Theron Spencer PROVANCE, ESQUIRE
My great grandfather is buried in the Hopwood Ross Cemetery located behind theProvance family homestead off Coolspring Road in Hopwood. He and his wife SusanOverholt Bowman Provance raised twelve children in this home and many of themare buried in the Provance family area of that cemetery.
Pheron Provance wasa farmer and a hard worker. I was only one year old when he died. I do remember visiting my great grandma Susan Provance. She was tiny in stature.
My great grandmother was buried (18 March, 1952)in the Hopwood Cemetery in Hopwood, Pennsylvania behind Coolspring Road along side her husband and many of their twelve children.
Susan Overholt Bowman and Pheron Spencer Provance weremarried by Justice of the Peace, Marshall N. Lewis, Jr. His home was listed asNew Geneva, Fayette, Pennsylvania and Susan as same county and state.
Theron Spencer Provance is buried in the Hopwood Ross Cemetery behind his childhood home, Theron and Susan Overholt Provance homestead. His life work was a building contractor. The home he built where his sons Theron Spencer, Jr. and Harold La Clair were born, is still standing in Chalk Hill, Fayette, Pennsylvania. It is a gift shop now and is located behind the Stone House Restaurant Bed and Breakfast. Pictures of he and his two sons and the home he built are hangingon the wall of the Stone House as a tribute to him.
Aunt Alma Provence (Lieb) was very adament that the last name of Provance had been changed from Provence and therefore used that spelling. Provance is misspelled on her grave marker to her dismay. She died in the home of her nephew, Jesse Allen Provance on Coolspring Road, Hopwood Pennsylvania and is buried in theHopwood Ross Cemetery in the Provance Family plot behind her childhood home, the Theron and Susan Overholt Provance homestead. She was a school teacher.
Also spelled Provence
Married to Ethyl Ingles. The grave marker spells the name Provance, "Provence". Benjamin's wife name printed on the grave marker is Mary Ethel 1889--1922. Benjamin is buried in the Hopwood Ross Cemetery behind the Theron and Susan Overholt Provance homestead.
Grover C. Provance is buried in the Hopwood Ross Cemetery behind the old Theron and Susan Overholt Provance homestead.
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record
Name: Grover Cleveland Provance City: Not Stated County: Fayette State: Pennsylvania Birthplace: Pennsylvania;United States of America Birth Date: 20 Nov 1892 Race: Caucasian Roll: 2022795 DraftBoard: 1
J. Corbet Provance is buried in the Hopwood Ross Cemetery behind the old Theronand Susan Overholt Provance homestead.
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record
Name: James Corbet Provance City: Not Stated County: Fayette State: Pennsylvania Birthplace: Pennsylvania;United States of America Birth Date: 05 Jun 1894 Race: Caucasian Roll: 2022795 DraftBoard: 1
Ivan Provance is buried in the Hopwood Ross Cemetry behind the old Theron and Susan Overholt Provance homestead.
He married Susannah Overholt Bowman 14 Jul 1881 at Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania . Susannah Overholt Bowman was born at Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania 28 Jan 1860 daughter of Henry H. Bowman and Susannah Kelley .
They were the parents of 12
children:
Theron Spencer Provance, Sr.
born 27 May 1882.
Alma Provance
born 19 Aug 1883.
Benjamin Franklin Provance
born 24 Apr 1885.
Ernest Bismark Provance
born 20 Sep 1887.
Chauncy Provance
born 31 Jul 1889.
Lydia Provance
born 21 Aug 1891.
Grover Cleveland Provance
born 20 Nov 1892.
James Corbet Provance
born 5 Jun 1894.
Rachel Provance
born 12 Mar 1897.
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Theron Spencer Provance, Esquire died 3 Jul 1940 at Hopwood, Fayette, Pennsylvania .
Susannah Overholt Bowman died 15 Mar 1952 at Hopwood, Fayette, Pennsylvania .