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John Vansant

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John Vansant Veteran

Birth
Death
12 May 1932 (aged 85)
Burial
Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Mr. John Vansant was born in South Carolina in the year '46. When four years of age his father, Mr. Young Vansant, moved from South Carolina to the now commonly known Flat Rock farm in Douglas County, Georgia. In 1861 Uncle John started serving as a Confederate soldier for three years.

In 1865 he was married to Miss Louise Henley, of Wilkes County, GA. At marriage his father gave him the Flat Rock farm, the same place on which he was brought up, the same on which he reared his own ten children and the same on which he died at the of his daughter, Mrs. E. Woods.

Last April 17 he celebrated his 86th birthday down in the grove of the old home place, with a large number of relatives and friends. His death on May 12 is greatly mourned by his remaining five sons, two daughters, 36 grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends.

- Douglas County Sentinel, May 27, 1932

Cause of Death: stroke
Mr. John Vansant was born in South Carolina in the year '46. When four years of age his father, Mr. Young Vansant, moved from South Carolina to the now commonly known Flat Rock farm in Douglas County, Georgia. In 1861 Uncle John started serving as a Confederate soldier for three years.

In 1865 he was married to Miss Louise Henley, of Wilkes County, GA. At marriage his father gave him the Flat Rock farm, the same place on which he was brought up, the same on which he reared his own ten children and the same on which he died at the of his daughter, Mrs. E. Woods.

Last April 17 he celebrated his 86th birthday down in the grove of the old home place, with a large number of relatives and friends. His death on May 12 is greatly mourned by his remaining five sons, two daughters, 36 grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends.

- Douglas County Sentinel, May 27, 1932

Cause of Death: stroke

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