U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wince, Jasper (1847-1917) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 514 Jasper Wince, born 1848 in Monongalia County, son of Alexander and Hannah (Currence) Wince, was married May 19, 1872, to Loverna Catherine, daughter of Asberry P. and Mary (Hardesty) Sturm. He is a Southern Methodist, a Democrat and a farmer, being superintendent of the Barbour County Poor Farm, on Taylor's Drain. Six years he was a member of the Board of Education. His farm of 47 acres in Glade District is all under cultivation. The Poor Farm has been brought to a high state of cultivation under his management. His grandfather came from Germany to West Virginia, and his Grandmother Currence was born in the fort at Morgantown and lived to be 96 years old. Smith Wade Wince, his son, has taught school four years. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #6044 and #6045 FULL-NAME: Jasper Wince DEATH-DATE: August 20, 1917 (at age 70-years) DEATH-PLACE: Philippi District, Barbour County MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Chronic intestilial nyhritis BURIAL: Marys Chapel There's a double tombstone in Marys Chapel Cemetery JASPER WINCE Nov. 16, 1847 Aug. 17, 1917 LAVERNA C. WINCE Oct. 12, 1853 Dec. 28, 1908 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------