WILLIAM LANDLEY "LAN" PENCE was the son of Augustus "Gus" Sr. and Lucinda "Lucy" Sexton Pence. Lan's brothers and sisters were:

Susan Pence Fisher 1875 – 1926
Carrie Frances Pence Flake 1880 – 1930
Lewis Ryley Pence 1884 – 1945
Augustus "Gus" "Babe" Pence Jr. 1888 – 1942
James Marion Pence 1890 – 1957
Amanda Ellen "Manda" Pence Craft 1891 – 1941
Ethel Pence 1898 –

Lan was a veteran of the Spanish American War, he was a Private, serving with Company K, 1 Regiment, Ohio Infantry.

1. Wife LULA BELLE INGRAHAM 1877-1909

Children-
Charles Frank Ingraham Penc Pence 1897-1952
Lillian Jane Pence Hillman Clark Adkins 1899-1950

2. Wife MINNIE ELIZABETH (BETTY) FLAKE 1885 – 1912, the daughter of Andrew and Sarah Anna Penix Flake, married William Landley Pence on March 3, 1904. Minnie died at age 27 years, 6 months and 3 days of "septic infection."

Children-
Nora Pence Cataldo 1905 – 1998
Kennard Pence 1906 – 1978
Virgil Pence 1907 – 2003
Earl Pence 1910 – 1980
William Pence 1910 – 1980
Essie P. Pence Bivens 1911 – 2001
Alice Pence 1912 – 1912

3. Wife MARY ELLEN FULTZ 1886 – 1966, the daughter of John T. and Rosanna Stallard Fultz, married William Landley Pence on November 30, 1912.

Children-
*Lillian Rosa Fultz Newman 1905 – 1952, dau of Mary Ellen
Everett Pence 1914 – 1993
Woodrow Pence 1917 – 1924
Ralph Pence 1919 – 1967
June Pence 1922 – 2001
William Landley "Lan" Jr. Pence 1921 – 2001
Mae Pence McDonough 1923 – 1982
Mary Olive Pence Vice 1926 – 2000
Earnest Adrian "Boog" Pence 1928 – 2014

On September 12, 1918, at Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky, Lan registered for the draft for WWI, he was described as- tall, slender, brown eyes, brown hair, married with children, self-employed farmer and no disabilities were listed.

Lan and his wife Mary Ellen and their children moved from Carter County to Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky around 1930.

A retired farmer, Lan died at age 84 while attending evening services at the Quincy Christian Church, his death was attributed to a heart attack. Funeral services were held at the Christian Church and burial was in the Sunset Cemetery, Quincy.

(Written by Judy Pence Farst)

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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 about William Lan Pence
Name: William Lan Pence
Birth Date: 31 Mar 1876
Death Date: 2 Oct 1960
Cemetery: Sunset Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Quincy, Kentucky