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Clarence Smith Chance 1897 – 1986 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Dec 1897

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: Jan 1986

Death Location: Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina

Father: Levi Chance

Mother: Olive SEAL

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Clarence Smith Chance was born in 1897 in Tennessee, the child of Levi C Chance and Olive SEAL. Clarence Smith Chance passed away in 1986 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina.

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Biography

  • Clarence Smith Chance was born in 1897 in Tennessee, the child of Levi C Chance and Olive SEAL.
  • Clarence Smith Chance passed away in 1986 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina.

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Clarence Chance's Ancestors

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Clarence Chance
1897 – 1986
Birth Place: Tennessee
Parents
Levi C Chance
1865 – 1923
Claiborne Co. Tenn
Olive SEAL
1862 – 1937
Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States of America
Grandparents
Samuel Chance
1836 – 1908
Virginia
Elizabeth (J.) Chance
1839 – 1919
Virginia
Richard (Smith) Seal
1831 – 1909
, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Martha LEWIS
1831 – 1904
Claiborne Co. Tenn
Great-Grandparents
Levi Chance
1803 – 1889
Rachel Bartley
1805 – 1889
Noel Seals
1798 – 1873
Nancy Frost
1806 – 1860
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Chance
1775 – 1857
Mary Morton
1780 – 1860
John Bartley
1780 – 1837
Nancy Hays
1780 –
William Seal
1772 – 1855
Elizabeth HAWKER
1772 – 1838

Clarence Chance's Timeline

2 Records

1897
28 Dec 1897
Birth of Clarence Smith Chance in Tennessee
Tennessee
1986
Jan 1986
Age 89
Death of Clarence Smith Chance in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina
Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1897
    Event Place: Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1986
    Event Place: Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina

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