchandise store. In the early 30's, the store burned from a fire started next door at a garage. The farm in Sabine County was sold after the fire, and another merchandise store was built in Burkville on the same property. They also bought another smaller farm and built a home just outside Burkville on the Wiergate Highway. They both lived there until their deaths. During the time he was in business at Burkville, it was known as JC Chance & Son. The son was Earl, the oldest of six (6) children living with them when they moved to Burkville. Earl was born July 14 1960 and died October 26, 1983. He married Inez Edgar, who was a daughter of the pastor of a Baptist Church, where the family attended services. The 13 children, born to James and Elizabeth were: Dan, born August 23, 1893, who married Gennie Strawther. The had tow children, Louida and Murry. Elva, born July 19, 1895, who married Henry Gibson. They had three children, Eloise, Louella and Ordia. Oda, born Jun 18, 1897, who married John Davis. They had four children, Hazel, Alma, Maracell and John, Jr., "Buck." Lonnie, born January 26, 1899, who married Mallie Carter. They had four children, Elmer, Madie, Verga and Ray. Worthy, born December 4, 1901, and died April 29, 1936. He never married. Iley Hebert, born April 28, 1903, died January 23, 1909. Viva, born May 29, 1905, died September 16, 1905. Earl, born July 14, 1906, died October 26, 1983. He married Inez Edgar and they had five children, Wilburn (Bill), Charles, Maxine, Marion and Jimmie. He later married Annie and had one daughter, Judy. Truda, born October 14, 1908 and married George Russell. They had no children, but he had tow by a previous marriage, G.W. and Thelma. (Note: Truda was alive at the time this was written; I will have to obtain date of death). Laveda, born November 28, 1910, and married Kilcie Miller. They had one son who died at birth. (Note: Laveda was alive at the time this was written; I will have to obtain date of death). Bertice, born Jun 12, 1912 and married Nadyne Tompkins. They have two boys, Jim and Jerry. (Note: Bertice was alive at the time this was written; I will have to obtain date of death). Eva, born May 31, 1915, and married Lester Kirk. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Nell or "Liz." Viola, (Vi) born August 20, 1917 and married Richard Cole. They had one son, Larry Louin Cole. Richard is dead and she married Jim or James Allen, November 11, 1967. James Chance had three sisters that we can remember. One half-sister named Dora Marshall, who lived in Meryville, Louisiana; Laura Crowell, who lived near Hemphill, Texas; Nona Anders, whose husband died, and she came to Burkville to live with the children after James and Elizabeth died. They are all dead now. Written by Vi Allen, approximately 1990. http://genforum.genealogy.com/chance/messages/688.html

  
  

• Sources

  [S1223] Genforum: Chance Family Genealogy Forum ; http://genforum.genealogy.com/chance/messages/629.html.